著者

金 イェジ

出版者

日本マス・コミュニケーション学会

雑誌

マス・コミュニケーション研究 (ISSN:13411306)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.95, pp.203-219, 2019

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<p> This paper focuses on the Korean "daily toon," a specific genre of webtoon</p><p>(a portmanteau of the words "web" and "cartoon"). In these toons, a character</p><p>appears as an avatar presenting the writer's perspective. Present research considers</p><p>the melancholic representation of youth in the early years of daily toons.</p><p>Daily toons featuring authors' experiences were often drawn quite frankly, as</p><p>one would write or sketch in a diary. Youths developed an affinity for these</p><p>toons, as their production and consumption reflected facets of young people's</p><p>everyday life. Focusing on these points, this research aims to examine: ⑴ relationships</p><p>between the three aspects of the melancholic motif appearing in early</p><p>daily toons; ⑵ the structure of feeling of the younger generation and ⑶ personal</p><p>homepages as private spaces online( where episodes were published serially).</p><p> In the early 2000s, young people shared ambivalent emotions arising from</p><p>social changes following the 1997 financial crisis. They were tasked with maintaining</p><p>the role of standard-bearers for social change, while also experiencing</p><p>feelings of self-pity and loss. In the early daily toons, depressive feelings are</p><p>represented by three themes, namely: ⑴ thinking and self-reflection; ⑵ loss and</p><p>loneliness and ⑶ emptiness and lethargy. Such melancholic motifs can be interpreted</p><p>as symbolizing youths' depression and sense of loss, utilizing the properties</p><p>of personal homepages as private spaces for self-expression. In real life,</p><p>young people's collective actions toward social change occur in spaces such as</p><p>public squares, where their behavior and practices represent emotions such as</p><p>anger and resistance. In contrast, the motifs in the early daily toons can be</p><p>interpreted as representing more personal emotional processes (such as fear</p><p>and pity) among youth.</p>