Dal Yong Jin

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Dal Yong Jin
Born
Education Yonsei University
University of Texas
University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign
Occupation(s)Distinguished SFU Professor, School of Communication at Simon Fraser University
Employer Simon Fraser University
Korean name
Hangul
진달용
Revised Romanization Jin Dalyong
McCune–Reischauer Chin Talyong

Dal Yong Jin is a media studies scholar. He is Distinguished SFU Professor in the School of Communication at Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, Canada [1] where his research explores digital platforms, digital games, media history, political economy of communication, globalization and trans-nationalization, the Korean Wave, and science journalism. He has published more than 30 books and penned more than 200 journal articles, book chapters, and book reviews. Jin has delivered numerous keynote speeches, conference presentations, invited lectures, and media interviews on subjects such as digital platforms, video games, globalization, transnational culture, and the Korean Wave. Based on his academic performance, he was awarded the Outstanding Scholar Award from the Korean American Communication Association at the KACA 40th Anniversary Conference in 2018, while receiving the Outstanding Research Award from the Deputy Prime Ministry and Minister of the Education of South Korea. He was also awarded ICA Fellow, which is primarily a recognition of distinguished scholarly contributions at the International Communication Association Conference held in Paris in 2022. [2] Jin has been interviewed by international media outlets, including The Wall Street Journal, Elle, New York Times, The Washington Post, NBC, The Guardian, The Vancouver Sun, Chicago Tribune, The Telegraph, Wired, LA Times, and China Daily as one of the world’s leading scholars on Korean pop culture and these subject matters. [3]

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Background and education

Jin was born in Suwon, South Korea. He attended Yonsei University. After working as a newspaper reporter for many years, he resumed his academic journey. He holds a master's degree in Public Affairs from the University of Texas at Austin. In 2005 he received his Ph.D. degree at the Institute of Communications Research from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. He is the founding book series editor of Routledge Research in Digital Media and Culture in Asia, while directing The Transnational Culture and Digital Technology Lab. [4]

Academic career

Scholarship

Jin has developed several significant theories and conceptual frameworks, such as platform imperialism, [7] de-convergence, and new Korean wave, as well as e-Sports. Sara Bannerman (2022) indeed said, "platform imperialism is a term developed, in a large part, by Jin (2013, 2015) at Simon Fraser University." [8] His works have been received well in several fields, including political economy of communication, globalization, digital games, platform studies, and Asian media studies. In particular, as Vincent Mosco indicates in his book titled Political Economy of Communication (2009)., [9] Jin has been known as a leading political economist. He has also been known as a cultural economist among some scholars, including Japanese media scholars, as indicated in Mechademia 1: Emerging Worlds of Anime and Manga [10] However, as indicated in his numerous publications, he used to converge political economy and cultural studies in both theoretical frameworks and methodologies. Jin's research has received a number of awards and grants from national and international associations, including the International Communication Association, the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, the National Research Foundation of Korea, the Korean American Communication Association, and the Academy of Korean Studies. He was also nominated for Young Scholar Award at the International Communication Association, and he was inducted as a Fellow of the International Communication Association in May 2022. His book titled Korea's Online Game Empire [11] was nominated as the Book of the Year at the International Communication Association. Jin is the founding editor of a book series entitled Routledge Research in Digital Media and Culture in Asia. [12]

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References

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  3. "Addicted to K-Dramas? You're Not Alone". 17 August 2021.
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  8. Bannerman, Sara (2022). "Platform imperialism, communications law and relational sovereignty". New Media & Society. doi: 10.1177/14614448221077284 .
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