Korean drama essay

K-dramas have gained phenomenal popularity, becoming the newest catalyst for expanding the country's cultural exports and an integral part of Korea's national image. The enthusiasm has often led to K- drama fans craving other Korean cultural content and Korean language education.

A Korean drama encompasses some common elements, according to fond viewers. The characters contribute an important role in the elements of a Korean drama.

The researchers were able to identify that most viewers for K-dramas were housewives who spent a lot of time watching these K-dramas, what started out as a chance encounter became a routine thus making K-dramas a major part of daily viewing.

The study conducted by Noriko Haseagawa’s examines the effect of Korean TV drama viewing on changing the attitude of Japanese viewers toward Korea and Koreans and clarifies the factors that caused the attitudinal changes on the part of the drama viewers. The study conducted was approached using a quantitative analysis method.