Working For Each Other: Culture Discussing Itself in Contemporary South Korean Webtoons and Dramas

In the growing recognition of South Korean culture, their values and their own share of societal debate and criticism take place somewhere for all the world to see: their media products. This paper uses three case studies of webtoon (a web-friendly comic)-turned-TV drama to showcase examples of culture discussion and change particularly in collectivism effects on the individual, feminism, and consumed media.