THE EVOLVING MEDIA CULTURE THAT IS TRANSFORMING AND BEING TRANSFORMED BY LOCAL IDENTITIES (original) (raw)

Asian ascendancy: media in the age of globalization

SpringerPlus, 2013

This paper aims to investigate the media industry in Asia, with reference to international standards of media tools, instruments, content, and coverage. We have also explored factors that may further improve Asian media. We have used an empirical approach. Our findings revealed that the media in Asian significantly contribute to expanding cultural knowledge and the exchange of multilateral dialogues. However, they do not look after the interests of minorities or non-dominating communities. Although the media should be a virtual ambassador, they often provoke hostilities within regions. Governments own most media outlets in the developing nations in Asia, and so the media rely on government backing and are subject to restrictions. International and national regulations connected to media freedom or constraints should be explored to protect Asian societies. The practical implications of these negative aspects are that the Asian media does not help the plights of minorities or minimize the fear of war in the region. The universal lesson of brotherhood among humanity for all colors and races should be preached by the media. In this paper, we have concentrated on how Asian media influence cultural expansion, the exchange of multilateral dialogues, the interests of minorities, aggression between nations, and generate income for common citizens.

Responding to Hegemonic Media: Deliberations, Trends and Lessons from Asia (2010)

2010

Observations made here are based on the research report promoted by the Global Media Education project of SIGNIS World on the Status of media education initiatives in Asia and the Pacific. Contributions to the study conducted in 2004 come in three forms: surveys, case studies and articles (from secondary-source research). The countries that participated are Fiji, India, Malaysia, Pakistan, the Philippines, the Solomon Islands and Thailand. The reports from the various countries provide a rich source of information on media education initiatives. While there is certainly a lot of variation in the reports, they present good starting points for deliberations and understanding of critical media education in Asia and the Pacific.

Globalization of Culture, Crisis of Cultural Identity and Role of Media

This is the age of Modern Information Era. Nations are bound to redefine and review their identities in the modern age. It is essential to renovate the old institutions or establish new ones worthy of the globalization era. Western style of living is increasingly dominating the other cultures. Some scholars believe that media is also giving a helping hand into this. So it is the high time to aware of it and should start to save our own traditional culture instead of blaming others. As Giddens says we cannot ignore the changes and cannot continue doing business as usual. Globalization is a lasting trend, not a mere accident. In this article it is tried to give some glimpse about this upcoming threat

Media Culture in Transnational Asia

Media Culture in Transnational Asia

Media Culture in Transnational Asia: Convergences and Divergences examines contemporary media use within Asia, where over half of the world’s population resides. The book addresses media use and practices by looking at the transnational exchanges of ideas, narratives, images, techniques, and values and how they influence media consumption and production throughout Asia, including: Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, South Korea, Singapore, Vietnam, Afghanistan, Iran and many others.

Media, Mobilities and Identity in East and Southeast Asia: Introduction

2017

This collection for Cultural Studies Review aims to address gaps in existing mobilities scholarship from two perspectives. First, while several articles here discuss the physical movement of various groups, the overarching focus is the complex interplay of mobile technologies and information on the one hand, and rapidly evolving formations of culture and identity on the other. Geographically, our focus is outside the ‘global north’, on a region that has perhaps been more dramatically transformed by physical, cultural and informational mobility than any other: East and Southeast Asia. Rather than taking ‘Asia’ as a category of cultural identity, this collection conceptualises the geographic region as a zone of cultural and political plurality, in which a vast array of migrations, imaginings, representations and discourses are constantly bumping up against political and cultural borders, as well as various state-sponsored and state-sanctioned ideas and images, in fascinating and often highly volatile ways. Topic covered in this collection include Hong Kong working holidaymakers in Australia (Louis Ho), literary narratives of overseas adoptees who have returned to South Korea (Ethan Waddell), online debates and conflicts between Chinese migrants and local Chinese-Singaporeans (Sylvia Ang), the politics of representing urban demolition and relocation in independent Chinese documentaries (Dan Edwards), the ‘glocalisation’ of Japanese anime culture in the online space in China (Asako Saito) and the representation of migrant worker experience in South Korean cinema (Sina Kim).

Desperately guarding borders: media globalization,'cultural imperialism', and the rise of'Asia'

2001

A few years ago, when the so-called East Asian economic miracle was at its height, former Malaysian Deputy Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim delivered a speech in which he emphasized the challenges brought about by Asia's entry into the world of high modernity. Significantly, he saw the greatest challenges not at the level of economics, but at the level of culture and intellectual life. Not surprisingly, the role of media and technology, especially television, loomed large in Anwar's concerns: