RSUSSH 2020
IN20-245 Understanding the attitudes of loyal fans towards performers of “Boy’s Love” Sample Early Working Age
Presenter: Surapa Supamanee
Rangsit University, Thailand
Abstract
Y drama series become more famous in today and the purpose of this research is to study perspective towards homosexuality of the loyal fan of Y drama series performers in the early working age range. Homosexuality was not accepted in the society before and boys’ love series was not well known because the entertainment industry mostly created the film that depicted only female and male characters. Many people have different perspectives and attitudes towards homosexuality either since belief and norms in the past and before and after become the loyal fan of Y drama series. This qualitative research is analyzed from an interview of 15 participants which are the loyal fans in the range of early working age. The objectives of this research are about understanding and studying the attitudes and perspectives of loyal fans towards performers of Y drama series including their personal experience, interest, and career. The researcher has determined that boys’ love series help understand the homosexuality and homosexual relationship more after watching Y drama series. Thus, the entertainment industry should consider carefully before create boys’ love series including promote the characteristics towards the LGBT and homosexuality in positive way which is the necessary to the audiences’ perspective and attitude when watching boys' love series.
Citation format:
Supamanee, S., Bhovichitra, P., & Yang, Y.. (2020). Understanding the attitudes of loyal fans towards performers of “Boy’s Love” Sample Early Working Age. Proceeding in RSU International Research Conference, May 1, 2020. Pathum Thani, Thailand.QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
The series help understand the homosexuality and homosexual relationship more after watching Y drama series. Please show evidence of support for this research.
Your research studied among the royal fan of BL movies and the findings show higher understanding the homosexuality and homosexual relationship after watching Y dramas. How's about audiences who are not a fan of BL movies? Do you think recent Y dramas can help this group of people to understand this kind of relationship or not?
As in the Results and Discussion part in the research paper, there are analyses and discussion from interviewee answers which including questions about the attitudes of boy’s love series and the perspectives of the relationship between boy and boy. This link is evidence of the interview for this research that I recorded in my drive. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1BWTsJ3IUS8iMExWaxJJC0qLVZM9nObbA/view?usp=sharing
In my opinion, the boy's love series can help the audiences who are not a fan of boy's love series to understand homosexuality too. Boy's love series presents the interpersonal relationship of homosexuality that emphasizes the relationship between male and male. Today there are different from the past that Thai television drama portrayed only male and female characters, the boy's love series became a normal drama in the society. Besides, Thai society is more widely accept the homosexual relationship meanwhile the presence of love between homosexual people can be found in various media such as television and social media like Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook.