Category: Media Studies
Enabling Children as Disaster Risk Communicators by Using Social Media Learning Kit
Children are widely recognized as one of the most at-risk groups from disasters but can also play a significant role …
From Isolation to Understanding: Leveraging Transmedia Storytelling to Foster Empathy for Infertility in Indonesia
Due to deep-rooted mythical and societal beliefs, infertility in Indonesia is heavily stigmatized, leaving affected couples feeling isolated and impacting …
Positioning Artificial Intelligence and Human Intelligence in Creative Production: The Synthetic Media
This study examines the intersection of artificial intelligence (AI) and the creative industries, with particular emphasis on the challenges AI …
Interpreting P. Mérimée’s “The Bear”: From Silent Film to Media Performance
The aim of the research: to apply theoretical insights from adaptation studies and analyze the perspectives of selected adaptations of …
Fantastic: Exploring the Intermedial Productivity of the Fangirl
Fandoms serve as a rich site to examine intermedial play in modern culture, with fans engaging with and creating new, …
Exploring Instagram Advocacy for Citizenship Rights of Children Born to Malaysian Mothers Overseas
Social media has become a crucial tool for advocacy efforts as it has the power to connect individuals and communities …
Social Media Usage Patterns and Predictors: A Comparative Study of Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter
This study employs the symbolic interactionist approach to examine demographic influences on social media usage, aiming to explore differences in …
Hegemonic Mimicry in South Korean Division Blockbusters: Sunshine Policy within Compressed Modernity
This paper explores how Korean Division Blockbusters, exemplified by the film Steel Rain, mirrors the shifting dynamics of ‘otherness’ on …
Authenticity and Monetization Practices of Thai Influencers on Instagram and TikTok
The rise of social media culture has empowered internet-famous individuals, commonly referred to as influencers, to generate commercialized media content …
Globalizing Indonesian Artists: Western Audiences’ Perceived Coolness for Breaking Into the Global Popular Music Market
The 2019 "trigger cities" surge in music streaming from urban Southeast Asian and Latin American users has propelled emerging artists …
Content Creation and Platform Development for Creating a Good Society in Lakhok Community, Thailand
This research aimed to investigate strategies for developing collaboration between a university and communities through digital platforms that recognize the …
A Study on Fact-Checking and Challenges to Combating Disinformation While AI Is Threatening the Media in Bangladesh
The spread of disinformation, misinformation, and fake news has increased due to the widespread use of social media. Recently, artificial …
Consideration Focused on the Polish-Up and Authenticity of Regional Culture Tourism Resources Triggered by the TV Drama: A Case of Tourism to Experience the Wedding and Life Culture in Kaga/Noto Tradition
This study is to conduct a consideration of cultural-tourism focused authenticity of regional tourism resources triggered by the TV drama. …
Discourse on LGBT in the Gameshow “Who Is Single” in Vietnam’s Multi-platform TV Landscape
Communication on sexual issues in Vietnam was still cautious in the past due to the influence of deep social prejudices …
Concept Character Design of A 360° 2D Animation ‘Maiden Voyage’ for Fine Dining Virtual Reality
The animation and fine dining world has been changing due to the development of animation and culinary cuisine. The competition …
Genocide in the Media: Reporting Variations
Mass killings of innocents based on their identity characteristics are sometimes well reported in the media, sometimes not so much. …
Animation Pipeline Disruption: Study Case of Usage of Game Engine in Animation Student Project
Technological developments lately have disrupted many things. One of the disruptions was the production of 3D animated short films. Beane …
How to Be Insufferable on Facebook: Revealing Communities of Practice and Social Construction Through Social-Media Dynamics
Facebook is one of the most influential media dynamics in modern history and it is the most popular social media …
Relationships Between Virtual Universe, Innovative Business Models, Music Sales, and Music Piracy: Conceptual Case Studies
Business models in several industries have undergone a fundamental upheaval because of the virtual universe. Old business models in the …
#BoycottBollywood Trend on Social Media: Understanding the Reasons and Impact
The Bollywood, one of the world’s largest film industries, is a significant contributor to the Indian economy and culture, producing …
Analyzing Memes Through the Lens of Theories of Humour
Memes are a visual form of humour found widely on the social media, they are used as a medium to …
Engaging/Creating Difference: The Relevance of Cultural Identity as Laypeople Plan a Newscast
This study placed 18 groups of African-, European-, and Latin-Americans (divided by race and gender) into the role of news …
Mental Stress in The Streaming World: Decision Fatigue in Leisure Time Among Young Adults in Dubai
The phenomenon of decision fatigue has been long explored in workplace and other taskrelated domains of human life. However, the …
Analysis of the Feeling Image of Internet Media Advertising
The study explores people’s feeling image of internet media advertising. Nowadays, YouTube is the most popular online video platform and …
Study on the Usage Environment of Online Games Based on the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child
Online games enrich children's daily lives by providing places to interact with each other and fun. On the other hand, …
Too Exotic to Enchant? How the Femme Fatale was sent on Retreat
In their latest adaptations of Japanese movies, producers such as Spike Lee, Adam Wingard, and Rupert Sanders all display the …
Hate Speech or Voice from Minority? – Media’s Dilemma under Multicultural Pressure
This research is both an effort to examine the mass communication discourse on hate speech incidents and to draw a …
Developing Social Work Practice for People with Disability through Digital Storytelling
The International Federation of Social Workers adopted the new global definition of social work in 2014. Although promotion of social …
Namibia’s Emergent Transculturalism: Dissolving Boundaries and Contestation in the African Global Borderlands
Gloria Anzalduá’s (1999) idea of ‘borderlands’ is stated representationally as “the lifeblood of two worlds merging to form a third …
Chinese Social Media as a Dominated Public Sphere: A Case Study of the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China on Sina Weibo
The Internet has long been the focus of Utopian arguments proposing its democratic potential. Most recently, social media has been …
Relationship between Belief Factors with the Teenagers’ Acceptance of the Newspapers
Newspapers contain an abundance of information which enables to enhance the teenagers’ knowledge. Nevertheless, in the current situation, the teenagers’ …
Screening Otherness: The Potential of Screen Literacy Learning for Cosmopolitan Knowledge and Understanding
Recent cineliteracy projects for young people in Japan and Australia indicate that knowledge and understanding of the moving image impacts …
Discussion and Research of Motion Picture Aesthetics on Smart Mobile Devices
The smart mobile device market is long with rich and varied applications. No matter the screen presentation it is the …
The Influencing Factors Pressuring Thai Women toward Beauty and Appearance
Today's modern society has set a high competitive standard for what is considered beautiful. Women in Thai society today are …
The Utilities of New Media for Indonesian Organic Community
Making a commitment to eat healthy food is a great start towards a healthier life. Organic food has become very …
Privatisation, Convergence and Broadcasting Regulations: A Case Study of the Indian Television Industry
In India till 1991 there was only one television channel – Doordarshan, the public service broadcaster. With the opening up …
Killing Time: New Memory and Smartphone Photography
In the smartphone era, personal snapshots move swiftly beneath the gaze of a vast audience of different countries and time …
Indonesian Female Beauty Concept: Does It Take into Account the Traditional Values?
This article will discuss the way Indonesian commercial of female cosmetic products portray Indonesian female beauty concept. Generally speaking, for …
The Influence of Political Communication Network on Thai Newspaper Agendas
The research found that the online media services of both Twitter and Facebook impacted the news agenda items of both …
“Universal” Video Games? Reintroduction and Influence of Cultural and Social Identities in the Virtual World
As of today, The Video Game Industry has become one of the most profitable and influential leisure businesses in the …
The Future of Radio in Thailand After Digitalization: Dead or Alive?
Radio broadcasting services in Thailand are in transition and face an uncertain future. This situation has arisen from enforcement of …
Value-added Ads: An Analysis of Award-winning Advertisements in the Philippines
Mass media impacts society in many ways - a fact which entails responsibility for practitioners. Advertising, being regarded as major …
Young Adults’ TV Consumption and Their Implementation of Filial Piety in Taiwan
The ethnographic turn in mass communication and audience research manifested the limitations of those traditions which de-contextualize the audience from …
An Analysis of Television News Procedure of Televistion Stations by Using Social Media in Thailand via Ethical Approach
The purposes of this research were operating analysis the television news of the television station in Thailand via ethical approach. …
Social Media and Media Literacy in Thailand
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to suggest that media literacy be prioritized and address all kinds of media, …
The Influence of Advertising in Thai Local Cable TV on the Audience’s Attitudes and Behaviour
This study examines the approaches of advertising in Thai local cable TV by in-depth interviews with key informants to assess …
Locating Hybrid Identity Formations: Readings on Mississippi Masala, The Namesake and Bhaji on the Beach
Diasporic cinema or what Hamid Naficy would like to call ‘accented cinema’ is an expression from the interstices of societies …
Socio-Cultural Influence on the Creation of a Cultural Production: The Case Study of The Asean Perspective of Bangkok Documentary
This is a qualitative research with the following objectives:• To analyse the process and conflict of a socio-cultural influence on …
News Reporting and News Management on the Issue of Righteousness in Political Behaviors of a Head of the Government: A Case Study of General Surayut Chulanont from the Perspectives of the Thai Daily Newspaper from 2006 to 2008 B.E.
Research quastions: 1. How do newspapers critique in the political legitimacy, ability of administrate, personality, political behavior of General Surayut …
Control and the Modern News Worker: Autonomy and Resistance in an Evolving Newsroom
News workers in the U.S. are pressed by digital routines, industry confusion, and their organizations’ loss of journalistic focus. This …
Arabs Motives for using New Media: A Uses and Gratifications Perspective
In western countries, where citizens have access to many avenues for expressing themselves, new media may not be used for …
How are Political Consumers Engaging with Social Media?
Understanding contemporary political identity is compelling because traditional participation like voting is in decline. Political consumerism and social media are …
Gender Justice and Social Media Networking in India: New frontiers in “connectedness”
Social media emerges as the new tool/avtar for the multicultural networking in India, stimulating a new form of dialogic discourse …
The Role of Online Media in the Public’s Agenda Setting on the Crisis Situation. Case on Floods, Jakarta 2013
For some scholars the old theories of media effect are no longer relevant to use in analyzing the effect of …
Past, Present, and Future: Roles and Trends of Thai Community Newspapers in Los Angeles
This study focuses on Thai newspapers in Los Angeles, regarding services and benefits offered to the Thai community, their individual …
The Representation of Women’s Sexual Subjectivities in Republican China: A Case Study of Ling Long Women’s Magazine (1931-1937), Shanghai
In line with the "sexual turn" in historical research, this thesis analyzes women's sexual discourses in one of Shanghai's most …
Inside Newsroom: Social Media & News Production in the UAE
News Coverage in the Middle East has managed to break its shackles of censorship to a large extent in the …
A Study on Social Impact of Internet on Students of State Universities in Tamil Nadu, India
Internet today is widely recognized not only as a means of communication but also as a powerful tool. It is …
Community Television in the mist of Digitalization in Thailand: Policy and Community’s Practice
The media reforms especially broadcasting media are clearly seen in the year of 1997 that the ownership of frequencies were …
Self-presentation of Thai Women on Dating Websites for Seeking Foreigner Guys
The research “Self – presentation of Thai women on Dating websites for seeking foreigner guys “ has two objectives; 1) …
The New Atheist Movement in the Blogosphere: Burlesque and Carnivalesque as Rhetorical Strategies in Visual Productions
This paper examines the visual production of the New Atheist Movement in the Blogosphere. The new atheist movement appeared as …
How the Elements of Arquitectural Design, Color, Lighting and Layout of a Quick-service Restaurant Image (QSRI) Influences Perceived Value, Customer Satisfaction and Revisit Intentions
A restaurant's interior and exterior design can have an enormous influence on customer’s perception of value and satisfaction, which in …
Exploring the Notions of an Indigenous Presence in the Public Sphere of Mining Discourse: The Alangan Mangyan’s “Enclaved Public”
The study problematized the presence of “public sphere” in an indigenous people’s community using the Habermasian construction of the public …
Community Radio Use to Providing Knowledge of Media Literacy among the Elderly in Rural, Thailand
The consequence of attempts to radio broadcasting reform in Thailand has been delayed more than 15 years. It’s causing emptiness …
Being Liked’: The Constructed Identiity of Project-Based Workers in the New Zealand Film Industry
"The New Zealand screen industry, in line with similar trends in the UK and US, has experienced a proliferation of …
Social Activities on Microblog: Exploring Fighting Against Human Trafficking on Weibo
Fighting against human trafficking is one of the most popular social activities on a Chinese social media site -- Weibo. …
Wikis and the World: Connecting Japanese Non-English Majors
In spite of instant Internet access many young Japanese have limited exposure to the actual outside world. Globalization and Internationalization …
The Evolution of the Technological Characteristics of Media Websites
This paper discusses technological characteristics and tools offered by Web 2.0 which can be employed in media websites. The aim …
Spatialization of Ownership in Indonesian Broadcast Industry: Study on Media Division of Kompas Gramedia Group
Spatialization is part of the political economy and has now become one of the trends in media industries which eventually …
Degradation of Politeness: Social Media’s Fault?
It has been argued in many local news and discussions that the younger generation in Indonesia experience degradation of politeness …
Efforts of Control of Political Power over the Social Media in Turkey
Mass media can be put down with constituted rules and enforcements of economy. However the situation becomes different when it …
Japan’s “Abenomics” Media Coverage: The Converging Relationship between Print and Social Media
Beryl Hawkins is a former radio journalist, talk show host, professional voiceover artist/narrator and producer who worked in news and …
Narrative News: How the Factuality of Narrative Style News and Fictions Affects Readers’ Emotional and Cognitive Response
This study examines how the factuality of narrative style news and fictions affects readers' emotional and cognitive response. Participants read …
Social Media and Public Relations: The Perception and Adoption of Facebook by Malaysian Public Relations Consultancies as Effective External Communication Tool
The explosion in social media, especially social networking site such as Facebook with increased connectivity and interactivity has caused many …
Creating Visual Identity with Cultural Symbols and Local Fairy Tales – A Case Study: Packaging Beipu Oolong Tea
Cultural and creative industries in Taiwan have boomed in the last decade as a result of the encouragement of government …
“Eatable Media Image”? Food in Culture Industry and the Consumer Culture
Different from the critique of "McDonaldization" this paper focuses on: the food consumption itself appears not only for "functionality" but …
“Learning on the Move: The Value of Student Cultural Study Trips”
In this paper we will state the case for student cultural study trips being an essential component of a student’s …
The Action Research of Synthesizing Lessons of Suitable Radio Program for Children in the East of Thailand
This paper contains three objectives, which are (i) to examine present styles and contents of the appropriate radio programs for …
Female Teenager’s Perseption toward Indonesian Boyband’s Masculinity in the 2010
This research figure out gender discourse which stored in Indonesian Boyband performance as one of the popular culture’s text. The …
Social Media and Online Activism in Kazakhstan: A New Challenge for Authoritarianism?
The internet provides new channels for citizen voices, expression of minority viewpoints, and political mobilisation. In Egypt, Russia, Syria and …
Visual Social Communication Through Photographic Images
Social commentary is a method of photographic images that could change public perception towards a better life. It is an …
Identity, Responsibility, then Politics: The Uyghur Diaspora, Facebook and the Construction of Identity Online
This paper presents findings from an examination of the use of online social media among the Uyghur diaspora. The Uyghur …
Characterizing Health-Related Cues to Action: Using Yelp Reviews of Restaurants in Hawaii’s Oahu Island
Even though Yelp’s ability to reflect consumers’ real voices has been questioned (Kuehn, 2013), this social media site—with a platform …