NAMA : CLEIFORD WILLIAM SIEGERS

NIM : 041949151
PRODI : SISTEM INFORMASI (UPBJJ-UT AMBON)

TUGAS 1 READING
QUESTION & ANSWER

Look at the table of contents and answer questions number 1 – 5

18 Eminem’s Road Back from Hell 67 The Most Perfect Face in the
Three years ago he almost died; now World
he’s got the biggest record of 2010 so BTS Jin has the world's most perfect
far. face according to Dutch Scientific
Analysis
22 Phil Collins’ Last Stand 73 SHINee's Taemin Returns
He has sold more than 150 million Taemin, the youngest member of K-
records. But now why the troubled pop boy band SHINee, will return to
pop star wants to call it quits. the K-pop scene next month with a
new solo record
26 Taylor Swift’s Huge Week 89 Moomoo Announce A Boycott
Speak Now sells a million copies in Mamamoo's Fan Union have opposed
seven days, the best first-week sale the new recent announcement by
since 2005. RBW to merge Youtube channels of
Mamamoo and stated a boycott of
Mamamoo’s online concert.
47 Kanye West’s ‘Dark Twisted 106 GFRIEND Confirmed to Leave
Fantasy’ Source Music
 As the rest of the world downsizes, On May 18, it was reported that the
Kanye comes back with his most epic six members did not renew their
album. contracts with Source Music and will
be going their separate ways.
52 Hermione of the K-pop 127 Chungha Halted All Activities
Day6 Bassist Young K amazes K-pop musician Chungha has tested
netizen after his military enlistment in positive for COVID-19, but she
KATUSA promises her fans that she'll be back
to work in no time.

1. What kind of target audience was the magazine published?

Answer :
In my opinion, the magazine has a target audience of K-pop music, K-Drama lovers and
foreign musicians.
2. What is the magazine about?
Answer :
In the magazine tell about the life of the world of K-pop, K-drama and the development of
musicians.
3. On what page will you read if you want to know about the reasons a musician will not
make another record?
Answer :
On pages 127 which that Chungha’s All K-pop musicians activities are temporally
suspended due to COVID-19 positive.
4. On what page will you find information about a protest done by a group of fans?
Answer :
On page 127
5. On what page will you find about a musician who is going to serve the Army?
Answer :
On page 52
Skim the following text and answer questions number 6 – 10
While “Hallyu”, the Korean wave, has become a global phenomenon for decades, Chinese
pop culture has grown rapidly in prominence over the past couple of years, attracting more and
more global fans. Getting used to people talking about K-pop music and Korean dramas all the
time, I was surprised to see more and more people starting to watch and discuss Chinese dramas.
As an experienced viewer and enthusiast of both Chinese dramas and Korean dramas, I will discuss
some major differences that I noticed between them.
Chinese dramas are often pretty long, with 30-60 episodes, and may even go up to 80. Each
episode is often 30-45 minutes. Compared to this, Korean dramas usually have 16-20 episodes,
each lasting 60-90 minutes. While many Chinese dramas are aired 2 episodes per day, Korean
dramas are usually aired 2 episodes per week. So it can be a torture to wait for K dramas to get
updated compared to C dramas. With complicated plots and multiple parallel storylines, C dramas
usually need more time to complete a story and often tell stories at pretty slow pacing. In
comparison, K dramas, well known for their compelling plot twists, tend to tell stories at faster
pacing and with a well-knit plot. So K dramas might be better at constantly attracting the
audience’s attention than C dramas.
Chinese dramas and Korean dramas are good at portraying different genres. While C
dramas are well known for historical/costume and fantasy genres, K dramas are famous for
modern-day and romance genres. C dramas are overall better at the historical/costume genre and
the fantasy genre. Most of the top Chinese fantasy dramas are set in ancient China and thus fall
into the costume genre as well. In comparison, Korean historical dramas tend to put less effort into
set design and art design. Not only in visual design do Chinese historical dramas do a better job,
they are also overall more sophisticated and compelling in plot. But K dramas definitely have their
strengths – they are overall better at modern-day and romance genres. Korean modern-day
romance dramas are overall better at storytelling as well as shaping characters.
While K drama stories are mainly written by professional screenwriters, most of the top C
dramas nowadays are adapted from novels, which are called “Cultural IP (Intellectual Property)”
in China. Chinese streaming platforms and entertainment companies are competing against each
other to buy the intellectual property of popular novels, while professional screenwriters are having
a hard time selling their stories. This is because popular “IP” novels have already got a large
enough fanbase, and their quality has already been proven by the market. So, from investors’
standpoint, those “IP” novels are often more worth investing than original screenplays.
The production systems of K dramas and C dramas are also pretty different. K dramas are
mostly shot live, which means that a drama is still filming as it starts to go on the air. The script is
not finished in advance, so the screenwriter and the director can change the story accordingly
depending on the audience’s expectations. This production mode makes the audience’s voices
heard, but there are risks – the over-intervention of their feedback may sometimes screw up the
story.
(Adapted from [Link]
korean-dramas-2020/)
6. What is the text about?
Answer :
The text tells about C dramas, K dramas and their production systems.
7. What is the main pattern of organization from the text?
Answer :
The main pattern of organization of the text is that there are genre differences between
Korean dramas and Chinese dramas in that Chinese dramas are famous for
historical/costume and fantasy genres, while Korean dramas are famous for modern and
romance genres.
8. What is the main idea of paragraph 2?
Answer :
The main idea in paragraph 2 is the different duration between Chinese dramas and Korean
dramas.
9. In which genre Korean dramas are better than Chinese dramas?
Answer :
K dramas are better at modern and romance genres. Modern Korean romance dramas are
overall better at storytelling as well as character building.
10. According to the author, what is the negative effect of taking the audience's opinion
for drama production?
Answer :
The downside is that if the over-intervention of their feedback can sometimes mess up the
story.