[KS] Call for Papers: Asian Communication Research

[Doobo Shim]

<Asian Communication Research>

Call for Papers

Special Issue on Asian Popular Culture



Themes:



Asia has been a site of both interests and controversies. Some have
extolled it as a future center of global political economy, while
others still view it as a lump of under-developed countries. For many
years, Asia has been a test bed for development communication
theories. When it comes to popular culture, Asian media capitals such
as Hong Kong, Tokyo and Bombay have produced popular media content for
global audiences for several decades. More recently, South Korea has
joined their ranks by manufacturing popular TV dramas, pop music and
films. Korean singer Psy’s "Gangnam Style" phenomenon a few years ago
on the global stages confirmed the influence of Asian popular culture.
Further, the influence of Bollywood films is gathering force with the
global spread of diasporic audiences equipped with new media
technologies. In addition, China is ready to appear as the global
power of popular cultural production and consumption. At this critical
juncture of Asian media and cultural development, <Asian Communication
Research> invites papers that address any themes that are related to
Asian popular culture for this special issue.


Submissions on following topics are welcome, but are not limited to:


Asian Popular Culture and Global Communication

Global fandom of Asian popular culture

Asian Popular music

Asian Cinema

Media and cultural policies in Asia

Cultural industries

Critical and cultural studies, gender and communication

Asian Game industries and cultural studies

International communication and cultural flow

Diasporic cultures and Asian media

Localization of global popular culture

Korean Wave

Bollywood

Japanimation

Chinese media

Thai cinema

Digital mediation and global fandom of K-pop

Pan-Asian media productions

Sports, media & globalization

Social media and popular culture

Advertising and popular culture

Popular media representations on international disputes in Asia



Key Dates:


Deadline for Abstract Submissions: 15 July, 2015

Deadline for Manuscript Submissions: 15 September, 2015

Special Issue Published: December, 2015



Submission Guidelines:

Original manuscripts should be prepared according to the APA author guidelines.

Send inquiries and manuscripts to <asiancommr at naver.com>


Editors:
Sunny Yoon (Hanyang University) syoon at hanyang.ac.kr

Doobo Shim (Sungshin University) doobo at sungshin.ac.kr

Wonjun Chung (The University of Suwon) wjchun1 at hotmail.com





Doobo SHIM
Professor
Department of Media Communication
Sungshin Women's University
249-1 Dongseon-dong 3-ga,
Seongbuk-gu, Seoul, Korea 136-742

"DANCE as though no one is watching you.
LOVE as though you have never been hurt before.
SING as though no one can hear you.
LIVE as though heaven is on earth."