Media, Culture and Social Change in Asia
About the Book Series
The aim of this series has always been to publish original, high-quality work by both new and established scholars, on all aspects of media, culture and social change in Asia. Founded from Melbourne in 2001, we have published over 70 titles and our reach of topics has expanded in step with new paradigms, new media systems and a digital economy that is far removed from our expectations or understanding at the turn of this century. We have appointed an editorial board that reflects the directions of contemporary scholarship, and we invite new proposals that speak to our mission
Editorial Board:
Stephanie Hemelryk Donald (Founding Editor)
Emma Baulch, (Co-Editor, SE Asia), Monash Malaysia
Laikwan Pang, (Public Humanities), Chinese University of Hong Kong
Jo Tacchi, (Digital Development and Ethnography), Loughborough in London
Tania Lewis (Eco-Humanities, Food, Digital Consumption), RMIT, Melbourne
Annisa Beta, (Youth Cultures), University of Melbourne
Kate Mirandello Delmo, (Crisis and Strategic Communications), UTS, Sydney
Giang Nguyen-Thu, (Digital Economy), University of Queensland
New proposals are welcome and should be sent in the first instance to the series editor, Stephanie Hemelryk Donald, at [email protected].
The Documentary Cinema of Haneda Sumiko: Japan in Transition through Gender, Arts, Nature and Society
1st Edition
Edited
By Marcos Centeno-Martin, Irene González-López, Alejandra Armendariz-Hernandez
March 24, 2026
This is the first academic book to provide a comprehensive survey of the work of Haneda Sumiko (1926-), the first woman to regularly direct documentaries in postwar Japan, by examining her major documentaries amongst the extensive filmography she developed over sixty years. Bringing together ...
Media and Politics in South Korea, 1960-2022
1st Edition
By Ki-Sung Kwak
October 27, 2025
This book examines the constantly changing nature of the relationship between the state and the media within South Korea’s political landscape. It traces developments as South Korea became gradually more democratic in the decades after 1960, and goes on to consider more recent developments which ...
Japanese Film and the Challenge of Video
1st Edition
By Tom Mes
October 08, 2024
This book explores the phenomenon of V-Cinema, founded in Japan in 1989 as a distribution system for direct-to-video movies which film companies began making having failed to recoup their investment in big budget films. It examines how studios and directors worked quickly to capitalize on niche ...
China's Avant-Garde, 1978–2018
1st Edition
Edited
By Daria Berg, Giorgio Strafella
May 27, 2024
This book examines how China’s new generation of avant-garde writers and artists are pushing the boundaries of vernacular culture, creatively appropriating artistic and literary languages from global cultures to reflect on reform-era China’s transformation and the Maoist heritage. It explores the ...
Global Perspectives on Journalism in Nepal: Nepalese News Media in the Twenty–First Century
1st Edition
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By Bhanu Bhakta Acharya, Shyam Sharma
January 29, 2024
With more than 1000 newspapers, 1100 local radios, 200 television channels, 3000 online news portals, and over 80 colleges providing media education and training, news media, and media education are vibrant fields in Nepal. This book provides a comprehensive overview of Nepal’s news media, ...
The Politics of Public Broadcasting in Britain and Japan: The BBC and NHK Compared
1st Edition
By Henry Laurence
January 29, 2024
The BBC and NHK have dominated their national media systems since the 1920s and still play a central role in shaping political, social and cultural life. Both are highly trusted news organizations, and vitally influence national identity. Yet despite remarkably similar organizational and funding ...
WeChat and the Chinese Diaspora: Digital Transnationalism in the Era of China's Rise
1st Edition
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By Wanning Sun, Haiqing Yu
January 29, 2024
WeChat (the international version of Weixin), launched in 2012, has rapidly become the most favoured Chinese social media. Globally available, equally popular both inside and outside China and widely adopted by Chinese migrants, WeChat has fundamentally changed the ways in which Mandarin-speaking ...
Queer Media in China
1st Edition
By Hongwei Bao
January 09, 2023
This book examines different forms and practices of queer media, that is, the films, websites, zines, and film festivals produced by, for, and about lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) people in China in the first two decades of the twenty-first century. It traces how queer ...
Chinese Martial Arts Film and the Philosophy of Action
1st Edition
By Stephen Teo
September 26, 2022
This book focuses on the philosophy of Chinese martial arts film, arguing that philosophy provides a key to understanding the whole genre. It draws on Chinese philosophical ideas derived from, or based on, Confucianism, Daoism, Buddhism, and other schools of thought such as Mohism and Legalism, ...
Tamil Cinema in the Twenty-First Century: Caste, Gender and Technology
1st Edition
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By Selvaraj Velayutham, Vijay Devadas
August 01, 2022
Tamil Cinema in the Twenty-First Century explores the current state of Tamil cinema, one of India’s largest film industries. Since its inception a century ago, Tamil cinema has undergone major transformations, and today it stands as a foremost cultural institution that profoundly shapes Tamil ...
The Chinese Internet: The Online Public Sphere, Power Relations and Political Communication
1st Edition
By Qingning Wang
May 30, 2022
This book discusses the use of the internet in China, the complicated power relations in online political communications, and the interactions and struggles between the government and the public over the use of the internet. It argues that there is a "semi-structured" online public sphere, in which...
Media in Asia: Global, Digital, Gendered and Mobile
1st Edition
Edited
By Youna Kim
May 16, 2022
This book is an upper-level student source book for contemporary approaches to media studies in Asia, which will appeal across a wide range of social sciences and humanities subjects including media and communication studies, Asian studies, cultural studies, sociology and anthropology. Drawing on a...