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DataScienceLab

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