[ecrea] IJoC Publishes Special Section on Mediating Asia

The International Journal of Communication Publishes a Special Section on
Mediating Asia: Information, Democracy, and the State In and Before the
Digital Age

What are the political, economic and cultural implications of an
increasingly robust and globally penetrating Asia-based media industry?  How
have Asian states tried to manage the diffuse representations of Asia
emerging from informal yet globalized media channels?

Guest-edited by Tim Oakes, this Special Section on Mediating Asia by Asian
media scholars and professional journalists explores the changing
relationships between Asian states and Asia-based media institutions and
industries as the nature and role of media in Asian society undergoes
profound change.
With the increasing visibility and power of Indian film, Korean television,
and Japanese animation industries, and of Asian broadcasting networks such
as Star TV and Aljazeera, there has been no shortage of scholarly attention
devoted to the rise of Asian media. This collection, however, focuses less
on the meteoric rise and power of Asian media itself and more on how that
rise has been negotiated by Asian states, with a particular focus on China
and Indonesia.  As digital media technologies become ubiquitous, both formal
and informal media platforms push beyond state boundaries, challenging state
efforts to control the content of and access to information and
entertainment.  This challenge is addressed in commentaries by three
journalists with extensive Asian experience, and three academics exploring
the spatial and historical contexts of an increasingly mediated Asia.

We invite you to read these articles that published in the International
Journal of Communication on March 23, 2017. 
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Mediating Asia: Information, Democracy, and the State in and before the
Digital Age ―  Introduction
Tim Oakes, University of Colorado Boulder

Mediating Indonesia: The Slow Emergence of a Young Nation ― Commentary
Endy M. Bayuni, The Jakarta Post

Reporting From China: 400 Reports, on 1.4 Billion People, in One
Authoritarian State ― Commentary
Melissa K. Chan, Al Jazeera

Guidance and Transgression: The Contest for Narratives of Environment and
Pollution in China ― Commentary
Isabel Hilton, Chinadialogue

Pressing the Issue: Sino-American Discourse on the Proper Role of the Media,
Past and Present
Timothy B. Weston, University of Colorado Boulder

Enlightenment and the Revolutionary Press in Colonial Indonesia
Rianne Subijanto, Baruch College, City University of New York

Between State and Capital: Asia’s Media Revolution in the Age of
Neoliberal Globalization
Michael Curtin, University of California Santa Barbara

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Larry Gross
Editor
Arlene Luck
Managing Editor 
Tim Oakes
Guest Editor
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International Journal of Communication (IJoC)
USC Annenberg Press
University of Southern California
http://ijoc.org/

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