TW: sexual violence
Hey everyone,
I’m currently working on a paper for university. It’s for a seminar about fans and fandom. I want to explore how fans react to being severely and morally disappointed by their fanobject’s actions or values. I thought that the case of Jung Joon Young could make for an appropriate case study because it is clear and legally decided that he is guilty of sexual abuse.
I want to analyse different reactions to his conviction. So far I’ve been sampling YouTube comments under some of his music videos and performances. While it is easy to spot fans among those who are defending him and expressing faith in his ability to change, it is hard to know which ones of his critics used to consider themselves fans previously. This is why I came to Reddit for help. If any of his fans or ex-fans see this post, I would really appreciate it if they could share with me how they reacted to and processed his crimes and how they re-evaluated or ended their fan-idol relationship to him consequently.
If you reply I might use your comment for my paper, but in that case I am going to make it anonymous.
Thank you in advance for any participation 🙂
Disclaimer: Some possibly relevant info about me: I enjoy K-Pop myself and have groups and artists that I adore. I thought I should mention that so you don’t think I’m simply invading your space for research purposes. I am, however, not a fan of Jung Joon Young and did not know about him until researching the Burning Sun case. Thus I don’t know a lot about his fanbase and where to interact with particularly former/critical fans which is why I came to this subreddit. I also posted the same questions to the kpophelp subreddit.
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