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Alliance for My Idol: Analyzing the K-pop Fandom Collaboration Network
Jiwon Kang*, Minsung Lee*, Eunil Park , Minsam Ko*, Munyoung Lee , Jinyoung Han*{Hanyang University*, Sungkyunkwan University , Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI) }
ds.hanyang.ac.kr
{ jiwonkang, jinyounghan } @ hanyang.ac.kr
18,817,412
Target Fandom
Post
Jan. 1st ~ Nov. 25th 2018Period
321 fan pages in DCinside
a popular interest-based online platform in South Korea
Dataset
Definition of Fandom Collaboration Network
Fandom Activity Data & Fandom Collaboration Network
Sechs Kies
HYEONGSEOP / Hyeongseop X Euiwoong
AN YU-JIN / IZ*ONE
Apink
APRIL
BIGBANG
BLACKPINK
BOA
BTS
Buzz
CHUNGHA / I.O.I (disbanded)
CHUNGHA / I.O.I (disbanded)
REN / NU'EST W
WJSN (Cosmic Girls)
DAY6
EUIJIN / UNB
DIA
Dreamcatcher
EXID
Forte di Quattro
Fromis 9
GFriend
Laboum
Girls' Generation
LOONA
Golden Child
GOT7
Guckkasten
Gugudan
Highlight
Infinite
I.O.I (disbanded)
JBJ (disbanded)
JUNG DONG HA
JUNG SEUNG-HWAN
JEONG SE-WOON
XIA / JYJ
KANG DANIEL / Wanna One
Samuel
IZ*ONE
DONG HAN KIM / JBJ (disbanded)
KIM JAE-HWAN / Wanna One
KIM SO-HEE / I.B.I (disbanded)
KIM SO-HYE / I.O.I (disbanded)
YOON / WINNER
LAI KUAN-LIN / Wanna One
LEE DAE-HWI / Wanna One
LEE HAE-IN / I.B.I (disbanded)
Lovelyz
Wonder Girls(disbanded)
Mamamoo
MINO / iKON
Momoland
JANG MUMBOK
MXM
NU'EST W
HWANG MIN-HYUN / Wanna One
Oh My Girl
ONF
PENTAGON
PRISTIN
KIM CHAE-WON / IZ*ONE
Red Velvet
SAKURA MIYAWAKI / IZ*ONE
Stray Kids
SUZY
TEAYEON / Girls' Generation
THE BOYZ
HWANG CHI-YEUL
TWICE
UNB
iKON
Wanna One
Wanna One
Weki Meki
WHEESUNG
WINNER
WOO JIN-YOUNG / HNB
ZICO
(G)I-dle
JANG GYURI / Fromis 9
JR / NU'EST W
BAEK-HO / NU'EST W
MIN KYUNG-HOON / Buzz
YOO SEON-HO
YOON JI-SUNG / Wanna One
PARK JE-UP / IMFACT
UNI.T (disbanded)
HA SUNG-WOON / Wanna One
South Club
Forestella
ONG SUNG-WOO / Wanna OnePARK JI-HOON / Wanna One
YEONJUNG / WJSN (Cosmic Girls)
LEE JUN-YOUNG / UNB
TAEMIN / Shinee
SAM KIM
MIU SHITAO / AKB48
PRISTIN
BTOB
TAEMIN / ShineeRAINZ
KIM DONG-HYUN / MXM
MOE GOTO / AKB48
LIM YOUNG-MIN / MXM
JEON SO-MI / I.O.I (disbanded)
SEJEONG / Gugudan
SULHYUN / AOA
JIN LONGGUO / JBJ (disbanded)
HOTSHOT
PARK WOO-JIN / Wanna One
SHINHWA
KIM JAE JOONG / JYJ
PARK HYEON-JIN
INGIHYUNSANG
JUNG EN-JI / Apink
SEVENTEEN
BEN
KIM DO-YEON / Weki Meki
BIGBANG
BLACKPINK
WINNER
DAY6
Wonder Girls
Stray Kids
TWICE
Fig: The fandom collaboration network with the top 1% weighted edges
Subcommunities of idol groups’ fandoms belonging to the same agency.
Fig: The links between the ‘BTS’ and ‘TWICE’ fandoms in the fandom collaboration network
TWICEFandom
♪ 2,567
2,831 ♪
BTSFandom
node = fandom edge = collaboration
weight = amount of collaboration
Result
Q4. Are there fandoms that play more roles in fandom collaborations?
Q1. How prevalent is fandom collaboration in K-pop?
Ratio = Posts in other fandom community
Collaborative Posts
44.5% users ≑ 1.
52.9% users > 0.5
>> Many users actively participate in fandom collaborations
Q2. Do more active fandoms participate in more fandom collaborations?
0.77***
Weight Indegree
Weight Outdegree
0.72***
# of posts
Spearman rank correlation coe�cient
>> The active fandoms → actively participate in the fandom collaborations
>> TOP 10% Fandoms account for · 42.4% weighted indegree · 31.5 % weighted outdegree
>> High Gini coe�cient → Skewed Fandom Collaborations
Q3. Are fandom collaborations reciprocal or parasocial?
>> 89.1% edges are bidirectional → Reciprocal Fandom collaborations
523
Gini = 0.2
· Fan interview study · External (seasonal) e�ect analysis / Hub & Community analysis
Future Work
Introduction: How a fandom interacts with other fandoms?
Fig: Examples of collaborative tweets: BTS fandom → Beyonce fandom
[Idol Group]
Releasing an new song
[Fandom A]
Planning the fandom collaborationto boost up the new song’s music-chart rank
Fandom Collaboration
“Thank youfor streaming our idol’s song.
I streamed your idol’s song, too”
“Can you stream my idol’s new song?I already streamed your idol’s song.”
[Fandom A] [Fandom B]
[Moderators in Fandom A]
Lovelyz fandom’scommunity page
Post title written by a BLACKPINK fan
Screenshotof streaming
Lovelyz ’s song
Profile Pictureof a BLACKPINK fan
(visitor)
(visitor)
Fig: An example of a collaborative post: BLACKPINK fandom → Lovelyz fandom