{"id":52588,"date":"2015-06-16T09:14:33","date_gmt":"2015-06-16T13:14:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/?p=52588"},"modified":"2015-05-28T17:52:14","modified_gmt":"2015-05-28T21:52:14","slug":"flower-of-capitalism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/?p=52588","title":{"rendered":"Flower of Capitalism"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tuesday, June 16, 2015: 6:30 PM<br \/>\nThe Korea Society<br \/>\n950 Third Ave., 8th Floor,  New York, NY 10022<br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/10a451d868feb5fd854c1535dddc148e_L.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[52588]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-52589\" src=\"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/10a451d868feb5fd854c1535dddc148e_L.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"394\" height=\"106\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Advertising in South Korea is often referred to as a \u201cflower of capitalism.\u201d Rather than calling attention to the inherent links between commercial advertising and capitalism, this clich\u00e9d metaphor presents advertising as a wholesome, creative medium of public good and positive contribution to society. South Korean\u2019s consume advertising as a product of popular culture and celebrate it for the humanist societal ideals it often promotes, instead of viewing it as an intrusive commercial message. Dr. Fedorenko explores the origins of such attitudes toward advertising through some notable contemporary examples, and considers challenges of using advertising for public good in the twenty-first century South Korea.<br \/>\nFor more information visit: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.koreasociety.org\/korean-studies\/lectures\/flower_of_capitalism_cultural_logic_of_south_korea_advertising.html\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.koreasociety.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tuesday, June 16, 2015: 6:30 PM The Korea Society 950 Third Ave., 8th Floor, New York, NY 10022<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-52588","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-stay-connected-to-the-latest-local-events"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52588","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/29"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=52588"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52588\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":52640,"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52588\/revisions\/52640"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=52588"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=52588"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=52588"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}