Who Benefits? K-pop Demon Hunters and the Media Ecosystem

By Sejin Kim 

Who benefited from the popularity of K-pop Demon Hunters? Students’ answers to this question clearly changed before and after the lesson.

Good vs. Evil and the Limits of Empathy in K-Pop Demon Hunters

By Elizaveta Friesem

Narratives of good and evil are everywhere. They run deep in human storytelling, from ancient myths and fairy tales to modern movies and news headlines. We seem drawn to stories that divide the world into heroes and villains. The appeal is obvious: such narratives make moral dilemmas, which abound in our lives, easier to process.
 

What K-Pop Demon Hunters Teaches Us About Media Literacy Education

By Hyeon-Seon Jeong

When K-Pop Demon Hunters rose to the top of Netflix’s global charts, many South Korean viewers encountered the film not as a domestic cultural release but as news of an international sensation.

“Is Korea Really Like That?”: Teaching K-Content Literacy in the Age of Global Media