Pop star fan tourists: An application of self-expansion theory

Lee, SoJung; Bai, Billy; Busser, James A.

doi:10.1016/j.tourman.2018.12.006

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“…However, the effectiveness of audience involvement in explaining consumer preferences and behaviors can vary between the type of media consumption and research contexts [28]. Therefore, the present study adopts the definition of audience involvement developed for the context of entertainment-education, which Korean dramas, films, and TV shows generally contain [41]. Sood's conceptualization of audience involvement occurs when the audience engages in certain media programs that result in the formation of parasocial interactions and reflection [42].…”

Section: Korean Entertainment Audience Involvementmentioning

confidence: 99%

Beauty and Celebrity: Korean Entertainment and Its Impacts on Female Indonesian Viewers’ Consumption Intentions

Halim

Kiatkawsin

2021

Sustainability

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The Korean entertainment industry’s popularity and global reach has prompted private companies and destination management organizations to place Korean products and position Korea as a destination to international viewers. Korean celebrities have also been found to form positively perceived Korean beauty standards, consequently serving as an antecedent of Korean beauty product awareness and perceived beauty product quality among international audiences. Although previous studies have found that audience involvement with entertainment mediums has positively impacted product purchase and visitation, a comprehensive investigation of the audience involvement’s multi-dimensionality has yet to be conducted, specifically, on the distinction between Korean entertainment (movies, TV dramas, TV shows, etc.) involvement and celebrity worship. The present study attempts to fill the research gap by comprehensively examining the role of audience involvement with Korean entertainment, celebrity worship, brand awareness, and perceived Korean beauty product quality on product purchase intentions as well as intentions to visit Korea. A total of 327 female Indonesian Korean entertainment audiences then validated the proposed conceptual framework. The structural equation modeling results found emotional involvement, referential reflection, and entertainment-driven celebrity worshipping tendencies to be significant antecedents of Korean beauty product purchase and Korea visit intentions.

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Section: Korean Entertainment Audience Involvementmentioning

confidence: 99%

Beauty and Celebrity: Korean Entertainment and Its Impacts on Female Indonesian Viewers’ Consumption Intentions

Halim

Kiatkawsin

2021

Sustainability

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“…Attachment includes a reservoir of feeling states, allowing individuals to make short-cut judgment, which further affects their choices ( Jin et al, 2022 ). The KPop literature has explained how audience emotional attachments toward performers are developed through involvement ( Lee et al, 2019 ). In this study, we define “empathetic attachment” (EA) as KPop audience attachment toward comeback KPop performers, whose live stream show could elicit audience empathies toward those performers’ current situations (e.g., reduced income and precarious living conditions).…”

Section: Theoretical Background and Hypothesesmentioning

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How Do Comeback Korean Pop Performers Acquire Audience Empathetic Attachment and Sustained Loyalty? Parasocial Interactions Through Live Stream Shows

Song

Zhou

et al. 2022

Front. Psychol.

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Live stream platforms have transformed the production and consumption of music, allowing KPop music to expand globally. Successful KPop idols are contrasted with large numbers of retired KPop performers, some of whom live in undesirable conditions. Drawing on the attachment theory, loyalty theory, and parasocial interaction theory, this study focuses on a unique group, comeback KPop performers, to examine how they acquire empathetic attachment and sustained loyalty from audiences through live stream shows, and the antecedents (i.e., sustained attractiveness, nostalgic experience, and parasocial interactions) of these two variables. Answering these questions seems important because comeback KPop performers have to interact with audiences without the financial and marketing support from entertainment agencies. The structural equation modeling of 288 responses from 176 Chinese and 112 Korean KPop audiences confirmed that empathetic attachment and sustained loyalty are positively associated with audience purchase intentions; sustained attractiveness and parasocial interactions function as antecedents of these two factors. The findings shed light on the comeback KPop performers who co-create value with audiences through live stream platforms, with theoretical contributions to the three theories mentioned above and managerial suggestions to KPop entertainment agencies, comeback KPop performers, and managers of live stream platforms.

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“…Each level of fandom has different levels of involvement and intensity (Lee, 2012). For example, a dedicated fan watches games when they take place in his city of residence, but a devoted fan would probably travel to other cities to have that experience.…”

Section: The Relation Between Celebrities and The Fan Basementioning

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Celebrities and GreenSphere tourism

Nunes

Cooke

Tomaz

2022

Regional Science Policy & Practice

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The attraction of world celebrities is a dimension of economic and social dynamism that is increasingly valued by those responsible for public policy. The fascination of the presence of these celebrities leads to the dynamization of a multiplicity of activities and behaviours developed by their followers, considered to be beneficial for local and regional economies. In these terms, those responsible for public policy seek to trigger mechanisms to attract these celebrities, which in this article we will call pop star, to their territories. However, we want to suggest that the mechanisms associated with public policy must go beyond simple mobilization for the tourist destination. This article seeks to relate the presence of Madonna in Lisbon with the economic and social dynamism associated with the 'celebrity endorsement' and relate the effectiveness of the 'celebrity channel' to regional innovation policy. We found that the celebrity has an effective power to condition the presence and activities of fans, and we suggest that it can be exploited by regional innovation policy, namely integrating that influence in 'shared governance' territorial innovation models ('share governance'_TIM).

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Pop star fan tourists: An application of self-expansion theory

Cited by 31 publications

References 58 publications

Beauty and Celebrity: Korean Entertainment and Its Impacts on Female Indonesian Viewers’ Consumption Intentions

Beauty and Celebrity: Korean Entertainment and Its Impacts on Female Indonesian Viewers’ Consumption Intentions

How Do Comeback Korean Pop Performers Acquire Audience Empathetic Attachment and Sustained Loyalty? Parasocial Interactions Through Live Stream Shows

Celebrities and GreenSphere tourism

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