1st Edition
The State of Asian Communication Research and Directions for the 21st Century
Introduction: Taking stock and showcasing communication research on Asia for a global audience 1. The Pivotal Role of AJC in the Growth of Communication Research in Asia: A semantic network analysis 2. Mapping the field of communication technology research in Asia: content analysis and text mining of SSCI journal articles 1995–2014 3. Asian mobile communication research: current status, enduring issues and future trends 4. A retrospective overview of health communication studies in Asia from 2000 to 2013 5. Mapping public relations scholarship in Asia: a longitudinal analysis of published research, 1995–2014 6. East meets West: a new contextual perspective for crisis communication theory 7. Is the agenda set? State of agenda-setting research in China and Korea 8. Theoretical and methodological patterns of third-person effect research: a comparative thematic analysis of Asia and the world 9. Effectiveness of entertainment education in communicating health information: a systematic review 10. A content analysis of research on China in top-ranked communication journals from 1995 to 2014: a comparison with other Asian countries 11. Mass communication research on China from 2000 to 2010: a meta-analysis
Biography
Ran Wei is the Gonzales Brothers Professor of Journalism in the College of Mass Communications and Information Studies at the University of South Carolina, USA.
