...world where music dominates and influences everything we do, there is a new type of music that is quickly progressing in popularity, not only nationally but globally as well. Kpop is Korean pop music, although it is not only pop music, it is also trot, hip hop and R&B and Rap. It is a competitive field that requires hard work and determination. Kpop is not only music though; it is a guide that can help give a person more insight about the world around them. It is a hard thing to be an idol in Korea, there are so many values and difficulties they must overcome in order to achieve recognition and fame. If someone were to want to be an idol in South Korea then their best bet would be to go to “The Big Three”. YG Entertainment, JYP Entertainment, and SM Entertainment, These three companies are named “The Big Three” because they are three of the most highly distinguished and accomplished companies in all of South Korea. “The Big Three” have led many idols to fame in not only South Korea but globally as well. In comparison to Canada or the US you could call South Korean’s harsh with the way they train upcoming artists, but they have higher standards. The training process consists of around three year’s minimum of being a trainee and there are many hardships that must be overcome through that process. The trainee years are what determine whether or not a person can make it in the competitive field of being a Korean pop idol. Have you ever looked around and wondered, what music lies...
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...Aries Height: 179 cm Nationality: South Korea Experience: 2nd at SM Everysing Contest 2008 (1st place was Jino) Speciality: singing, dancing, taekwondo, kendo Facts: -Was mentioned in f(x)’s ‘Pinocchio’ “Thanks To” by member Amber, -Won 2nd place on 2008 SM’s Everysing Contest (1st place was Jino) -he looks like he Is Chinese but he's Korean -when He was a child they used to call him "little fattie" -has a chubby face and a cute grin -the next member that knows martial arts besides Tao -In Korea shares the room with Lu Han and Kris -In China shares the room with Tao -neatest member in the group -is the funniest of the group -his ideal type of girl is hug able and can give comfort to others -the strongest member from EXO-M -likes to wear casual clothes -he’s apparently close to Super Junior’s Henry -he is the most organized and clean member from EXO-M -his favorite music genre are ballads -likes all types of dances -role model: Super Junior -favorite song from mini album MAMA: "MAMA" Name: Wu Fan 吴凡 Fan Name: Kris Height: 187 cm Birth: November 6, 1990 Blood Type: O Skills/Hobby: English, Mandarin, Korean, Cantonese, Basketball Leader and rapper from EXO-M NEWS ABOUT KRIS Facts: -apparently as a child Kris lived in Vancouver, Canada -very social and can talk to anyone -other trinees and team members of EXO think of him as a big brother -nationality Chinese -joined SM by global auditions in Canada in 2007 -enjoys reading book -self...
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...world where music dominates and influences everything we do, there is a new type of music that is quickly progressing in popularity, not only nationally but globally as well. Kpop is Korean pop music, although it is not only pop music, it is also trot, hip hop and R&B and Rap. It is a competitive field that requires hard work and determination. Kpop is not only music though; it is a guide that can help give a person more insight about the world around them. It is a hard thing to be an idol in Korea, there are so many values and difficulties they must overcome in order to achieve recognition and fame. If someone were to want to be an idol in South Korea then their best bet would be to go to “The Big Three”. YG Entertainment, JYP Entertainment, and SM Entertainment, These three companies are named “The Big Three” because they are three of the most highly distinguished and accomplished companies in all of South Korea. “The Big Three” have led many idols to fame in not only South Korea but globally as well. In comparison to Canada or the US you could call South Korean’s harsh with the way they train upcoming artists, but they have higher standards. The training process consists of around three year’s minimum of being a trainee and there are many hardships that must be overcome through that process. The trainee years are what determine whether or not a person can make it in the competitive field of being a Korean pop idol. Have you ever looked around and wondered, what music lies...
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...Kwon In Rae Zhang Yixing Falling In Love June 2 2012 Brr. Why is it so cold early in the morning? I can barely reach up and write in my diary, which is why I will just type it in my phone starting this day. Kekekeke - Okay, let us go back to the introductions... Dear S4 today is the 7th day after passing as a trainee at SM Entertainment. i must admit, it was a hell out of a competition out there. Everyone was just so competitive and amazing, to the point that I almost lose hope on passing the auditions. Then, after that fateful day of my casting, a quick reply was sent to my email. I passed the audition! YES! I jumped for joy that day and hugged my mom (nearly crushing her) Two days after, my trainee days started and I was asked to go to the company for a brief orientation. I was soooo excited to go inside SM, not to train *I am being honest here S4* but of course, to see the artists kekekeke. The first group I saw was TVXQ. Yunho and Changmin were both dazzling (and tall I must say) they were kind enough to pay attention to us and gave us some words of encouragement afterwards. We were toured inside the building and showed us our respective training rooms. Today will be our senior assignments. It's a routine wherein we will be assigned into different groups (seniors) to train with them. Super Junior? Girls Generation? Who? I don't know too kekekeke. However, I wish it will the pretty boys, EXO Oh well, please anticipate my next post. I better get ready now or I might...
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...album since then, 9 years, she still be my idol and my inspiration. Stephanie Hwang (Korean name: Hwang Mi-young credited under the stage name Tiffany, is an American vocalist and performing artist, dynamic in South Korea. She is an individual from Girls' Generation and TaeTiSeo as a primary vocalist in both gatherings. Her birthday is on August first, 1989. She prepared for a long time and seven months before her singing introduction in 2007. She was conceived in San Francisco, California, and experienced childhood in Diamond Bar, California, as the most youthful of three kin. She was born in the same hospital as her prior kindred Girls' Generation, Jessica. She additionally talks English and Korean fluently. She tried out at the SM Entertainment Starlight Casting System and joined the organization on October 2004 in Los Angeles, California. She prepared for a long time and 7 months before appearing. She went to South Pointe Middle School and Diamond Bar High School, she then exchanged to Korea Foreign Kent High School in Seoul and moved on from that point at age 18. Her height is 163 cm and her weight is 51 kg. Other languages that she can speak are Chinese (Basic), Japanese (Basic), Spanish (Basic). Watching films and listening to music are her interests. Her motto is “Just work hard”. Her favorite color is pink.Meanwhile she is a singer in a girl group, she won many prizes that voted by fans. For example, in accordance with DCinside (2010), Tiffany was on the first place...
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...The Korean pop music, commonly referred to as K-pop (it being an abbreviation of the term Korean pop), has actually become a greater part of the Korean pop. The K-pop's popularity has been notably attributed to individualism and also talent. It is also worth noting that the music has been having a wide diversity through the collaboration with different musicians. K-pop has been however termed as being widely manufactured. In the recent years, the Korean entertainment companies are now heavily depending on the YouTube as a key medium for the purpose of spreading of the Korean culture. K-pop music has actually been, and is increasingly music for charlatans. There always been a place for those who are unable to neither play instrument nor sing. This has been ironically 'dressed up' or otherwise inflated with something that is remarkable and excellent. After making a close scrutiny as pertains to the type of music the current K-pop plays, it is apparent that a lot has been neglected and the original test for the music has actually been lost. This may however been highly influenced by the current generation and the fact that many youths are not very keen on the kind of message passed by this particular music but the physically attraction and the kind of costumes by the dancers. Pop and rock music has been, and is increasingly, music for charlatans. There has always been a place for those who can neither sing nor play instruments and this has been "dressed up" or inflated as something...
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...Good morning to Miss Liana and fellow classmates, my name is Chua Wen Yee and the topic I’m going to talk about today is K-Pop. First of all, I’ll start off with some basic facts. K-Pop is a musical genre originated from South Korea. The pioneer of K-Pop is Seo Taeji and The Boys, which one of the member is the CEO of YG Entertainment, home of Big Bang and 2NE1 now. K-Pop was strongly criticized by a lot of people, including me. However it has been rising day by day and not only conquered the Asia music market but it is also globalized in the sense that there are K-Pop fans all over the world. According to my research, in year 2012, 68 K-Pop groups made their debut compared to 12 in year 2008. From hate to love, from critics to praise, how does this happened? I think everyone of you definitely has a friend who is a hardcore K-Pop fan. Most of you must have suffered a lot because they like to share their K-Pop information and ask you to watch funny videos very much. Thanks to them, you’ll slowly found out that you are starting to love K-Pop and soon you’ll become one of them. Seriously, some of you may wonder why people love K-Pop so much? The reasons are simple. First of all, the songs are really nice. There are three main components in a song, melody, choreography and visual. Catchy and repeated chorus is one of the reasons why K-Pop songs can be viral and popular. For example, “Wow, fantastic baby”, “because I’m shadow, shadow, shadow”, “bwara Mr. simple simple” or “I...
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...How Is Evolution Killing the English Language? Texting has become one of the most common forms of communication in modern times, especially with the younger generations. As the times and definitions of “modern” continues to change, many people are having troubles coping with this concept and the fact we are and will always continue to evolve. Just as growing up is the human body’s way of changing, language is societies way of changing. There is no set definition of what the English language is supposed to be composed of, forever. The English language is not negatively impacted by texting; it is simply evolving through new forms of communication, entertainment, and learning. Our way of communicating with each other has been transformed with the help or “txtspeak.” It is a very common way of talking, whether it’s in person or through SMS. If we compare what we considered to be the language of English from a few hundred years ago to now, there is an obvious change. As we evolve as a society, everything around us does as well. Abbreviations are being entered into the dictionary and many people are going crazy over it. One of the most common complaints about our overuse of abbreviations is the multiple meaning of them. Humphrys claims that, “as it has developed, its users have sought out increasingly obscure ways of expressing themselves.”(Humphrys, 187) Even though this seems to be true, the trick to figuring out the meaning lays in the context. Abbreviations with different meanings...
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...M-COMMERCE: THE ROLE OF SMS TEXT MESSAGES Ruth Rettie, School of Marketing, Kingston University, United Kingdom Matthew Brum, MBA student, Kingston University, United Kingdom Email contact: R.Rettie@Kingston.ac.uk ABSTRACT This paper explores the marketing role of SMS text messages. While Internet based m-commerce has been disappointing, commercial applications for SMS are developing rapidly. The conceptual framework compares SMS to telemarketing and email marketing, and describes the key features of this new medium. Five distinct SMS business models are identified and discussed. We used quantitative research among mobile users to assess attitudes to SMS marketing. Most respondents were concerned about junk messages and wanted to control incoming messages. Initial attitudes to advertising in text messages were negative, but many were prepared to accept advertising in exchange for discounts or promotional offers. INTRODUCTION The development of Internet based m-commerce has been disappointing: restricted sites, slow download, small screens, and the limited number of handsets, currently constrain commercial development. At the same time companies are beginning to recognize the potential of SMS (Short Message Service) text messages, as a low cost, high impact communication medium, that can be received by almost all mobile phone users. Several companies are adopting highly innovative m-commerce strategies using SMS text messaging. 15 billion SMS messages (Cyberatlas...
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...CHAPTER I BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY The chapter I of this research paper tackles about the introduction of the jejemon language that covers the definition of the different basic terms related to jejemon and historical background of the jejemon language, the significance of the study that states why and to whom this study is beneficial, the statement of purpose that identifies the objectives of this research study, the statement of the problem that consists of the problems that this study is covering to answer and the scope and limitation that enumerates the extent of this research study. A. Introduction Language is very important in our life. It is used to express our thoughts and ideas to communicate with others. In this modern era, language changes constantly. The language that we use today is getting wider and wider. Nowadays, we use technology like cellphones and computers to convey our messages and through these, people are learning on how to cope up and change the way they convey their thoughts and ideas in different forms. Indeed, English proficiency is one of the important things that we need to practice. The proper usage of both Filipino and English language is one of the important aspects of Philippine education. Correct grammar, syntax and pronunciation are the main concerns of improving our language proficiency to maintain an effective communication locally and internationally, but due to the continuous development of language, the emergence of Jejemon...
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...http://jejedex.blogspot.com/2010/06/jejemon-history-how-it-all-began.html Jejemon History: How It All Began Several years ago, a lot of the youth joined text messaging clans while others played online MMORPG games like Ragnarok, Flyff, and Gunbound. Some, with the urge to find and get to know people of all ages online, joined in social networks like Friendster and Multiply. At that time, Friendster was in while Facebook was not what it turned out to be at present. Due to the necessity of having to relay a message abruptly so as not to be delayed in action (while playing, texting or commenting), they tried to make messages they type really short to an extent that every word was internally altered using numbers to creatively displace letters that would still make the words readable. Of course, Jejemonism was not that intense and obvious at that time. It took a longer time before the more educated ones realized that something's not right and one thing has to be done - to abide by what is being conventionally dictated by society. At that moment, many of the younger generation became adapted to this kind of typing style for they really thought that it was somehow cool, manageable and widely accepted within their age range. It was the new hip at that time, but as it grew out of nowhere, concerned academic people took this as a threat to the educational standards. In time, Jejemonism became the latest source of boiling social debates. As time propelled and confusion arose, people...
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...Texting has been around for a while now but it has started becoming very popular and trendy over the last several years. In 2005 I purchased my first cell phone a Boost Mobile/ Walkie Talkie Phone. I was able to send text messages but never did. Being a prepaid phone it was expensive and I preferred for every bit of my time to go towards and actual conversation. However once phone companies started offering plans of unlimited texting, texting became very popular. I can appreciate the fact of how convenient texting is. It’s a great way for people to communicate quickly and quietly. Texting is a accommodating device to use when transferring information, directions, and other helpful things. On the other hand there are cases of the negative effects texting can cause people. I watched a television program on MTV about two young ladies who considered their selves textaholics. (http://www.mtv.com/videos/true-life-im-a-textaholic/1672744/playlist.jhtml, True Life: I am a Textaholic, October 2011) One young lady was a senior with the dream of playing volleyball in college. She texted so much that she begun having difficulties in her wrist. She also was going to have to have surgery. What surprised me was that her mother was asking her if she could text less. If a child cannot resist the urge to lay their phone down for their own safety and health reasons then a parent needs to step in. At the end the girl reduced her text messaging by thousands but ended up not playing volleyball...
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...A Breeze through Popular Culture Often parents and adults say that we teenagers text too often, play video games for vast hours, and that we watch unworthy fake news programs. In addition they say that all this diminishes our intelligence, however this is not one hundred percent true. Furthermore, I will acknowledge that text speak, video games, and fake news are instead changing the way people think in a positive manner. Although this is not a traditional way of gaining knowledge, it is still a growth that people who think in a conservative way have to accept. Text speak, video games and fakes news, have created a different way of learning, enhanced our communication skills, and they have increased our imagination. An examination of 2B or Not 2B by author David Crystal, Extra Lives: Why Video Games Matter by author Tom Bissell, and The Good, the Bad, and The Daily Show by author Jason Zinser will reveal to us how text speak, video games, and fakes news also result in positive outcomes. Text speak, video gaming, and fake news have revolutionized the way we learn. David Crystal, well known for his work in English language studies and linguistics, says in his essay 2B or Not 2B that text speak is not something alien to us, the way we use text speak is what is different. It is important that we teenagers establish to parents, adults, and teachers that we are not destroying the English language neither adapting poor writing habits by abbreviating words. I have made the conclusion...
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...Charter Analysis Paper Com/285 University of Phoenix March 08, 2011 Introduction Teamwork and Personality is about working together for success and progress. Having a team working together increases the chance to reach those goals, what we know about teamwork considering personality types, listening skills, and trust level among the team members. Therefore acknowledging the team member personality type will help to foresee for the best match to facilitate the role identification depending on each team member strengths and weaknesses. Perhaps in the other hand part of our personality also depends on how we communicate, and also depends on communication level among the team members. The good listening skills and good communication provides good positive feedback to the speaker. Group Communication Perhaps one of the toughest ways for any group to even begin to exchange all of their information, that needs to be exchanged. I s 1st to begin for-most with communication within the group. This may be done with a various amount of ideas. There for as using the new technology, which exists now. Perhaps the essential tools of communicating is by texting, emailing, calling, even all of you getting online together without even having to be in the same room together. And you can have a serious conversation. The information that needs to be exchanges can be as simple as what is in the team charter? Or exchanging ideas for the team papers, these ideas are effetely making group communication...
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...Miguel Santibanez Mrs. Schaff English 12 2/28/14 Misconduct of a professor Professor Laurence Thomas at Syracuse had informed his students that if he caught any one of them texting or any other kind of misconduct; that he would leave the classroom. With that said, one of the students that sat in the front row of the classroom was caught texting. Once the professor saw, he immediately walked out of the classroom without a word said. Later on emailing his students, explaining to some extend why he left as well as leaving some comments that students found controversial. It was wrong of the professor to leave the classroom and cancel classes just because of some small issue. In the professor’s email that he sent to his students, he stated that the student whom sent the text message in class was Cuban. And that two other Latino students that had started playing tic-tac-toe in class the year before. By stating the fact that in both incidents where he has walked out on the class, it has been because of Latino students. This shows that the professor might have a bias feel towards Latino students. Racism is being showed against a certain race; even though he states that he is a “minority scholar himself”. Thomas also says that he is both black and Jewish although he does “not have the Jewish look”. There was no reason for the professor to state that the students are Latinos, unless he has a racial issue towards them. Thomas could have handled the issue in a much different...
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