The COVID-19 pandemic has caused much damage to the Korean cultural industries, yet, embedded in the crisis are hopes and discourses of opportunity for the post-COVID era. In the commercial field, K-pop entertainment companies have used the crisis as an opportunity to expand their online performance offerings and promote platform development. In contrast, the field of performing arts is still seeking to adopt effective, non-contact digitalization strategies capable of attracting audiences with lower technical skills, such as streaming existing performances online. In this paper, we compare the responses to the pandemic of the popular music industry and the performing arts sector through the lenses of sector resilience and government support. We found that, due to the economic structure of the idol-centric entertainment industry, K-pop entertainment companies with digital platforms have proven to be significantly more resilient in response to the COVID-19 crisis than the performing arts sector. Along with the digitalization and commercialization of their performance and idols, the K-pop entertainment companies have shown increased resilience and accommodated a larger audience with stronger relationships. We also analyze the effects of the government’s COVID-19 support policy on the music industry, the performing arts sector, and individual cultural workers in three main areas: mitigation policy, innovation policy, and recovery policy. We recommend that the performing arts sector build a more strategic understanding of audience relations and that the government promote innovation policies for the performing arts sector while taking into account differences between the resilience levels of various sectors.
목차
Abstract Ⅰ. Introduction Ⅱ. Conceptualizing Creative Sector Resilience in the COVID-19 Era 1. Crisis and Resilience in the Cultural Industries 2. Digitalization and Celebrity Culture in the K-pop industry 3. Resilience in the Performing Arts Sector Ⅲ. The Policy Responses: Mitigation, Innovation, and Recovery Ⅳ. Resilience in Practice: What the Fine and Performing Arts Sector Can Learn from the K-Pop Industry Ⅴ. Conclusion REFERENCES
키워드
COVID-19ResilienceCultural industriesPerforming artsK-pop industry
저자
Dongjoon Lee [ Adjunct Professor of Department of Arts and Cultural Management, Hongik University ]
WoongJo Chang [ Associate Professor of Department of Arts and Cultural Management, Hongik University ]
한국문화예술경영학회 [Korean Society of Arts and Cultural Management]
설립연도
2008
분야
예술체육>예술일반
소개
본 회는 문화예술경영학을 중심으로 한 연구, 조사, 교육, 기획, 발표 및 보급을 통하여 한국에서의 문화예술경영학의 학문적 성과를 이루며, 나아가 문화예술계 현장과의 결합을 통해 한국 문화예술의 질적 향상과 향수권 확대를 도모함으로써 문화예술경영학의 발전과 국제경쟁력 강화에 기여함을 목적으로 한다.
간행물
간행물명
문화예술경영학연구 [Journal of Arts and Cultural Management]