1. Vocabularies
•superfan : a fan(person) who shows a great deal of enthusiasm for something, such as a sports team or entertainer
•sasaeng fan : a sasaeing fan is widely know to be an excessively obsessed Korean Wave fan. Sasaeing fans are mostly female between the ages of 13-17. They are described as extreme fans who stalk their idols and invade their privacy with questionable methods.
•386 Generation : the generation of South Koreans born in the 1960s who were very active politically as young adults, and instrumental in the democracy movement of the 1980s.
•Korean pop idol (K-pop idol) : a trained K-pop artist who is usually tutored and presented by a South Korean talent agency. The stereotypical K-pop is “incredibly young, good-looking, and able to carry a melodramatic note”.
•fandom : a term used to refer to a subculture composed of fans characterized by a feeling of empathy and camaraderie with others who share a common interest. This word is formed of the word fan plus the suffix -dom (as in kingdom).
2. Discussion Questions
•Have you ever met any superfan in your life? Or have you ever been an superfan of someone? What has been your stereotypes about them?
•What do you think leads someone to be a superfan of someone, especially entertainers, considering that many superfans are in their teenage or twenties?
•What can be a good effect of being a superfan?
•What is your expection of the future of the superfan subculture in Korea? In what way would it be change in the future?
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