The Communication of Values in South Korean TV Drama with Career Theme Through Hospital Playlist Season 1 and Season 2

Abstract

This article aims to study and describe the portrayal of the communication of the values of South Korean society through career-themed TV drama called “Hospital Playlist Season 1 and Season 2”. The values ​​are presented through three analytical frameworks: Work Values, Group Values, ​​and Family Values that were most offered through dialogue characters and scenes in Component of narrative. include work values ​​relating to professional status and medical career are shown to be equally important to the status of other careers, Collectivism values encouraging a marriage, correlated with economic issues with a decrease in the number of marriages and birth rates in South Korea, family values with the role of in-laws, husbands to wives, influenced by the sequencing of Confucianism and family values representing a new transformation in a role of single father comparing to the past. However, this article describes the overview of current values in South Korea within the storyline that is intertwined with interesting storytelling. The results of this study may be a guideline to lead to the new knowledge and can be applied through the creation of career drama in the perspective of the Thai social context.