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I'm Kay, I live in London and I LOVE all things Korean - food, history, language, music and film.

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  1. imnopicasso: saharial: kpoprealitycheck: This is an example of how the representations in the (kpop) media are selected and constructed to fit stereotypes. They have purposely constructed and selected this person to wear this costume and props such as a toy gun with terrorist like behaviour. The reality is not all Muslims look like this, share the same values of this, approve of this nor do they act like this. Although Muslims are negatively represented and stereotyped, OP (original post) has stated “thanks to the media” but i would argue IN THIS CASE it seemed to have the reverse effect instead. As the model and theory of communication the Reinforcement theory (Joseph Klapper 1960 onwards) explains that the media has very little power to shape and influence public opinion. It explains audiences are active and texts work to reinforce existing opinions. The media has very little power as other socialising agencies are more important influences such as family, peer group, schools, social class, occupation and culture.  The point is as a consumer of the media you can look at a media product and be sucked in and feel what it is doing to you. In this case because of all the complaints from the Muslim community who have seen this episode and felt offended showed that audiences are active and they are NOT persuaded or influenced by the media, rather more importantly influenced by their culture and identity.  This led to to Star King releasing an official apology.  “On August 15th, the team wrote a letter titled “We are apologizing for our description about the Muslim culture“, which was uploaded onto the show’s official homepage. The letter stated, “August 13th’s broadcast last week featured a segment called ‘18 year old girl from Saudi Arabia, Ruby’s dream’. While introducing the guest, some contents could’ve been viewed as if we were belittling Saudi Arabian religion and traditions. We apologize for our mistake.” The team also added, “We only wished to emphasize the guest’s desire for singing and did not have any intentions to belittle the Muslim culture. We will take extreme measures from now on so that we don’t bring about any further misunderstandings over our depictions and interpretations of different religions and cultures featured in our program.”  “ The way Muslims were represented and stereotyped does not accurately reflect the community. OP’s (Original Post) says “i couldn’t believe this is the way koreans think of us, i find it racist ignorant and offending.” Isn’t it ironic that OP complains about racism and representations but similarly generalizes all Koreans are racist? I could easily replace the first sentence of this paragraph with the word Korean. (The way Koreans were represented and stereotyped does not accurately reflect the community.)  End of rant. yup, and let us not get started on the use of ‘black face’ as a comedic device…. Whoa. Huge gap in logic here. How many Koreans do you think have had a conversation with a Muslim person face to face? If Koreans’ perception of Muslims is not colored by the media, then where does their perception of Muslims even come from? The media is not going to change my mind about a category of people I have encountered and experienced for myself. However, if all I’ve ever known of a particular people is their representation in the media, then how am I supposed to know anything else? Media representations are important. Especially within homogeneous societies (white suburban America, by the way, is pretty much just as bad). hmm.. I’m not saying media representation isn’t important. It would worry me in if any country mis-represents this way any race, religion or culture. When I was at school, the first time i heard of Korea was when there was an animal rights poster about how Koreans eat dogs accompanied by a photographic story showing a  family going on a picnic and hanging their dog to then barbeque. To this day, despite the Olympics in Seoul, despite the world cup and football, when I say I like Korean culture the first thing i usually get told is ‘they eat dogs don’t they’ and every joke i hear on Tv to do with Korea is to do with eating dogs. Sensible smart people know to distinguish, but there are a lot of people out there sadly who don’t have the sense or insight to think differently.

    imnopicasso:

    saharial:

    kpoprealitycheck:

    This is an example of how the representations in the (kpop) media are selected and constructed to fit stereotypes. They have purposely constructed and selected this person to wear this costume and props such as a toy gun with terrorist like behaviour. The reality is not all Muslims look like this, share the same values of this, approve of this nor do they act like this.

    Although Muslims are negatively represented and stereotyped, OP (original post) has stated “thanks to the media” but i would argue IN THIS CASE it seemed to have the reverse effect instead. As the model and theory of communication the Reinforcement theory (Joseph Klapper 1960 onwards) explains that the media has very little power to shape and influence public opinion. It explains audiences are active and texts work to reinforce existing opinions. The media has very little power as other socialising agencies are more important influences such as family, peer group, schools, social class, occupation and culture. 

    The point is as a consumer of the media you can look at a media product and be sucked in and feel what it is doing to you. In this case because of all the complaints from the Muslim community who have seen this episode and felt offended showed that audiences are active and they are NOT persuaded or influenced by the media, rather more importantly influenced by their culture and identity. 

    This led to to Star King releasing an official apology. 

    “On August 15th, the team wrote a letter titled “We are apologizing for our description about the Muslim culture“, which was uploaded onto the show’s official homepage.

    The letter stated, “August 13th’s broadcast last week featured a segment called ‘18 year old girl from Saudi Arabia, Ruby’s dream’. While introducing the guest, some contents could’ve been viewed as if we were belittling Saudi Arabian religion and traditions. We apologize for our mistake.”

    The team also added, “We only wished to emphasize the guest’s desire for singing and did not have any intentions to belittle the Muslim culture. We will take extreme measures from now on so that we don’t bring about any further misunderstandings over our depictions and interpretations of different religions and cultures featured in our program.”  “

    The way Muslims were represented and stereotyped does not accurately reflect the community. OP’s (Original Post) says “i couldn’t believe this is the way koreans think of us, i find it racist ignorant and offending.” Isn’t it ironic that OP complains about racism and representations but similarly generalizes all Koreans are racist? I could easily replace the first sentence of this paragraph with the word Korean. (The way Koreans were represented and stereotyped does not accurately reflect the community.) 

    End of rant.

    yup, and let us not get started on the use of ‘black face’ as a comedic device….

    Whoa. Huge gap in logic here. How many Koreans do you think have had a conversation with a Muslim person face to face? If Koreans’ perception of Muslims is not colored by the media, then where does their perception of Muslims even come from?

    The media is not going to change my mind about a category of people I have encountered and experienced for myself. However, if all I’ve ever known of a particular people is their representation in the media, then how am I supposed to know anything else?

    Media representations are important. Especially within homogeneous societies (white suburban America, by the way, is pretty much just as bad).

    hmm.. I’m not saying media representation isn’t important. It would worry me in if any country mis-represents this way any race, religion or culture. When I was at school, the first time i heard of Korea was when there was an animal rights poster about how Koreans eat dogs accompanied by a photographic story showing a  family going on a picnic and hanging their dog to then barbeque. To this day, despite the Olympics in Seoul, despite the world cup and football, when I say I like Korean culture the first thing i usually get told is ‘they eat dogs don’t they’ and every joke i hear on Tv to do with Korea is to do with eating dogs.

    Sensible smart people know to distinguish, but there are a lot of people out there sadly who don’t have the sense or insight to think differently.

    (Source: kpopsecrets)

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      I’m disgusted by how insensitive and immature this was.
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      I’m not an arab, yet I’m a muslim. Starking was one of my favourite program back then until a friend of mine told me...
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      It’s kinda funny how all international fans think Star King is the most famous TV Show in Korea. It’s not. A lot of...
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      I’m not amused. :/
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      Insulting muslims? Heh.
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      as an arab fan this is really disturbing… but it doesn’t stop me from supporting my fav. kpop groups.
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