김현숙 Kim Hyun-sook , 이은주 Lee Eun-ju

DOI:10.47415/IRAC.7.2.1 Vol.7(No.2) 5-25, 2026

K-pop's global diffusion is undergoing a fundamental paradigm shift from fan-driven selective consumption to algorithm-based "Discovery-based consumption." This study analyzes how this structural transformation reshapes K-pop's global diffusion mechanisms and derives cultural policy implications for sustainable K-culture growth. Drawing on Platformization theory and cultural industry ecosystem theory, the study examines Spotify's RADAR Korea and EQUAL programs as case studies. The findings confirm that global platforms form a discovery-diffusion-re-consumption cycle converting non-fans into K-pop listeners, while functional division between local and global platforms supports both domestic market stability and global expansion. Structural challenges persist, including algorithmic bias favoring major agencies and platform power concentration. This study proposes reconceptualizing global platforms as collaborative partners in K-culture promotion, advancing three core policy directions: public-private collaborative incubating programs, performance-linked incentive systems, and a three-stage data-sharing governance roadmap-from aggregated data sharing to a public-platform data hub, culminating in the institutionalization of a global copyright consultative body. Feasibility analysis draws on comparable models in the UK and France, where platform-government data-sharing frameworks have already been established.

K-팝, 글로벌 플랫폼, 발견형 소비, 플랫폼화, 문화정책, K-pop, global platform, discovery-based consumption, platformization, cultural policy

신혜원 Shin Hyewon , 황선환 Hwang Sunhwan

DOI:10.47415/IRAC.7.2.2 Vol.7(No.2) 27-37, 2026

The purpose of this study is to provide data to determine policy priorities by identifying the relative influence of the leisure environment on leisure satisfaction for adults who have participated in cultural and artistic viewing activities at least once in the past three months during the 2024 survey period. The study data used the original data of the leisure-related survey of Korean research company C, and the final analysis target was 8,162 people. The leisure environment consisted of six sub-elements for culture and arts-related infrastructure: facility sufficiency, facility excellence, facility presence or absence, mobility, ease of use, and cost appropriateness, and leisure satisfaction was measured by the overall level of satisfaction with the relevant leisure activity. As a result of step-by-step regression analysis, the explanatory power for leisure satisfaction was in the order of convenience of use, cost appropriateness, facility sufficiency, facility excellence, and mobility, but in terms of relative influence, it was confirmed that the explanatory power of the final model was 29.7% (R²=.297). These findings suggest that policies aimed at reducing economic barriers to cultural participation-such as subsidized admission fees and income-differentiated pricing-should be prioritized over facility construction in efforts to promete cultural accessibility and mitigate cultural inequality.

문화·예술 관람활동, 여가환경, 여가만족도, 상대적 영향력, Cultural and Artistic Viewing Activities, Leisure Environment, Leisure Satisfaction, Relative Influence

공령연 Kong Ling-yan , 이진우 Lee Jin-woo

DOI:10.47415/IRAC.7.2.3 Vol.7(No.2) 39-62, 2026

This study examined the structural relationships through which interactivity, content quality, presence, perceived enjoyment, and social influence shape visitors’ participation intention in XR immersive exhibitions, based on the Extended Technology Acceptance Model (ETAM). Survey data were collected from 411 visitors to the XR immersive exhibition Eternal Gaudi in Guangzhou, China, and analyzed using structural equation modeling (SEM). Interactivity, content quality, presence, and perceived enjoyment significantly affected perceived usefulness or perceived ease of use, while perceived usefulness and perceived ease of use were significantly associated with participation intention. Perceived usefulness showed the strongest effect on participation intention. The mediation analysis further revealed that technological attributes and experiential psychological factors were indirectly linked to participation intention through perceived usefulness and perceived ease of use. Social influence did not have a significant direct effect on perceived usefulness, but showed a limited indirect effect through perceived usefulness. Participation intention in XR immersive exhibitions is formed not merely through technology acceptance, but through visitors’ subjective evaluations of technological attributes, content experience, immersion, enjoyment, and perceived experiential value.

XR 몰입형 전시, 참여 의도, 확장된 기술수용모형, 지각된 유용성, 몰입 경험, XR immersive exhibition, participation intention, Extended Technology Acceptance Model, perceived usefulness, immersive experience

이동현 Lee Dong-hyun

DOI:10.47415/IRAC.7.2.4 Vol.7(No.2) 63-87, 2026

This study presents a scoping review (ScR) of 1,679 metaverse-related articles published between June 2021 and June 2025 in KCI-indexed journals across social sciences, arts and culture, and convergence studies in South Korea. Guided by the deductive ScR approach aligned with a Korean government report, "Metaverse: A New Industry Leading Initiative" (2022), the findings from an industry-academia ecosystem perspective indicate that overall metaverse research has transitioned into a phase of structural reconfiguration following a rapid expansion in 2021-2022. Across the three areas, research activities are heavily concentrated in the Seoul metropolitan region, with private institutions playing a dominant role. While industry-academia collaboration is identified, it remains largely at the level of parallel participation rather than integrated co-production. To detail ecosystem focus: social sciences emphasize the expansion of socio-institutional applications in education, policy, and management; arts and culture prioritize the creation of user-centered cultural value ecosystems through performance, exhibitions, and visual arts; and convergence studies focus on supply-side ecosystem development through technological validation, such as virtual reality, platforms, and interfaces. Metaverse platforms are thus positioned differently across disciplines, serving as tools for online and remote interaction in social sciences, as creative virtual spaces in arts and culture, and as three-dimensional digital infrastructures in convergence research. Notably, emerging research on integrated, ecosystem-oriented metaverse platforms signals a shift toward further interconnected approaches to metaverse studies.

메타버스, 주제범위 문헌고찰, 학제간 연구, 산학 연구, 생태계, Metaverse, scoping review, interdisciplinary study, industry-academic research, ecosystem

황지민 Hwang Jimin , 박나래 Park Na-rae , 박지현 Park Jihyon

DOI:10.47415/IRAC.7.2.5 Vol.7(No.2) 89-110, 2026

Recently, interest in integrated approaches across art genres in culture and arts education has increased. While integrated arts education is recognized as providing multilayered artistic experiences and promoting creative thinking, research on educators' experiences remains limited. This study conducted qualitative research with seven educators practicing cross-genre integrated arts education to explore how they understand integrated arts education, what educational effects it produces, and what tensions they experience during implementation. Findings revealed that educators perceive integrated arts education as a process of transforming senses and expressions and as a framework connecting life and art. Educational effects included increased participation and engagement through diverse entry points, expansion of thinking and expression through multiple pathways, and reduced emotional distance toward art. Major tensions included structural challenges in cross-genre collaboration, lack of confidence in utilizing other genres, and unpredictability in class operation. These results suggest that integrated arts education practice requires educators' continuous reflection, adjustment, and institutional support.

통합예술교육, 장르 간 통합, 문화예술교육, 교수자 경험, 예술교육 실천, integrated arts education, cross-genre integration, culture and arts education, instructor experience, arts education practice

차민주 Cha Minjoo

DOI:10.47415/IRAC.7.2.6 Vol.7(No.2) 111-131, 2026

This study examines the meaning-making process in Korean painting education using Minhwa Munjado, focusing on pre-service elementary teachers’ artmaking experiences and cultural and artistic meaning-making. An action research design was implemented with 60 second-year students at a university of education. Data were collected from completed artworks, planning notes, sketches, written explanations, reflective journals, and interviews, and were analyzed through the coding and categorization of meaning units. The findings indicate that, in the process of creating Munjado, letter forms served as structural frameworks for composition, while symbolic elements organized the internal pictorial space. Participants’ understanding of Munjado shifted from a form-centered perception to a meaning-based understanding and further expanded into interpretations related to personal values and professional aspirations as future teachers. In addition, the instructional process enabled participants to reinterpret the symbolic system of traditional painting within the contexts of contemporary life and education. These findings suggest that Korean painting education using Minhwa Munjado can be designed as an integrated instructional process that connects artmaking, meaning construction, and reflection. The study offers educational implications for pre-service teacher education and elementary art instruction.

민화 문자도, 한국화 교육, 미술교육, 초등 예비교사, 문화예술적 의미 형성, Minhwa Munjado, Korean painting education, art education, pre-service elementary teachers, cultural and artistic meaning-making

장미영 Jang Mi Young , 주영광 Joo Young Kwang

DOI:10.47415/IRAC.7.2.7 Vol.7(No.2) 133-161, 2026

This study explores how an art therapist engages in experiences of self-reflection through depaysement-based art-making, examining the life of the art therapist through arts-based research and narrative inquiry, with a focus on the works of René Magritte. To this end, the researcher and narrative voice, “I,” attended to the three-dimensional narrative inquiry space―temporality, sociality, and place―and derived the following findings. First, through the AI-generated artwork Outside the Room, the researcher experienced self-reflection by transforming unconscious negative emotions into a creative and productive process. Second, through the art-making processes of Mountain and Dome, the expression of paradox, logical displacement, and mystery enabled the articulation of past and present suffering, leading to experiences of catharsis and insight through the activation of free imagination. Third, through the artworks Self-Portrait and Giraffe, the researcher experienced self-reflection in which art therapy, initially rooted in centripetal emotions, expanded into centrifugal emotions that support and benefit clients. This study highlights the process by which an art therapist establishes a professional identity through experiences of confusion and conflict encountered while meeting the self through art-making. Its significance lies in illuminating the lived experience of an art therapist and presenting practical applications of art-making experiences, thereby providing foundational data necessary for establishing a theoretical basis for art therapists’ art-making experiences.

미술치료사, 자기성찰, 미술작업, 예술기반 자전적 내러티브 탐구, 르네 마그리트, Art Therapist, Self-Reflection Art-Making, Arts-Based Autobiographical Narrative Inquiry, Rene Magritte

정위 Ding Wei , 김지나 Kim Ji-na

DOI:10.47415/IRAC.7.2.8 Vol.7(No.2) 163-194, 2026

Grounded in the Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB), this qualitative study explores the employment choice process of design-major undergraduates in Hubei Province, China. Data were collected through in-depth interviews with 12 visual design students at W University and analyzed from the perspectives of behavioral attitude, subjective norm, and perceived behavioral control. The findings show that professional identity, interest in design, and expectations of economic independence positively influenced employment intentions. In contrast, uncertainty about personal competence, concerns over labor market competition, and anxiety regarding the spread of AI-Generated Content (AIGC) weakened employment intentions. Family members functioned as both sources of support and providers of normative expectations, while peer comparison generated motivation as well as psychological pressure. In addition, structural factors including the mismatch between university curricula and industry demands, limited practical opportunities, and restricted access to employment information significantly shaped participants’ employment preparation and career choices. The study highlights the complex interplay of psychological, social, and structural factors in design students’ employment decisions and provides implications for career education and employment support.

계획행동이론, TPB, 취업 선택, 디자인 전공 학부생, 진로 의사결정, 지각된 행동 통제, Theory of Planned Behavior, Employment Choice, Design Undergraduates, Career Decision-Making, Perceived Behavioral Control

임동구 Lim Dong-ku , 김영미 Kim Young-mi , 정남호 Chung Nam-ho

DOI:10.47415/IRAC.7.2.9 Vol.7(No.2) 195-220, 2026

This study investigates the acceptance mechanism of Popera music based on an expanded Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB) and empirically verifies the differences between the MZ generation and the older generation through Multi-Group Analysis (MGA). Data were collected from adults who are aware of Popera and analyzed using structural equation modeling via SmartPLS 4.0. The results indicate a multiple mediation structure: media acceptance experience significantly influences attitude, subjective norms, and perceived behavioral control through the mediation of public perception, ultimately translating into acceptance intention. A critical generational divergence was identified: for the MZ generation, "subjective norms" (reflecting social conformity and reputation) acted as the most powerful driver of acceptance intention. Conversely, for the older generation, "perceived behavioral control" (representing practical viewing conditions and resource control) exerted an overwhelming influence. This study extends the academic scope of art management by identifying the psychological structure of Popera consumption through the dual axes of "Norm" and "Control." Practically, it suggests tailored strategies: emphasizing social trends for the MZ generation and enhancing viewing convenience and accessibility for the older generation.

팝페라, 확장된 계획행동이론, MZ세대, 다집단 분석, 미디어 수용경험, Popera, Expanded Theory of Planned Behavior, E-TPB, MZ Generation, Multi-Group Analysis, MGA, Media Acceptance Experience

박세찬 Park Sechan , 조혜수 Cho Hyesoo , 권재윤 Kwon Jaeyoon

DOI:10.47415/IRAC.7.2.10 Vol.7(No.2) 221-235, 2026

This research analyzes the design, operation, and evaluation of a cheer song creation course using AI programs, aimed at revitalizing professional sports cheering culture and enhancing the quality of applied music education. Utilizing a qualitative case study methodology, the study followed eight students from diverse academic backgrounds―including Applied Music, Sports Culture, Cultural Contents, and Media Communication―as they engaged in a 15-week Industry-Coupled Project-Based Learning (IC-PBL) project in collaboration with Ansan Greeners FC. Data collection was conducted through triangulation, incorporating participant observation, analysis of step-by-step outputs, semi-structured in-depth interviews, and field context analysis. The collected data were processed using thematic analysis, resulting in four core findings. First, Bridging the Creative Gap through AI: The phased integration of AI programs lowered barriers for non-music majors while expanding the creative methodologies of music majors. Based on Self-Efficacy Theory, the immediate success experienced through AI tools served as a continuous motivator for learning engagement. Second, Structural Drivers of Flow: The goal-oriented nature of creating songs for a real-world professional club acted as a structural catalyst for Flow. Students exhibited core characteristics of flow, such as the distortion of time and the merging of action and awareness. Third, Interdisciplinary Collaboration Model: The multi-major team structure fostered an "autonomous division of labor" where specialized skills merged organically. This realized an ideal PBL model that simultaneously reinforced both professional identity and collaborative efficacy. Forth, Transformative Learning via Field Application: Witnessing fans sing their compositions at the stadium and receiving direct feedback from club officials served as a catalyst for Transformative Learning. This shifted the students' perception of their work from a mere "school assignment" to a "tangible cultural product," leading to increased career confidence and a sense of professional vocation.

프로스포츠 구단, 창의융합, 교육 모델, AI 음악, 응원가, 사례연구, Cheer Song, AI Program, Sports Fan, Professional Sports Club, Case Study