Dal Yong Jin is a distinguished professor of Communication at Simon Fraser University, Canada. He has published numerous books, including New Korean Wave: Transnational Cultural Power in the Age of Social Media (2016), Understanding the Business of Global Media in the Digital Age, with Micky Lee (2017), Artificial Intelligence in Cultural Production (2021), Understanding the Korean Wave (2023), Globalization and Media in the Digital Platform Age, 2nd edition (2025), and many more. He is also editor of The Routledge Handbook of Digital Media and Globalization (2021) and the founding editor of the Routledge Research in Digital Media and Culture in Asia series.

1. Revisiting Hallyu 2. The Origins and Histories of Hallyu 3. The Scope of Hallyu and the Theory of K-Naming 4. Has Hallyu Grown Mainly Due to Government Cultural Policies? 5. The Influences of Japanese Popular Culture and Cultural Policy on Hallyu 6. Is K-Pop Leading Hallyu 4.0? 7. The Evolution of the "K" Debate in Hallyu 8. Has Hallyu Created a Counter-Cultural Movement? 9. Debates on Cultural Proximity in the Development of Hallyu 10. Is Hallyu a Temporary Cultural Phenomenon? 11. Prospects for Hallyu in the Post-COVID-19 Era