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<p>Dear all,<br>
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I have received the following inquiry from Yowei Shaw, a reporter
with NPR.<br>
Any leads will be greatly appreciated.<br>
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Thank you.</p>
<p>Best,</p>
<p>
Serk-Bae Suh</p>
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<td>Hello from NPR Reporter</td>
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<td>Mon, 22 Apr 2019 20:51:48 +0000</td>
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<td>Yowei Shaw <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:YShaw@npr.org"><YShaw@npr.org></a></td>
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<td><a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:suhsb@uci.edu">suhsb@uci.edu</a> <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:suhsb@uci.edu"><suhsb@uci.edu></a></td>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Dear Dr. Suh - <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:black">This is Yowei Shaw – I’m a reporter
with NPR’s<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a
href="https://www.npr.org/programs/invisibilia/)."
moz-do-not-send="true"><span style="color:#954F72">Invisibilia</span></a>,
a documentary podcast based in Washington DC with about 2
million listeners. We explore the intangible forces that
shape our everyday lives – like beliefs, ideas, and
emotions. To get a sense of the work I do on the show, here
are some recent stories I’ve done:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:black"><a
href="https://www.npr.org/programs/invisibilia/710046991/a-very-offensive-rom-com?showDate=2019-04-05"
moz-do-not-send="true"><span style="color:#954F72">https://www.npr.org/programs/invisibilia/710046991/a-very-offensive-rom-com?showDate=2019-04-05</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:black"><a
href="https://www.npr.org/2018/03/23/595564642/podcast-what-was-not-said"
moz-do-not-send="true"><span style="color:#954F72">https://www.npr.org/2018/03/23/595564642/podcast-what-was-not-said</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:black"><a
href="https://www.npr.org/programs/invisibilia/667160047/bonus-youth-radio-girl-mystery?showDate=2018-12-21"
moz-do-not-send="true"><span style="color:#954F72">https://www.npr.org/programs/invisibilia/667160047/bonus-youth-radio-girl-mystery?showDate=2018-12-21</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:black">I wanted to reach out to you, as the
Faculty Director of CCKS. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:black">I’m working on a story about fan
death – and I want to first assure you that I’m not
interested in doing another piece that rehashes what’s out
there on the subject. I’m definitely not interested in
making fun of Koreans or anyone who believes in fan death! I
think every culture has beliefs like this. I honestly still
need to do the science reporting myself, to know what I
think. (And I know that a lot of Koreans don’t believe in
fan death today – especially the younger generation.)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:black">My particular angle is looking at
the (often funny) conflict between those who believe and
don’t believe, why fan death has become so popular in
Western media, and the ripple effects of fan death becoming
a meme on the internet. I’ve noticed that a lot of coverage
is like: “look at this strange thing Koreans believe in” and
I’ve heard from some people that they feel like fan death
has become an easy way to dump on Koreans, which in turn,
has led to the curious rise of fan death trutherism…
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:black">I’m interested in looking at WHY
people are so fixated on fan death, when every culture has
beliefs like this. Does this phenomenon speak to the West’s
obsession with “rationality” with a capital R? What are the
limits of this approach to rationality – and how does it not
work in other cultures? Why do people especially in the West
love making fun of fan death? I’ve also heard of a shift
happening in Korean culture – where because information is
now at everyone’s fingertips, elders who are considered to
be the most wise and respected are having their credibility
and authority questioned, on things like fan death for
example… When is culture and tradition more important than
facts? Or itself a different kind of fact?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:black">Anyway – I wanted to reach out and
see if you know of any researchers who happen to be
knowledgeable about fan death – and could speak to these
questions, as well as the history and current status of fan
death in South Korea… <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:black">I’m also looking for people to speak
to, who might have stories about believing and then not
believing in fan death, people who were made fun of for
having believed, or people who know of families where
someone reportedly died of fan death…<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:black">Any leads you have would be much
much appreciated.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:black">Thank you so much in advance!<span
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<span style="color:black">All best,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:black">Yowei<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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