Book Series
Media, Culture and Social Change in Asia Series
New & Published Titles:
Popular Culture in Indonesia
Fluid Identities in Post-Authoritarian Politics
This book examines popular culture in Indonesia, the world’s most populous Muslim nation, and the third largest democracy. It provides a full account of the…
read moreNovember 2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-57270-5 (Routledge)
Television Across Asia
TV Industries, Programme Formats and Globalisation
This book explores the trade in television program formats, which is a crucially important ingredient in the globalisation of culture, in Asia. It examines how… read moreJuly 2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-54627-0 (Routledge)
The Origins of the Modern Chinese Press
The Influence of the Protestant Missionary Press in Late Qing China
This book traces the emergence of the modern Chinese press from its origins in the western Christian missionary press in the late nineteenth century.
It…
read moreMay 2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-54540-2 (Routledge)
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Journalism and Democracy in Asia
Journalism and Democracy in Asia addresses key issues of freedom, democracy, citizenship, openness and journalism in contemporary Asia, looking especially at China, Japan, Korea, Indonesia,…
read moreMay 2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-54593-8 (Routledge)
Conflict, Terrorism and the Media in Asia
There are many different kinds of sub-national conflicts across Asia, with a variety of causes, but since September 11, 2001 these have been increasingly portrayed…
read moreMay 2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-54554-9 (Routledge)
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Hong Kong Film, Hollywood and New Global Cinema
No Film is An Island
In recent years, with the establishment of the Hong Kong Film Archive and growing scholarly interest in the history of Hong Kong cinema, previously neglected…
read moreApril 2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-54560-0 (Routledge)
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Media and the Chinese Diaspora
Community, Communications and Commerce
The importance of the Chinese diaspora is widely recognized. Wanning Sun examines the key role of the media in the Chinese diaspora. She focuses especially…
read moreApril 2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-54563-1 (Routledge)
Television in India
Satellites, Politics and Cultural Change
This book examines the development of television in India since the early 1990s, and its implications for Indian society more widely. Until 1991, India possessed…
read moreApril 2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-54643-0 (Routledge)
Chinese Documentaries
From Dogma to Polyphony
In China, unlike in Western cinema, documentary film, rather than fiction film, has been the dominant mode since 1949. In recent years, documentary TV programmes…
read moreApril 2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-54417-7 (Routledge)
Media in Hong Kong
Press Freedom and Political Change, 1967-2005
This book examines the Hong Kong media over a forty year period, focusing in particular on how its newspapers and TV stations have struggled for…
read moreApril 2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-54421-4 (Routledge)
Series Details:
The aim of this series is to publish original, high-quality work by both new and established scholars in the West and the East, on all aspects of media, culture and social change in Asia.Forthcoming Titles:
Youth, Society and Mobile Media in Asia
Edited by Stephanie Hemelryk Donald, Theresa Dirndorfer Anderson, Damien Spry
To be published March 2nd 2010
Global Chinese Cinema: The Culture and Politics of 'Hero'
Edited by Gary D. Rawnsley, Ming-Yeh T. Rawnsley
To be published March 3rd 2010
The Media, Cultural Control and Government in Singapore
By Terence Lee
To be published April 22nd 2010
On-Line Society in China
Edited by David Herold, Peter Wolfgang Marolt
To be published May 31st 2010
HIV/AIDS, Health and the Media in China
By Johanna Hood
To be published June 17th 2010
New Media and Human Rights in Southeast Asia
Edited by Mike Hayes, James Gomez
To be published June 30th 2010
Islam and Popular Culture in Indonesia and Malaysia
Edited by Andrew Weintraub
To be published June 30th 2010
Contemporary Chinese Print Media: Cultivating Middle Class Civility
By Zheng Yi
To be published August 31st 2010
Politics and the Media in 21st Century Indonesia: Decade of Democracy
Edited by David Hill, Krishna Sen
To be published October 1st 2010