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Articles published in Volume 48, Number 2 (June 2021) of Media Asia
Articles published in Volume 48, Number 2 (June 2021) of Media Asia
Editor’s Note: These are the articles included in Volume 48, Number 2 (June 2021) of our peer reviewed journal Media Asia. The information is provided to guide researchers in properly citing these articles.
Issue Title: Rundown on lockdowns and crackdowns
Editorial
Arao, D. A. (2021, June). The lowdown on lockdowns and crackdowns. Media Asia, 48(2), 85-88.
https://doi.org/10.1080/01296612.2021.1904327
Articles
Zhang, R. (2021, June). How media politicize COVID-19 lockdowns: a case study comparing frame use in the
coverage of Wuhan and Italy lockdowns by The New York Times. Media Asia, 48(2), 89 107. https://doi.org/10.1080/01296612.2021.1884518
Manalo, J. A. IV, Nidoy, M. G. M., & Corpuz, D. C. P. (2021, June). Knee deep in the Hoopla: Analyzing reportage of the
weevil-infested rice issue in the Philippines. Media Asia, 48(2), 108-122. https://doi.org/10.1080/01296612.2021.1902648
Zhang, D. (2021, June). The media and think tanks in China: The construction and propagation of a think tank.
Media Asia, 48(2), 123-138. https://doi.org/10.1080/01296612.2021.1899785
Commentaries
Astorga-Garcia, M. (2021, June). Surviving media repression before and during Martial Law in the Philippines.
Media Asia, 48(2), 139-143. https://doi.org/10.1080/01296612.2021.1881874
Reviews
Sarwatay, D. (2021, June). Alternative approaches to studying media policymaking in the Global South (review of Community Radio Policies
in South Asia by Preeti Raghunath). Media Asia, 48(2), 144-147. https://doi.org/10.1080/01296612.2021.1881288
Sanyal, D. (2021, June). Hollywood with a K: Review of Reel World by A. Pandian. Media Asia, 48(2), 148-150.
https://doi.org/10.1080/01296612.2021.1877914
Sanyal, D. (2021, June). Beyond the gendered chessboard: review of the miniseries The Queen’s Gambit. Media Asia, 48(2), 151-152.
https://doi.org/10.1080/01296612.2021.1881289
Sanyal, D. (2021, June). Food for thought: Film review of The Lunchbox. Media Asia, 48(2). 153-154.
https://doi.org/10.1080/01296612.2021.1881284
Passing of Prof. Dr. Luu Van An
It is with great sadness to inform you that Prof. Dr. Lu Van An, Acting Rector of the Academy of Journalism and Communication (AJC), passed away last April 4, 2021.
AMIC extends its deepest sympathy to his colleagues, friends, and the AJC community.
Articles published in Volume 48, Number 1 (March 2021) of Media Asia
Articles published in
Volume 48, Number 1 (March 2021) of Media Asia
Editor’s Note: These are the articles included in Volume 48, Number 1 (March 2021) of our peer reviewed journal Media Asia. The information is provided to guide researchers in properly citing these articles.
Issue Title: Pandemic semantics
Editorial
Arao, D. A. (2021, March). Pandemic discourse. Media Asia, 48(1), 1-4.
https://doi.org/10.1080/01296612.2021.1881290
Articles
Raj, A., Anjali, R., & Goswami, M. P. (2021, March). Migrants, miseries, and media: measuring the
prominence of the miseries of migrants in the coverage of leading Indian English dailies during
COVID-19. Media Asia, 48(1), 5-20. https://doi.org/10.1080/01296612.2021.1881283
Gyamfi, P. A. (2021, March). Comparative analysis of CNN coverage of weather-related disasters in
USA, Japan, and India. Media Asia, 48(1), 21-33. https://doi.org/10.1080/01296612.2021.1881281
Watanabe, H. (2021, March). The discursive construction of the international dispute over the East
China Sea: A multimodal analysis of evaluations in online newspaper editorials in the Chinese and Japanese press. Media Asia, 48(1), 34-57. https://doi.org/10.1080/01296612.2021.1881282
Commentaries
Kanozia, R., Kaur, S., & Arya, R. (2021, March). Infodemic during the COVID-19 lockdown in India.
Media Asia, 48(1), 58-66. https://doi.org/10.1080/01296612.2021.1881286
Young, S. (2021, March). Internet, Facebook, competing political narratives, and political control in
Cambodia. Media Asia, 48(1), 67-76. https://doi.org/10.1080/01296612.2021.1881285
Reviews
Tandon, L. (2021, March). Defending the Web: Review of Reset by Ronald Deibert. Media Asia, 48(1),
77-79. https://doi.org/10.1080/01296612.2021.1881287
Shantharaju, S. (2021, March). The unrealized addiction: review of the book Irresistible by Adam Alter.
Media Asia, 48(1), 80-81. https://doi.org/10.1080/01296612.2020.1855826
Sanyal, D. (2021, March). Not so shining (film review of Dolly Kitty Aur Woh Chamatke Sitare).
Media Asia, 48(1), 82-84. https://doi.org/10.1080/01296612.2020.1857102
Media and the “New Normal”
Media Asia
published by AMIC and Routledge Taylor & Francis Group
Media and the “New Normal”
SPECIAL CALL FOR PAPERS
If you’re researching the “new normal,” perhaps the normal thing to do is to consider Media Asia.
The peer reviewed journal is published by the Asian Media Information and Communication Centre (AMIC) and Routledge Taylor & Francis Group. Established in 1974, it focuses on studies and practices in journalism, advertising, public relations, entertainment and other aspects of media in Asia.
Manuscripts should analyze issues related to the media’s role in the “new normal” in Asia. These are some topics worth exploring:
- “New normal” in the context of media studies (e.g., increasing role of the Internet, changing broadcast landscape, relevance of print)
- Work-from-home arrangements of journalists and media workers
- Changes in media production and distribution
- Evolving media consumption
- Marketing trends and the rise of e-commerce
- Local governance, community communication and social media
- Scientific and technical information seeking, dissemination and understanding
- Media and mental health amid the changing environment
- Media education and the new modes of learning
- Intensification of digital divide within and among Asian countries
- Online media and misinformation
- Prevalence of hate speech and disinformation during lockdown and beyond
- “New normal” as a tool to repress the media (e.g., lockdown as crackdown, censorship)
- “New normal” and new “futures” (e.g., risk communication and behavior change)
Authors are free to submit other topics related to the media and the “new normal.”
Media Asia accepts original articles to be evaluated by at least two reviewers, as well as non-refereed commentaries and reviews of “new normal”-related books, films, TV shows, plays and other media. Original articles should not exceed 10,000 words, while non-refereed ones should have 1,500 words (if written journalistically) or 3,000 words (if written academically). Please note that original articles and academically written commentaries and reviews should use APA 7th edition citation style. For more details, please go to the Information for Authors section of Media Asia’s website (https://www.tandfonline.com/action/authorSubmission?show=instructions&journalCode=rmea20).
Authors of refereed articles are assured of a fast turnaround time. Based on our journal accountability report for 2020 (https://amic.asia/media-asia-journal-accountability-report-january-december-2020/), the average number of days from submission to online publication of refereed articles is 161 days.
For this special call for papers, Media Asia does not have a deadline because refereed manuscripts are published as soon as they pass the scrutiny of at least two reviewers. In the case of non-refereed ones, they are published once approved by the Editorial Board.
Media Asia is indexed in Scopus, EBSCO Research Databases (Bibliography of Asian Studies, Associates Programs Source Plus, Communication & Mass Media Complete, Communication Source, Military Transition Support Center, Vocational Studies Complete), ProQuest (Business Premium Collection, Asian & European Business Collection, ProQuest Central, ProQuest Central Basic, ABI/INFORM Professional Advanced, SIRS Editorial, eLibrary), Dimensions, IngentaConnect and Informit.
Interested authors may submit online at https://rp.tandfonline.com/submission/create?journalCode=RMEA.
The journal’s editor is Danilo Araña Arao (University of the Philippines Diliman). The associate editors are Lisa Brooten (Southern Illinois University Carbondale), Pamela A. Custodio (University of the Philippines Los Baños), Roselyn Du (California State University Fullerton), Ma. Theresa M. Rivera (Far Eastern University Manila) and Nick Y. Zhang (Hong Kong Baptist University). The members of the Editorial Advisory Board are Sarah Cardey (University of Reading), Ataharul Chowdhury (University of Guelph), Minjeong Kim (Hankuk University of Foreign Studies), Srinivas Melkote (Bowling Green State University), Eunice Barbara C. Novio (Vongchavalitkul University) and Paromita Pain (University of Nevada Reno).
For any questions, please send an email to media.asia@amic.asia. Follow Media Asia’s Twitter account on @MediaAsiaJourn.