THE EFFECTS OF WATCHING KOREAN DRAMAS TO THE

ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF GRADE 11 GHT 2A PHINMA

UNIVERSITY OF PANGASINAN

MEMBERS

Joshua Jermaine S. Yu

Michael Louis P. Gutay

Mark Kevin V. Flores

Mark Denzel V. Decena

Jezer Ramon J. Noriega

Jenine Laarni S. Alcantara

Jolina T. Bustillo

Ke Anne Heidi T. Delangosa

Jochelle P. Mission

Lyka Jane B. Lopez

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Page
TITLE PAGE …………………………………………………………………………………… 1
TABLE OF CONTENTS……………………………………………………………………. 2
CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION
Background of the Study………………………………………………….…. 3
Statement of the Problem……………………………………………..……. 4
Scope and Delimitations…………………………………………………..…. 4
Significance of the Study……………………………………..……………… 5
Definition of Terms………………………………………………..……………. 6
CHAPTER 2: REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE
2.1 Korean Drama………………………………………………………….……. 7
2.2 The Academic Performance Gap between
Social Classes and Parenting Practices in Korea……….……….. 9
2.3 Effects of Drama on At-Risk Math Students…………..…… 10

2.4 The Effects of the Korean Wave (Hallyu) Star and

Receiver Characteristics on T.V………………………………………..… 11

CHAPTER 3: METHODS AND PROCEDURES

Research Methodology………………………………………………………… 13
Respondents of the Study………………………………………………….. 14
Sampling Procedure……………………………………………………………. 15
Statistical Treatment…………………………………………………………… 16
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CHAPTER 1

A.Background of the study

Korean dramas (K-dramas) are no different from our regular

TV series. They all contain enough drama, comedy and romance,

just like TV series here, but what sets K-dramas apart is their

approach on these dramas. Unlike native TV series K-dramas have

a maximum run of 16 episodes per series. As compared to native TV

series that run for 300 episodes plus and still don’t conclude. This

approach in K-dramas keeps it fresh with the audience.

In this generation, most of the Filipinos are addicted on

watching Korean drama. Korean drama or K-drama refers to

televised dramas in the Korean language, made in South Korea,

mostly in a miniseries format, with distinctive features that set them

apart from television series and soap operas made elsewhere.

South Korea started to broadcast television series in the

1960s. Today's mini deurama format of 12–24 episodes started in

the 1990s, transforming traditional historical series to this format

and creating the notion of "fusion sageuks". Korean dramas are

usually shot within a very tight schedule, often a few hours before

actual broadcast. Screenplays are flexible and may change anytime

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during production, depending on viewers' feedback, putting actors

in a difficult position. Production companies often face financial

issues.

B.Statement of the problem

This study aims to answer the following questions

What is the demographic profile of the respondents in terms of the

following?

1.1 Age

1.2 Gender

1.3 Frequency of watching Korean Drama per day

2. How the students Manage their time in watching Korean Drama?

3. What are the effects of watching Korean Drama to the student’s

academic performance?

C.Scope and Delimitation

Determining the effects of watching Korean Dramas in the

academic performance of the Grade 11 GHT 2A students was the

focus of this research. The study is limited only to the Grade 11 GHT

2A of PHINMA University of Pangasinan. The information needed will

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be gathered using a questionnaire. All information and conclusions

drawn from this study were obtained only to this group of students.

D.Significance of the Study

This study aims to identify how it will benefit the following:

Students. The study will benefit the students for it can improve their

awareness on the other country’s culture and way of living through

watching Korean drama, which eventually may help them on their

academic performance.

Teachers. The study will serve as a reference to be able to cope up

with the student’s personal growth concerning their attraction in

Korean drama.

School. The study will determine if Korean have great influence on

the students. Thus, it can help them come up with ideas that will

improve and uplift the educational status of the students. It can also

serve as basis for conducting more interesting programs and

activities in the future that will gain the interest of the students to

achieve their academic goals.

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Future researcher. This will serve as reference and guide for

researchers when creating their own studies related to the subject

matter.

E.Definition of Terms

For better clarification and understanding of the terms used on this

study, the following are defined conceptually and operationally.

K-Drama (abbreviation of Korean Drama). This refers to

televised dramas in the Korean language, made in South Korea,

mostly in a miniseries format, with distinctive features that set them

apart from television series and soap operas made elsewhere.

Sageuk. This refers to any Korean television or film drama that is

either based on historical figures, incorporates historical events, or

uses a historical backdrop

Korean (Hallyu) Wave. A neologism with literal meaning of "flow

of Korea”. This refers to the increase in global popularity of South

Korean culture since the 1990s.

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CHAPTER 2

Review of relates literature and studies

This chapter presents the related literature and studies after

the thorough and in-depth search done by the researchers. This will

also present the synthesis of the art, theoretical and conceptual

framework to fully understand the study to be conducted.

2.1 Korean drama

FOREIGN

Korean Dramas (k-dramas) are no different from Filipino

regular tv series. They all contain enough drama, comedy and

romance, just like tv series herem but what sets K-dramas apart is

their approach on these dramas. Unlike native tv series, K-drama

have a maximum run of 16 episodes per series. As compared to

native tv series that run for 300 episodes plus and still do not

conclude. However, based on the popularity of k-drama, extra

episodes or even an additional season are added to extend an

extremely popular drama, but this approach is unusual and is not

seen often.
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According to Common Wealth Magazine, one of the greatest

inventions in the 20th century is television, and its appearance in

every family has changed our traditional way of life since decades

ago. The sight of a family surrounding around a table and eating

dinner is less and less seen. Instead, we eat dinner and watch

dramas in front of our TV sets at the same time. This style has been

showing up in our everyday life. Along with the large network of

cable television, TV stations introduce many foreign programs,

including the dramas from Korea, Japan and America, among which

Korean dramas are one of the most popular programs in Taiwan,

even in Asia. We call this trend “Korean Wave”.

According to The AJU Business (2012), everyone knows that

Korean Wave consists of various elements, and the impact of Korean

dramas is the most obvious. There are two dramas playing

significant roles in the history of Korean dramas. One is Jewel in the

Palace.

According to Wikipedia, this drama made the record of

average ratings of fifty percent; moreover, there were more than

ninety countries in the world airing this drama. The other is You Who

Came from the Stars, and this drama not only created the clicks of
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two billion on the Net, but also drew over six hundred forty thousand

Taiwanese tourists to go to Korea in 2014, according to Cheng Yi

Shou (鄭 益守), President of Korea Tourism Organization, Taipei

Office.

2.2 The Academic Performance Gap between Social Classes

and Parenting Practices in Korea

FOREIGN

The proposition that children from affluent families tend to do better

in their studies has become a fact that nobody can deny. Meanwhile,

the fact that “the higher the parents’ social status, the better the

children’s grades, and the lower the social status, the poorer the

grades” has been confirmed time and again by all sorts of

investigation and research (Ju, D. 1998; Kim, H. and Lee, B. 2005;

Park, C. and Do, J. 2005; Byun, S. and Kim, K. 2008). Their results

are in agreement with numerous foreign antecedent studies

(Coleman 1990; De Graaf et al. 2000; Jencks and Tach 2006). As

for the reason that children’s grades change according to their

parents’ socioeconomic status, public sentiment commonly points to

the difference in their capacity to spend on private education.

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2.3 EFFECTS OF DRAMA ON AT-RISK MATH STUDENTS

For many years, educators have varied in their definition of students

considered to be “at-risk”. Some educators have considered at-risk

students to be minorities or those living with one parent and

statistically perceived to be low academic performers. Other

definitions have included students who were already poor

performers academically, failing to receive the proper monitoring

and intervention from teachers in standard school programs. At-risk

students have also been defined as students who are negatively

impacted by characteristics of a school, such as inflexible schedules

and narrow curricula (Hixson & Tinsmann, 1990). All of these

definitions and factors in and of themselves have limitations.

According to Hixson and Tinsmann, the degree to which a child is

atrisk is a function of inadequacies in one or more of these above

defined areas not compensated for in the others. Over years of

practice, researchers and educators alike have agreed that at-risk

students show the greatest improvement from instruction

emphasizing less repetitive drilling of skills and more innovative

methods of learning including higher order thinking skills and

cognitive reasoning (Knapp, Shields & Turnball, 1995). A case study

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by Baxter and Woodward in 1997 demonstrated that at-risk students

in mathematics showed a modest improvement in performance on

standardized tests after a year long involvement in a classroom

characterized by an innovative instructional method focused on

conceptual problem solving and utilization of math games rather

than traditional computational practice. The researchers speculated

that with more specialized instruction in the innovative approach,

such as by having additional teachers in the classroom, poor

performing math students could realize even greater improvement

in their math scores (Baxter & Woodward, 1997).

2.4 The Effects of the Korean Wave (Hallyu) Star and

Receiver Characteristics on T.V

Drama Satisfaction and Intention to Revisit Globalization has played

an increasingly critical role in every area of life, society, and culture

is not an exception. The Korean Wave (or ‘Hallyu’ in Korean) is a

very popular cultural phenomenon among Asian consumers today.

For instance, the Korean singer ‘PSY’ and his song ‘GangNam Style’

was the most watched YouTube video by 2012 (Dobuzinskis, 2012).

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Now the Korean Wave has gained increasing recognition in China,

East Asia, Southeast Asian nations, including Taiwan, Japan and

Hong Kong (Hong and Kim, 2013). The Korean Wave also made its

noteworthy entrance in Latin America (Ko et al., 2014). This new

cultural trend also has a significant impact on the Korean economy

through exports of its product and increased tourism (Lee, 2015;

Hogarth, 2013). The number of foreign tourists visiting Korea

because of the Korean Wave has increased steadily and the cultural

phenomenon results in increased purchase of the related product

such as cosmetics, fashion, and Korean cuisine by foreign customers

(Yu et al., 2012).

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CHAPTER 3

Methods and Procedures

This chapter presents the research design, research setting,

research subject, research and validation of instrument, data

gathering procedure and statistical treatment.

A.Research Methodology

The study determined the effects of watching Korean drama

on the academic performance of Grade 11 GHT 2A PHINMA

University of Pangasinan through the use of descriptive-correlation

method.

In descriptive method, the study focuses on the present

condition. The purpose is to find new truth, which may come in

different forms such as increased quantity of knowledge, a new

generalization or increased insights into factors. It also collected

detailed and factual information to describe existing phenomena. It

systematically described the situation or area of interest factually

and accurately. It allowed the researchers to carefully describe and

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understand the behavior. This study was correlational for it

demanded the degree to which variables were related to each other

using various statistical instruments.

Since this study measured data that already exists and the

number of respondents is not large, the descriptive-correlation

method of studies is best suited. As mentioned, the demographic

profile of the respondents in terms of age and gender, including their

frequency of watching Korean drama, as well as the count up of

those who spend their time on k-drama were generated using

researcher-made questionnaire.

B.Respondents of the study

The researcher respondents are the 50 Grade 11 GHT 2A

senior high school students of PHINMA-University of Pangasinan who

are addicted in watching Korean dramas. This can use for a study

about effects in academic performance for those students who

addicted in Korean dramas.

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C.Sampling Procedure

Convenience Sampling, a kind of Non-Random Sampling, was

utilized in this research. The researcher made questionnaire to

gather the data for the student’s profile. The draft of the

questionnaire was drawn out based on the researchers to identify of

the effects of watching Korean Dramas in academic performance of

Grade 11 GHT 2A PHINMA University of Pangasinan of the

respondents, A questionnaire which composed of 13 questions. In

which determines the effects of watching Korean dramas in

academic performance of the respondents.

To know more about the research paper, the researchers

gathered some data and information through internet and have

looked for the related literature and study to this topic. Through this,

the researchers have gathered some important details and

information related to this topic. The researchers also made some

questionnaires were in Dichotomous scale and Rating scale were

used so that it will be much easier for the respondents to answer it.

The researcher will make letter of request and submitted it to the

school principal or dean to allow the researcher to administer the

survey. After receiving the approved permit, the researcher will

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conduct the survey form or questionnaire to the grade 11 GHT 2A of

PHINMA University of Pangasinan. The researcher will give some

time to the respondents to answer the questionnaire before

regaining it. The researchers will retrieve the questionnaire

personally from the respondents to make sure that the survey

material was answered and returned. Data gathered will be

recorded, tabulated, and analyzed. The results of the data will be

interpreted and considered as findings of the researcher.

D.Statistical Treatment

The researchers will use standard or statistical tool to analyze,

tallied, encoded, tabulated the data gathered. In this study the

researchers will analyze and get the percentage of the data used the

formula of,

Percentage

𝐹
P=𝑁 × 100

Where in:

P – Percentage
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F – Sample of the respondents (Frequency)

N – Population of the respondents (Population Size)

Mean

∑𝑥
𝑥=
𝑁

Where in:

x- Mean

∑𝑥 - sum of all scores

N - number of cases