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<h1 style="margin-left:0cm"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#70AD47">Celebrities, Netizens and Nationalism in East Asia</span></b><o:p></o:p></h1>
<h1 style="margin-left:0cm"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Dr<span style="letter-spacing:-2.5pt">
</span>Stephen<span style="letter-spacing:-2.5pt"> </span>Epstein<span style="letter-spacing:-2.5pt">
</span>|<span style="letter-spacing:-2.7pt"> </span>Victoria<span style="letter-spacing:-2.5pt">
</span><span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt">University</span><span style="letter-spacing:-2.45pt">
</span>of <span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt">Wellington</span></span><o:p></o:p></h1>
<h2 style="mso-margin-top-alt:2.2pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">11 July 2019 2:00pm - 3:30pm</span><o:p></o:p></h2>
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<span style="font-size:15.0pt;line-height:101%">Deakin University, Level 2, Building BC, Burwood campus
</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-top:.45pt"><span lang="EN-GB"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="mso-margin-top-alt:.05pt;margin-right:22.25pt;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:101%">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">On August 14, 2016, the eve of Liberation Day in South Korea, American-born
<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt">Tiffany </span>of K-pop icons Girls’<span style="letter-spacing:-2.1pt">
</span>Generation uploaded a picture to her Instagram account that paid tribute<span style="letter-spacing:-2.05pt">
</span>to<span style="letter-spacing:-2.0pt"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing:-2.0pt">
</span><span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt">group’s</span><span style="letter-spacing:-2.0pt">
</span>just-completed<span style="letter-spacing:-2.05pt"> </span>concerts:<span style="letter-spacing:-2.0pt">
</span>applying<span style="letter-spacing:-2.0pt"> </span>a filter<span style="letter-spacing:-2.05pt">
</span>available<span style="letter-spacing:-2.05pt"> </span>in<span style="letter-spacing:-2.05pt">
</span>the<span style="letter-spacing:-2.0pt"> </span>social<span style="letter-spacing:-2.05pt">
</span>media<span style="letter-spacing:-2.05pt"> </span>platform,<span style="letter-spacing:-2.0pt">
</span>she<span style="letter-spacing:-2.05pt"> </span>added<span style="letter-spacing:-2.05pt">
</span>the locale<span style="letter-spacing:-2.3pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt">“Tokyo,</span><span style="letter-spacing:-2.25pt">
</span>Japan”<span style="letter-spacing:-2.25pt"> </span>to<span style="letter-spacing:-2.25pt">
</span>caption<span style="letter-spacing:-2.25pt"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing:-2.25pt">
</span>photo<span style="letter-spacing:-2.25pt"> </span>in<span style="letter-spacing:-2.25pt">
</span>a<span style="letter-spacing:-2.25pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt">font</span><span style="letter-spacing:-2.25pt">
</span>style<span style="letter-spacing:-2.25pt"> </span>that recalled <span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt">
Japan’s </span>rising sun flag. Netizen reaction was swift and<span style="letter-spacing:-1.85pt">
</span>harsh<span style="letter-spacing:-1.85pt"> </span>in<span style="letter-spacing:-1.85pt">
</span>condemning<span style="letter-spacing:-1.85pt"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing:-1.85pt">
</span>“ignorant”<span style="letter-spacing:-1.85pt"> </span>action<span style="letter-spacing:-1.8pt">
</span>of<span style="letter-spacing:-1.85pt"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing:-1.85pt">
</span><span style="letter-spacing:-.35pt">star, </span>and<span style="letter-spacing:-2.1pt">
</span>her<span style="letter-spacing:-2.05pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt">gaffe</span><span style="letter-spacing:-2.05pt">
</span>ultimately<span style="letter-spacing:-2.1pt"> </span>led<span style="letter-spacing:-2.05pt">
</span>to<span style="letter-spacing:-2.05pt"> </span>her<span style="letter-spacing:-2.05pt">
</span>dismissal<span style="letter-spacing:-2.1pt"> </span>from<span style="letter-spacing:-2.05pt">
</span>a<span style="letter-spacing:-2.05pt"> </span>popular Korean<span style="letter-spacing:-1.3pt">
</span>TV<span style="letter-spacing:-1.25pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt">show.</span><span style="letter-spacing:-1.3pt">
</span><span style="letter-spacing:-.25pt">Tiffany,</span><span style="letter-spacing:-1.25pt">
</span><span style="letter-spacing:-.25pt">however,</span><span style="letter-spacing:-1.25pt">
</span>was<span style="letter-spacing:-1.3pt"> </span>far<span style="letter-spacing:-1.25pt">
</span>from<span style="letter-spacing:-1.3pt"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing:-1.25pt">
</span>first<span style="letter-spacing:-1.25pt"> </span>star to<span style="letter-spacing:-1.8pt">
</span>be<span style="letter-spacing:-1.8pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt">attacked</span><span style="letter-spacing:-1.8pt">
</span><span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt">for</span><span style="letter-spacing:-1.8pt">
</span>the<span style="letter-spacing:-1.8pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt">display,</span><span style="letter-spacing:-1.8pt">
</span>almost<span style="letter-spacing:-1.75pt"> </span>always<span style="letter-spacing:-1.8pt">
</span>unwitting,<span style="letter-spacing:-1.8pt"> </span>of another<span style="letter-spacing:-2.05pt">
</span><span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt">nation’s</span><span style="letter-spacing:-2.0pt">
</span>symbols<span style="letter-spacing:-2.0pt"> </span>in<span style="letter-spacing:-2.0pt">
</span>East<span style="letter-spacing:-2.05pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt">Asia’s</span><span style="letter-spacing:-2.0pt">
</span>highly<span style="letter-spacing:-2.0pt"> </span>sensitive<span style="letter-spacing:-2.0pt">
</span>internet environment.<span style="letter-spacing:-1.4pt"> </span>In<span style="letter-spacing:-1.4pt">
</span>this<span style="letter-spacing:-1.4pt"> </span>talk,<span style="letter-spacing:-1.4pt">
</span>Epstein<span style="letter-spacing:-1.4pt"> </span>will<span style="letter-spacing:-1.4pt">
</span>address<span style="letter-spacing:-1.4pt"> </span>such<span style="letter-spacing:-1.35pt">
</span>incidents in<span style="letter-spacing:-1.8pt"> </span>order<span style="letter-spacing:-1.75pt">
</span>to<span style="letter-spacing:-1.75pt"> </span>underline<span style="letter-spacing:-1.75pt">
</span>how<span style="letter-spacing:-1.75pt"> </span>nationalism<span style="letter-spacing:-1.75pt">
</span>intersects<span style="letter-spacing:-1.75pt"> </span>with<span style="letter-spacing:-1.75pt">
</span>the process of increasing mediatisation, personalisation and commodification<span style="letter-spacing:-1.5pt">
</span>of<span style="letter-spacing:-1.5pt"> </span>celebrity<span style="letter-spacing:-1.45pt">
</span>as<span style="letter-spacing:-1.5pt"> </span>well<span style="letter-spacing:-1.45pt">
</span>as<span style="letter-spacing:-1.5pt"> </span>media<span style="letter-spacing:-1.5pt">
</span>consumption, democratised<span style="letter-spacing:-1.95pt"> </span>fan<span style="letter-spacing:-1.95pt">
</span>production<span style="letter-spacing:-1.9pt"> </span>and<span style="letter-spacing:-1.95pt">
</span>evolving<span style="letter-spacing:-1.95pt"> </span>relations<span style="letter-spacing:-1.9pt">
</span>between fans and<span style="letter-spacing:-1.6pt"> </span>celebrities.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i>On behalf of Polis ADI, Deakin University, and Monash University<o:p></o:p></i></p>
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