Publications
Books
Jin, Dal Yong (2025). AI in Popular Culture: precarious creativity in the generative AI era. London: Routledge. https://www.routledge.com/AI-in-Popular-Culture-Precarious-Creativity-in-the-Generative-AI-Era/Jin/p/book/9781041148289?srsltid=AfmBOop-zj01dSrKNRJa53HIhBJ6HnvZx7-OXJkkfmxrZsBpCc_GeHpQ
Jin, Dal Yong, and Kyong Yoon (eds.) (2025). East Asian Cultural Production in the Age of Digital Platform: Narratives, Industries, and Audiences. London: Routledge.
Jin, Dal Yong (2025, 2nd edition). Globalization and Media in the Digital Platform Age. London: Routledge.
Jin, Dal Yong (2025). Cultural Production of Hallyu in the Digital Platform Era: industry perspectives. Ann Arbor, MI: University of Michigan Press.
Nah, Seung Hwan, Seo, Soomin, Kim, Yong Chan and Jin, Dal Yong (eds.) (2025). Locating North Korea in Communication Research. London: Routledge.
Kim, Seongcheol and Jin, Dal Yong (2024). Korea’s digital platform empire: The emerging power in the global platform sphere. London: Routledge.
Lee, Sangjoon, Jin, Dal Yong and Cho, Junhyung. (Eds.) (2024). The South Korean film industry. Ann Arbor, MI: The University of Michigan Press.
Jin, Dal Yong (2023). Understanding the Korean Wave: Transnational pop culture and digital technologies. London: Routledge.
Jin, Dal Yong (2022). Global South discourse in East Asian media studies. London: Routledge.
Jin, Dal Yong (2022). Understanding Korean webtoon culture: Transmedia storytelling, digital platforms, and Genres. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.
Jin, Dal Yong (2022). Ten debates on the Hallyu mythology. (한류신화에 관한 10가지 논쟁). Seoul: Hanul Plus.
Jin, Dal Yong (2021). Artificial intelligence in cultural production: Critical perspectives on digital platforms. London: Routledge.
Jin, Dal Yong (2021). The Routledge handbook of digital media and globalization. London: Routledge.
Jin, Dal Yong, Yoon, Kyong and Min, Wonjung (2021). Transnational Hallyu: The globalization of Korean digital and popular culture. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers.
Hong, Seok-kyung and Jin, Dal Yong (Eds.). (2021). Transnational Convergence of East Asian pop culture. London: Routledge.
Jin, Dal Yong (2021). Global esports: Transformation of cultural perceptions of competitive gaming. London: Bloomsbury Academic.
Jin, Dal Yong (Ed.) (2020). Transmedia storytelling in East Asia: The age of digital media. London: Routledge.
Jin, Dal Yong and Lee, Harkjoon (2019). K-pop idols: Popular culture and the emergence of the Korean music industry. Lanham, MD: Lexington Books.
Jin, Dal Yong (2019). Globalization and media in the digital platform age. London: Routledge.
Jin, Dal Yong (2019). Transnational Korean cinema: Cultural politics, film genres, and digital technologies. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press.
Jin, Dal Yong and Su, Wendy (Eds.). (2019). Asia-Pacific film co-productions: Theory, industry and aesthetics. London: Routledge.
Jin, Dal Yong and Kwak, Nojin (Eds.). (2018). Communication, digital media, and popular culture in media. Lanham, MD: Lexington Books.
Yoon, Taejin and Jin, Dal Yong (2017). The Korean Wave: Evolution, fandom and transnationality. Lanham, MD: Lexington Books.
Lee, Micky and Jin, Dal Yong (2017). Understanding the business of global media in the digital age. London: Routledge.
Jin, Dal Yong (2017). Smartland Korea: Mobile communication, culture, and society. The University of Michigan Press.
Jin, Dal Yong (Ed.) (2016). Mobile gaming in Asia: Politics, culture and emerging technologies. London: Springer.
Jin, Dal Yong (2016). New Korean Wave: Transnational cultural power in the age of social media. Champaign, IL: University of Illinois Press.
Jin, Dal Yong (2015). Digital platforms, imperialism and political culture. London: Routledge.
Jin, Dal Yong (2015). Theories of science journalism (in Korean). Seoul: Hanul Plus.
Jin, Dal Yong (2013). De-convergence of global media industries. London: Routledge.
Winseck, D., & Jin, Dal Yong (Eds.). (2011). The political economies of media: The transformation of the global media industries. London: Bloomsbury.
Jin, Dal Yong (2011). Reinterpretation of cultural imperialism (in Korean). Seoul: Communication Books.
Jin, Dal Yong (2011). Hands on/hands off: The Korean state and the market liberalization of the communication industry. New York, NY: Hampton Press.
Jin, Dal Yong (2010). Korea’s online gaming empire. Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press.
Jin, Dal Yong (Ed.). (2010). Global media convergence and cultural transformation: Emerging social patterns and characteristics. Hershey, PA: IGI Global.
Journal Edited
Jin, Dal Yong. Netflix’s Influences on East Asian Audio-visual Culture (2024). Global Storytelling: Journal of Digital and Moving Images 4(2): 1-164.
Jin, Dal Yong, Sang Joon Lee, and Seok-Kyeong Hong (2023). Netflix and the Global Receptions of Korean Popular Culture: Transnational Perspectives: Introduction. Is Netflix Riding the Korean Wave or Vice Versa? International Journal of Communication 17: 6887-7074.
Jin, Dal Yong (2023). Theorizing the Korean Wave. International Journal of Communication 17: 1-170.
Min, Won Jung and Dal Yong Jin (2022). Hallyu’s Storytelling in the Americas. Seoul Journal of Korean Studies 35(1): 1-95.
Jin, Dal Yong and Yi, Hyang Soon (2020). Transnationality of Popular Culture in the Korean Wave. Korea Journal 61(1): 5-178.
Articles
Jin, Dal Yong (2025). “Platform Imperialism Theory from the Asian Perspectives.” Social Media + Society 11(1): 1-6.
Jin, Dal Yong and Seoyeon Park (2025). Communications, Media and Internet Concentration in South Korea, 2019-2022. Korean Journal of Communication 2(1): 119-136.
Jin, Dal Yong (2025). “Localization of cultural production in the New Korean Wave Era: a case study of reality programs.” International Journal of Asian Studies 0(0): 1-17.
Jin, Dal Yong (2025). “What is ‘K’ in Korean Communication Studies?” Korean Journal of Communication 2(1): 1-4.
Ben Han, Dal Yong Jin, and Kyong Yoon (2025). “The Lure of Cultural Authenticity: Netflix and Speculative Koreanness in the Global Media Market.” Television and New Media 26(5): 624 –640.
Jin, Dal Yong (2024). “Webtoon-based Global Transmedia Storytelling: Bloodhounds.” Global Storytelling: Journal of Digital and Moving Images 4(2): 127-137.
Jin, Dal Yong (2024). “Netflix and East Asian Audio-visual Culture: An Introduction to the Special Issue.” Global Storytelling: Journal of Digital and Moving Images 4(2): 1-10.
Jin, Dal Yong (2024). “The Rise of Digital Platforms as a Soft Power Apparatus in the New Korean Wave Era.” Communication and the Public 9(2):161-177.
Jin, Dal Yong (2024). “AI in Cultural Production in the Korean Cultural Industries.” Telematics and Informatics Reports 13: 1-8
Jin, Dal Yong (2024). “Historiography of the Korean Wave: Cultural shifts in genres and themes in the screen industry.” European Journal of Korean Studies 23(2): 349-373.
Jin, Dal Yong (2024). “Academic Convergences in Korean Communication Studies.” Korean Journal of Communication 1(1): 66-71.
Jin, Dal Yong (2023). “Critical Cultural Industries Studies: A New Approach to the Korean Wave in the Netflix Era.” International Journal of Communication 17: 6896-6914.
Jin, Dal Yong, Sang Joon Lee, and Seok-Kyong Hong (2023). “Netflix and the Global Receptions of Korean Popular Culture: Transnational Perspectives Introduction - Introduction.” International Journal of Communication 17:6887-7074.
Jin, Dal Yong. Kyong Yoon, and Benjamin Han (2023). “Platformization of the Korean Wave: a critical perspective.” Communication Research and Practice 9(4): 408-427.
Jin, Dal Yong (2023). “Netflix’s Effects on the Korean Wave: power relations between local cultural industries and global OTT platforms.” Asian Journal of Communication 33(5): 452-469.
Jin, Dal Yong (2023). “Platformization of Korean Internet portals toward mega-platforms: A historical approach.” First Monday 28(5): 1-18.
Jin, Dal Yong (2023). “Transnational Proximity of the Korean Wave in the Global Cultural Sphere.” International Journal of Communication 17: 9-28.
Jin, Dal Yong (2023). “Theorizing the Korean Wave: Introduction to New Perspectives.” International Journal of Communication 17: 1-8.
Min, Wonjung and Dal Yong Jin (2022). “Theme Issue: Hallyu Storytelling in the Americas / Guest Editors’ Introduction.” Seoul Journal of Korean Studies 35(1): 1-4.
Jin, Dal Yong (2022). “Transnational Proximity and Universality in Korean Culture: Analysis of Squid Game and BTS.” Seoul Journal of Korean Studies 35(1): 5-28.
Jin, Dal Yong (2022). “Transnational Capitalism and the Korean Wave.” International Journal of Asia Pacific Studies 18(2)
Jin, Dal Yong (2021). “The BTS sphere: Adorable Representative M.C. for Youth’s transnational cyber-nationalism on social media.” Communication and the Public: 6(1-4): 33-47.
Jin, Dal Yong (2021). “Ten Myths about the Korean Wave in the Global Cultural Sphere.” International Journal of Communication 15: 4147-4164.