Submission Purpose
Main Conference
Type of Proposal
Paper: Empirical
Abstract
The study illustrates the role of popular culture as an informal learning for both North and South Koreans to engage with unfamiliar, unpopular, and unvoiced themes in a public sphere.
Keywords
Informal Learning, North Korea, South Korea, Webtoon, Popular Culture
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 4.0 License
Recommended Citation
Choi, J. (2016). “Awl is piercing me and society”: Webtoon as a Popular Adult Education Tool in South Korea. Proceedings of the 8th Asian Diaspora Adult Education Pre-conference, Charlotte, NC.
“Awl is piercing me and society”: Webtoon as a Popular Adult Education Tool in South Korea
The study illustrates the role of popular culture as an informal learning for both North and South Koreans to engage with unfamiliar, unpopular, and unvoiced themes in a public sphere.