[Commlist] Asiascape: Digital Asia Special Issue published: Networked Agitprop Keywords: Agitprop, Ideology, Networks, Propaganda, Protest, Visual Communication

Asiascape: Digital Asia Special Issue: Networked Agitprop  Keywords: 
Agitprop, Ideology, Networks, Propaganda, Protest, Visual Communication


The Special Issue on Networked Agitprop for Asiascape Digital Asia is 
out. https://brill.com/view/journals/dias/13/1-2/dias.13.issue-1-2.xml 
<https://brill.com/view/journals/dias/13/1-2/dias.13.issue-1-2.xml>
Introductory blurb:

This special issue considers interdisciplinary contributions concerning 
both top-down and bottom-up efforts at agitprop hosting that examine the 
intersection of agitprop, social media, and protests in Asia. The rise 
of digital technologies has revolutionized the form and function of 
agitprop, transforming it from a centralized form of propaganda into a 
dynamic phenomenon driven by an anonymous mass whose solidarity stems 
from digital online networks. The evolution of the internet and growing 
digital expertise amongst the population, not to mention the influence 
of generative artificial intelligence, has led to different ways of 
combining online and offline messaging. By analyzing the mechanisms, 
aesthetics, and consequences of networked agitprop, this special issue 
shows how this new form of international politics operates, not just as 
a tool for regime change or revolution but, rather, as a fundamental 
force that reshapes our collective perception of reality.

This special issue brings some exciting perspectives from places such as 
India, China, Sri Lanka and South Korea discussing everything from local 
uses of AI in the article "Synthetic Gods and the Rise of AI-Deity 
Agitprop in India" to the more traditional messaging in  "Visual 
Diplomacy: Visual Politics and Liberal Imaginaries in Transnational 
Activism on Hong Kong: where (physical) newspapers are still an 
important medium.

The articles:
  Networked Agitprop: an Introduction to Digital Agitational Politics 
in the Global Village Author: Milan Ismangil  Pages:     5–13
https://brill.com/view/journals/dias/13/1-2/article-p5_2.xml 
<https://brill.com/view/journals/dias/13/1-2/article-p5_2.xml>
Ram.exe Has Entered the Chat: Synthetic Gods and the Rise of AI-Deity 
Agitprop in India Author: Amitabh Vikram Dwivedi  Pages:     14–45
https://brill.com/view/journals/dias/13/1-2/article-p14_3.xml 
<https://brill.com/view/journals/dias/13/1-2/article-p14_3.xml>
Introducing the Information Influencers of Sri Lanka: Blurring the Lines 
between Digital Activism and Social Media Influencing Author: Craig 
Ryder  Pages:     46–67
https://brill.com/view/journals/dias/13/1-2/article-p46_4.xml 
<https://brill.com/view/journals/dias/13/1-2/article-p46_4.xml>
Protest ‘inspo’ through Screens: Scroll-Form Agitprop and the 
Recirculation of Digital Vernacular during India’s Anti-CAA Movement 
Author: Shamika Dixit  Pages:     68–92
https://brill.com/view/journals/dias/13/1-2/article-p68_5.xml 
<https://brill.com/view/journals/dias/13/1-2/article-p68_5.xml>
  Visual Diplomacy: Visual Politics and Liberal Imaginaries in 
Transnational Activism on Hong Kong Authors: Hoyee Tse and Wessie Ling 
 Pages:     93–118
https://brill.com/view/journals/dias/13/1-2/article-p93_6.xml 
<https://brill.com/view/journals/dias/13/1-2/article-p93_6.xml>
Pandemic Nationalism as Digital Agitprop: Anti-Western Sentiment and the 
Rhetoric of Superiority on Weibo During COVID-19 Author: Kristy Bryant 
 Pages:     119–145
https://brill.com/view/journals/dias/13/1-2/article-p119_7.xml 
<https://brill.com/view/journals/dias/13/1-2/article-p119_7.xml>
K-Pop Images on Social Media for the Mobilization of Impeachment 
Protests in South Korea Authors: Steve K.L. Chan , Woontaek Lim , and N. 
W.  Pages:     146–173 
https://brill.com/view/journals/dias/13/1-2/article-p146_8.xml 
<https://brill.com/view/journals/dias/13/1-2/article-p146_8.xml>


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