Category: MediAsia2017
A Contentious Genre: Defining the Historical Film
On its surface, the historical film genre appears easy to define as a film that depicts historical events. However, after …
The Social Mobility Perception of Chinese International Students in the U.S.
This study explores the transitional identity of the youngsters who experience dual mobility—the horizontal mobility (geographic relocation) and the potential, …
History of Conflict Between Interest and Law
What happened on May 1998 has attracted many attention since there was a conflict among any interest which could not …
McDonaldization Advertising in the Context of Electronic Colonialism Theory
Food is an important element in defining culture and can be seen to be the oldest global carrier of culture. …
Sports News on Commercial Music Radio: Reinforcing National Identity?
News is an important area where the nation turns to looking for an understanding of national and world events and …
The Development of a Novel Using Storytelling Technique As a Communication Tool to Enhance the Effectiveness of Communication
The purposes were to 1) develop a novel using storytelling technique as a communication tool 2) examine the effectiveness of …
Ayutthaya’s Series Song: Recorded Digital Video Disc (DVD), Analytical Notes and Music Notation Program
Thai Traditional Chamber Ensemble called 'Wong Mahori' has been first referred to as a song formed under the Ayutthaya Period …
Online Cinema Ticketing Industry: Impacts and Opportunities for Transformation in the Chinese Film Industry
In recent years, China's film market has been growing rapidly. The magnet effect brought about by growing box-office sales has …
Narrating War in Wartime Manchukuo: The Movement of Propaganda Films in Rural Northeastern China in 1932-1945
This research examines how the propaganda films made by Japanese colonial authority were screened in rural area of Manchukuo without …
Blue Documentary As a Tool for Marine Life Conservation
Human activities, including over-exploitation, food consumption, tourism, and any other economic activities are found to have significant impacts on the …
Internet Rumours with Chinese Characteristics
Internet rumors are a global phenomenon. For instance the claims that Barack Obama was not born in America persisted throughout …
Wayang Kulit and Its Influence on Modern Entertainment
Wayang Kulit is one of the oldest forms of puppet based performances, originating from Java, Indonesia. A form of shadow …
Representing Interculturally on the Example of Indigenous Film-Making of Colombia
This paper investigates the idea that film might become an efficient way of intercultural communication and open dialogue between the …
Exploring the Conflict of National Narratives in Taiwanese Film From Cultural Politics and the Market of Popular Culture
Policy of Cultural and Creative Industries (CCI) is often integrated to cultural policy. However, cultural policy involves symbolic interaction and …
Animated Tale of Pirates: The Tale of the Unspoken
We often gain our understanding of history through popular media, just like we think we know sea pirates and the …
Urban Landscape and the “Disinhabitation” in Japanese Cinema
Postwar Japan started the increasing wave of modernization and industrialization as an inseparable element of the Japanese 'miraculous' economic and …
Searching Cultural Practices of Citizen Consumers and Modernity Through Popular Local Movies As an Imagined Community
Exploring meanings of daily life from popular culture implies a possibility of resistance against representation structured by powerful elites. This …
Choice of Access to the Media of the Older People In Srisa Jorakhaenoi Subdistrict Administration Organization Samutprakarn Province
The objective of the research to study correlation between the older people's process of selection of access to the media …
The Power of Facebook Over the State-Controlled Journalism: Recapture the Position of Vietnamese Journalism
Within the frame of press classification theories developed from Siebert et al. in 1963 to Cain in 2014, this paper …
Generation Y’s Behaviors in Using Media: A Case Study of Bangkok Metropolitan Region, Thailand
The paper presents results of a study on Generation Y's Behaviors in Using Media, Bangkok Metropolitan Region as a case …
The Wise: An Animated Adaptation of Thai Contemporary Literature
Most of animated adaptations in Thailand come from literary works. However, the animation's inventiveness has been inhibited by its fidelity …
Humor in Thai Political Cartoons Published During the 2013-14 Thai Political Crisis
Thailand in 2013-14 is a period of political instability. The protest organized by PDRC is one of the world's largest …
Changes of Japanese Female Characters in Chinese Films About WWII
World War II is a significant topic for movie makers in China because of its unforgettable influence on Chinese history. …
China Daily’s Western Type Framing of the Egyptian Arab Spring
Existing research has mainly focused on the role of the media in the uprisings against the regimes of the countries …
The Importance of Practicing Social Media in Journalism
In the early years of social networking, users sent personal messages to one another, or a small group of family …
Cultural Export of Japan: A Case Study of Japanese Men’s Rhythmic Gymnastics
Men's rhythmic gymnastics has been developed uniquely in Japan since the late 1940s. It gains a certain amount of domestic …
When a Media Entity Humanizes its Identity Politics of Representation in The Filipino Channel’s Own Historiography
The study is a critical discourse analysis of the 'auto-historiography' of The Filipino Channel (TFC) in the form of periodic …
Issues and Information management for Public communication in Willingness to pay for Forest Area of Bangkok Dwellers Project
The research of public information management in the 'Issues and information management for Public communication in Willingness to pay for …
Challenging the Narrative Rhetoric: Inscribing Her Story Into History
Historically the media has been used for propaganda, and censorship to supress creative expression. Recently the presence of censors in …