Culture
Generally, Japanese take it for granted that there are differences between what's on their minds and what they behave. So, they are very kind at the first meeting.
They have the strongest nationalism compared to Chinese and Korea.
Greetings in Japan are very formal and ritualized. It is important to show the correct amount of respect and deference to someone based upon their status
considering you expression will be more receptive. (Lastname, pagenumber)
2. Eyes
In order to exchange clear signals for getting attention, rapidly rising and dropping eyebrows helps the most. Furthermore, looking at a triangular area on the receiver’s face between the eyes and mouth is crucial during social meeting. However, the glancing sideways, darting eyes, extended or quick
cultural barriers is preservation.
Koreans desire high enclosure for themselves. As one Korean exchange student stated, “If I try to hang out with more Americans, they simply abandon me or talk about how un-Korean I am” (“National”).
(3) Cohesiveness: Koreans are cohesive and their size is a minority compared to the target language group (i.e. Americans).
(4) Congruence: The two cultu
the Friends lists
Promoted itself as a tool to help people connect
Service closed in 2000
Reason for failure?
2003 - MySpace
Former Friendster users shifted to MySpace
more open in member acceptance
took the form of blogging site
often used for promotion of culture events especially for Indie-bands
Was the most visited website in the U.S. until 2008 but currently in decline
1, Fan culture of idol singers
1) Overall fan culture of idol singer in Korea
Korean idol culture is shorter than Japanese idol culture. In Japan, idol singer existed in 1960s, so idol fandom and fan culture of idol are set in Japan. But in Korea, H.O.T. who is made by SM Entertainment in 1990s is representative idol singer. They had got a lot of popularity from teenagers and contributed g