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Critical Reflection: Media and Participation 2018-2019 Project
Prior to writing this critical reflection about my Wikipedia project, I have created a Wikipedia page on South Korean artist Rose Park Chaeyoung. I have always paid attention to this Korean artist as she is a part of a South Korean girl group named Blackpink. I always have thought a famous artist that has attention from Asia to Europe and the United States must have a Wikipedia page, but as I searched on it, she does not have one. However, before I have decided on making a Wikipedia entry for Rose Park, I have considered the list of names MoDA had provided to us.

On the list, my first choice was an artist named Arthur Gwatkin, however, I could not find any information about this artist on the internet, as well as in the Middlesex University library, therefore, I moved on to my second choice. My second choice was Laurence Scarfe, a Modern British artist, I have done research on him, in addition, I even started writing my entry on him. Unfortunately, I did not check carefully, and in the end found out that our senior, Miriam had already started writing an entry on him, as a result, I had given up and moved on to my third choice, which is Rose Park Chaeyoung.

Rose Park is a well-known South Korean artist and most of the information are found on various fandom websites. I have found that those fandom websites operate similarly to Wikipedia, many different “fans” can add information to those artists, however, what different is, they may have to message the admin to add information, but Wikipedians can just edit by themselves. Fandoms all wants to contribute to these sites which attract the artists’ attention, in addition, fans from all over the world could connect to other fans through these platforms. According to Jenkins, Ford, and Green (2010), these fandom platforms allow fans and artists to connect and emerge quickly and easily. These fandom sites allow fans to connect through their common interests and find connectivity through online platforms and social medias.

As I was writing for Rose Park, I found out a lot of information on her, however, they are all from fandom websites instead of an official website. This made me doubt the reliability of these information, since I was told to never use Wikipedia information while writing. One example was, Rose was born in Auckland, Australia, and raised in Melbourne, Australia, and later moved to South Korea. As I search for her nationality, many says New Zealander, others say Australian, and some other say South Korean because her parents are South Korean. According to Jemielniak and Aibar (2016), people who write on Wikipedia are amateurs who could not deliver high standard writings, and insists that Wikipedia will not survive because of its open standards. This shows that Wikipedia is not considered as a reliable and trustworthy source, since not everyone who writes on it has the responsibility of delivering accurate information.

My submission: Media and Participation 2018-2019 Project
Rosé Park Chaeyoung

Rosé Park (Korean: 박채영, born February 11, 1997, Auckland, New Zealand), also known as Roseanne Park or Park Chae-young, is a South Korean singer and dancer. She debuted as the main vocalist and lead dancer of South Korean girl group Blackpink, in August 2016, under YG Entertainment

Early Life
Rosé Park was born on February 11, 1997 in Auckland, New Zealand, by the Korean name Park Chae-young and English name Roseanne Park. She was raised in Melbourne, Australia, and studied at Canterbury Girls’ Secondary College. As a child, Rosé had a lot of passion for singing, she was part of a church choir in Australia, in addition, she was also part of the cheerleading team. She is fluent in English, Korean and Japanese. She plays piano and guitar. Rosé is able to hit high notes while performing difficult dance moves.

Rosé realised it is extremely difficult to debut as a singer in Australia, therefore her father encouraged her to apply to a Korean company. As a result, she moved to South Korea in 2012 at the age of 16, to join YG Entertainment as a trainee to pursue her career as a singer.

Rosé's family includes her father, Mason Park, a lawyer; her mother, a businesswomen, and one elder sister, named Alice Park, who is 4 years older than her. Alice is a lawyer as well, and has over 50k followers on Instagram.

Career
In 2012, YG Entertainment had held an audition in Sydney, Australia. Rosé went to Sydney from Australia to join the audition, and she ranked first in the audition among 700 other participants. She became a part of the YG Entertainment on the same day. Rosé was a trainee at YG Entertainment for 4 years, and in June, 2016, she joined a girl group named Blackpink under YG Entertainment. In August 8, 2016, Rosé finally debuted as the main vocalist and lead dancer of Blackpink, along with three other girl members, which are Jennie, Lisa, and Jisoo. She was the last member to be revealed in the girl group.

In the same year as she joined YG Entertainment, as a trainee, she recorded the song "Without You" by G-Dragon.

Rosé has appeared on variety of music programmes, including King of Mask Singer, Radio Star, and Fantastic Duo 2.

As a member of Blackpink, she has been featured on many commercials, including Moonshot, O-Lens, Sprite, and St. Scott London.

In 2018, Blackpink collaborated with the famous artist in the US, Dua Lipa, to record the song "Kiss and Make Up", which the song hold 11,000 downloads, according to Nielsen Music.

Albums
2018


 * Blackpink in Your Area

Extended Plays[
2018


 * Square Up

2017


 * Blackpink

Singles
2018


 * Ddu-Du Ddu-Du (뚜두 뚜두)

2017


 * As If It's Your Last ( 마지막 처럼 )

2016


 * Stay


 * Playing with Fire (불장난)
 * Whistle (휘파람)
 * Boombayah (붐바 야)

Collaborations
2018


 * Dua Lipa & Blackpink - Kiss and Make Up

2012


 * G-Dragon – Without You (결국)

Variety/Reality Shows
2018


 * Blackpink House
 * Blackpink X Star Road
 * Idol Room
 * Blackpink Home Party
 * Amazing Saturday
 * Wednesday Food Talk

2017


 * Weekly Idol
 * K-Pop Star 6
 * Fantastic Duo 2
 * King of Mask Singer
 * Radio Star

2016


 * Weekly Idol
 * Running Man

Music Videos
2018


 * Ddu-Du Ddu-Du (뚜두 뚜두)

2017


 * As If It's Your Last ( 마지막 처럼 )

2016


 * Stay


 * Playing with Fire (불장난)
 * Whistle (휘파람)
 * Boombayah (붐바 야)

Commercials
2018


 * O-Lens
 * Sprite

2017


 * Lotte Trevi Sparkling Water
 * LG G6
 * St.Scott London Women’s Kate Chain Shoulder Bag

2016


 * Reebok Classic, Club C
 * Moonshot

Concerts
2018


 * Blackpink [In Your Area] Seoul Concert

2017


 * Blackpink Japan Premium Debut Showcase

Touring
2019


 * World Tour Blackpink In Your Area

2018


 * Blackpink Arena Tour 2018 (Japan)

Endorsements
2018


 * Puma
 * Louis Vuitton
 * Moonshot
 * Sprite

2017


 * Dior Cosmetics
 * Incheon Main Customs
 * Moonshot
 * St. Scott London

2016


 * Reebok
 * Moonshot