Behind the scenes of K-pop fandom: unveiling K-pop fandom collaboration network

As K-pop industry has been expanded internationally, the strength of the K-pop fan community is under the spotlight. K-pop fans (or a fandom as a community) seek to support their band, and one of their strategies is ‘fandom collaboration’ where different fandoms for different bands mutually support to each other for the success of their bands. This paper investigates the current practice of fandom collaboration in K-pop. We first propose the...