<div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">Dear colleagues,</span></p>

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the publication of my book </span><b><i><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">Digital
Mediascapes of Transnational Korean Youth Culture</span></i></b><i><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"> </span></i><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">(Routledge).</span><i><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"></span></i></p>

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<p style="margin:0cm 0cm 7.5pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">Drawing
on vivid ethnographic field studies of youth on the transnational move, across
Seoul, Toronto, and Vancouver, this book examines transnational flows of Korean
youth and their digital media practices. This book explores how digital media
are integrated into various forms of transnational life and imagination,
focusing on young Koreans and their digital media practices. By combining
theoretical discussion and in depth empirical analysis, the book provides
engaging narratives of transnational media fans, sojourners, and migrants. Each
chapter illustrates a form of mediascape, in which transnational Korean youth
culture and digital media are uniquely articulated. This perceptive research
offers new insights into the transnationalization of youth cultural practices,
from K-pop fandom to smartphone-driven storytelling. A transnational and
ethnographic focus makes this book the first of its kind, with an
interdisciplinary approach that goes beyond the scope of existing digital media
studies, youth culture studies, and Asian studies. It will be essential reading
for scholars and students in media studies, migration studies, popular culture
studies, and Asian studies.</span></p>

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regards,</span></p>

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Yoon</span></p>

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Professor of Cultural Studies<br>
University of British Columbia Okanagan, Canada</span></p></div>