THE COLLEGE OF MAASIN

“NISI DOMINUS FRUSTRA”

MAASIN CITY
SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL DEPARTMENT

Chapter IV

PRESENTATION, ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION OF DATA

TABLE 1. Mean Distribution of the Impact of Korean Wave

Mean Interpretation

A. ENTERTAINMENT

I watch k-dramas rather than local produced dramas 1 ALWAYS

I imitate Korean dance moves rather than Filipino 2.14 SOMETIMES

dances

I imitate Korean dance moves rather than Filipino 2.10 SOMETIMES

dances

I watch K-pop music videos rather than OPM videos 2.14 SOMETIMES

B. LANGUAGE

I speak Korean language in socializing rather than 2.52 NEVER

Filipino

I can speak few Korean words in socializing 2.26 SOMETIMES

I study Korean language rather than Filipino 2.52 NEVER

C. FOOD

I eat Korean noodles rather than any food serve with 2.52 NEVER

rice

I eat kimchi rather than Filipino native delicacies 2.56 NEVER

D. FASHION

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I copy the way how Korean dresses 2.32 SOMETIMES

I prefer to fix my hair in Korean style 2.36 SOMETIMES

I prefer to wear Korean fashion trends 2.14 SOMETIMES

I use Korean cosmetics than any other brands 2.52 NEVER

I wear Korean style of footwear 2.54 NEVER

I copy Korean’s way of wearing their accessories 2.54 NEVER

The above table shows the mean distribution of the impact of Korean Wave. As

can be observe in the interpretation, the frequency of the sometimes and never are the

same with the total number of seven while there’s only one always.

This data reflected the study of Alanzalon (2011) entitled Understanding the

Filipino Teens Consumption Of Korean popular music and videos stating that there are

aspects of her sample respondent’s lifestyle that has been impacted by their consumption

of K-pop.

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MAASIN CITY
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Chapter V

CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATION

Conclusions

The findings of this thesis is evident that there are portion of lifestyle of the

respondents that has been impacted by Korean Wave in terms of entertainment, language,

and fashion. Specifically, it was found out that the respondents always preferred to watch

Korean dramas over local produced dramas and sometimes imitate Korean dance moves

and listen Korean music. Meanwhile they can sometimes utter Korean words in

socializing but didn’t actually recognized it as their spoken language in socializing. It was

also found out that sometimes the respondents copy how Korean dresses and fixed their

hair but never use Korean cosmetics and foot ware and also didn’t copy how Korean

wear their accessories. In terms of Korean food the respondents didn’t prefer to consume

it as part of their lifestyle.

Recommendations

The researcher recommends to widen the scope of the study to come up with a

better and strong result specifically it should increased the number of respondents and

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SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL DEPARTMENT

also include the male as respondents of the study. Expand the limit of Korean Lifestyle

(e.g. beliefs, attitude, etc.) especially those aspects that are not included in the study.

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