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The K League and the Duality of Glocality: Men's Professional Football in South Korea, 1983-2017
- Title
- The K League and the Duality of Glocality: Men's Professional Football in South Korea, 1983-2017
- Authors
- Hong, Eunah
- Ewha Authors
- 홍은아
- SCOPUS Author ID
- 홍은아
- Issue Date
- 2023
- Journal Title
- SPORT HISTORY REVIEW
- ISSN
- 1087-1659
1543-2947
- Citation
- SPORT HISTORY REVIEW vol. 54, no. 2, pp. 225 - 246
- Keywords
- glocalization; two-step glocalization; rebrand; spectators
- Publisher
- HUMAN KINETICS PUBL INC
- Indexed
- AHCI; SCOPUS
- Document Type
- Article
- Abstract
- What happens when modern sports systems in noncore sports nations have undergone extended globalization? In this article, I draw on glocalization theory, particularly Roland Robertson and Richard Giulianotti's "duality of glocality" to explore the historical developments of the K League, South Korea's men's professional football league, launched in 1983. There are many reasons the K League has not yet firmly established its status: (a) the league imposed continuous rule changes on foreign field players while banning foreign goalkeepers, (b) the league introduced a distinct competition structure partially adopted from its Western counterparts, (c) a supporter culture was established which has a similar outlook to that of other supporter cultures but it had a different internal structure, and (d) the league produced media content reflecting local viewer needs while maintaining a structure similar to Western media formats. The notion of a two-step glocalization, the process of heterogenization followed by homogenization with other cultures based on the things that were already heterogenized for a lengthy period, is used to advance the debate on glocalization and to better understand the reasons for the failure to attract K League spectators since its establishment in 1983.
- DOI
- 10.1123/shr.2022-0013
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- 신산업융합대학 > 체육과학부 > Journal papers
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