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EFFECTS OF WATCHING K-DRAMA TO STUDENTS’ ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE Review of Related Literature

Introduction This study aims to find out the impact or effects of watching Korean dramas among the selected students of CNHS (Concepcion National High School). Also, determine the factors why Filipino’s youth especially to students are attracted watching Korean drama. Finally, this studies would significantly contribute to further deepen the understanding of our studies. Philippine’s current rate of watching Korean drama on students and definition K-drama or Korean drama refers to televised dramas in the Korean language, made in South Korea, mostly in a mini-series format, with distinctive features that set them apart from television series and soap operas made elsewhere. Korean dramas are extremely popular worldwide, partially due to the spread of the Korean Wave, with streaming services that offer multiple language subtitles. Many of these dramas have become popular throughout Asia, with growing interest in other parts of the world.(www.viki.com) According to Naidu (2015) based on the findings of his study. From the collected data the researcher is able to establish that audience between the age group of 13-20 formed the highest number of k-drama viewers. The female audience seemed to take up to more number of k-drama viewing as compared to the other sexes. Of the 100 participants who took the survey, 81% of them had watched k-drama, there by proving k-drama reach and popularity among its audience. Many of the viewers was able to pick up to various habits depicted on the shows in which by these changes their daily lives and behaviors. It means there is no age barrier for people to or not to watch Korean dramas.

Role of students watching Korean Drama’s Students are the key assets of a growing drama’s. The student’s performance plays an important role in producing best quality dramas who will become great leaders and labor for the country thus responsible for the country’s economic and social development. Interest is an important factor of learning. On a general level, many students respond better to watching Korean drama than to reading which helps in keeping them interested and prevent them from getting easily distracted. Students today watching Korean drama are a tool to learn educational that they can use for their studies, that once seem difficult to teach and learn are now more accessible and understandable to the availability of educational K-drama. The psychological impact of Watching Korean dramas to students Korean dramas over the Philippines became such phenomenon. Nowadays a lot of teenagers are addicted to K-pop, K-drama and all things that have connected to Korea. Lot of different mediums such as online site offering K-dramas, DVD’s, from television and sometimes often ask a friends who has for a copy of such series and etc. had been used by the people to watch K-dramas. Many slowly become addicted and get crazy over watching it. It seemed to hypnotize them. Since then, when Korean dramas made a hit, many of the Filipino viewer’s especially the teenagers of today’s prefer to watch Korean dramas than any other tele dramas. As of today’s generation, Filipino teenagers are more engaged in watching Korean dramas. It caught the teen’s attention by its theme, story, the characters and even the soundtrack in which by these could have a great impact/effects on the Filipino teenager’s lifestyle and behavior. Lot of teenagers are being addicted to it and with the continuous practice; they began to absorb the culture of Korea. As a result, many among the Filipino teenagers nowadays tends to sacrifice their time for sleep, for communication, family bonding and school stuff just to watch Korean ur

dramas. According to Delos Reyes et.al (2017) based on the study they conducted, Korean dramas have been touching the teenagers’ personality through physical, emotional and mental state. Some of the teens tend to sacrifice their food and time just to watch Korean dramas they like. But there are also a positive psychological effects to Filipino teenagers. The advantage are they become friendlier, become more confident, becomes more open minded, learn how to appreciate music, dance and people behavior and becomes influenced in sing and dance. The financial impact of Watching Korean Drama to students The financial impact of watching Korean drama are they can make spend our money easier. If we want to watch it, we need a lot of money in using internet. Also it affects to your fashion lifestyle, because if you want the clothes or you like the fashion of your favorite actor/actresses you are willing to buy that clothes even it spends a lot of money. Also, teenagers tend to spend their money to the entertainment. If their Favorite Korean actors/actresses perform a big concert in the Philippines, they don’t feel regret spending a money to buy the concert ticket for their k-pop idol. Also they spend money to buy Albums to their Kpop Idol to show their love to their k-pop idol. They become immature when it comes to their kpop idols, they become defensive when it comes to their favorite k-pop idol. As a fan idol you are willing to do everything just to be updated with your idols and even your same interest from the other country you will make a way just to update with your idol, just to know their doings like new release songs, concert and etc. Effects of watching Korean Drama to Students Watching Korean drama can cause addiction. We usually know about the positive effects/impact of watching Korean drama, but the Korean drama can give us the negative effects.

If we always watch the Korean drama it may forget our study, we will not focus on studying the lesson, because we like to watching it every day and even spending the whole night. Another negative effects are in a culture. Korean drama makes some people love with Korean culture than our own culture. For example, many teenagers wear Korean’s fashion, and they also learning Korean language. Watching Korean drama can give us many effects to our life, positive impact and negative impact can affect our life to do bad things or good things. We need to be specific and smart to choose what k-drama to watch. We can learn many good lessons in watching Korean drama. They say watching Korean drama can make us smarter. K-drama also serve us a stress reliever, like watching for fun or relaxation. Conclusion Based from the data that is gathered by the researchers of this study entitled Effects of Watching Korean Drama to students’ academic performance, they have different point of view regarding the effects/impact of K-drama. K-drama has a good and bad effects on a person in some way. K-drama addiction is just like a game addiction if the students too into K-drama. The moment they forget to their task. It may ruin their studies. Due to large influence of K-drama people they have create a community where everyone can join and interact. Each other can build a bonding’s.

BIBLIOGRAPHY Delos Reyes, Paner, Rivera (2017). Understanding the embrace of Filipino teenagers on Korean dramas: An Academic essay, Department of Communication, Far Eastern University Manila Naidu, Swertha VR. (2015). A Quantitative Study on the impact of Korean Dramas a youth mong

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CHAPTER III RESEARCH METHODOLOGY This chapter details out the research methodology for the present study. This explains the objectives of the research to identify the effects of watching Korean drama to students’ academic performance and to suitable objective of methodology to achieve those objectives. It contains the procedure and methods in research study to collect and analyze the data.