Articles published in Volume 48, Number 2 (June 2021) of Media Asia

Articles published in Volume 48, Number 2 (June 2021) of Media Asia

Apr 26, 2021 | Announcements, Call for Papers, Media Asia, News, Publications

Articles published in Volume 48, Number 2 (June 2021) of Media Asia

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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

    Articles published in Volume 48, Number 1 (March 2021) of Media Asia

    Articles published in Volume 48, Number 1 (March 2021) of Media Asia

    Mar 18, 2021 | Announcements, Call for Papers, Media Asia, News, Publications

    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 and the “New Normal”

      Jan 18, 2021 | Announcements, Call for Papers, Media Asia, News, Publications

      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.

      [Call for Book Chapter Abstracts] Environmental Journalism in the Global South

      Oct 24, 2020 | Announcements, Call for Papers, Member Updates, News

      Dear AMIC Members:

      We–Ramon Tuazon, Sadia Jamil and Therese San Diego Torres–are pleased to open the call for book chapter abstracts for our forthcoming publication, “Environmental Journalism in the Global South.” We invite you to submit your abstracts.

      Below are the details. We have also attached the PDF of the call here.

       

      Call for abstracts

      Environmental issues continue to grow in scope, indicating the timely need to address pressing areas of concern: global warming; climate change; food security and public health safety; overpopulation; water, land, and air pollution; increased carbon footprint; deforestation; and natural disasters. These issues go beyond the realm of science into the areas of politics, public policy, and economics. As environmental concerns grow, the need for a well-informed public becomes more critical (Jamil, 2020). Public opinion and perceptions about environmental issues are shaped by many sources including government and non-government organizations, the academe, and the media. Journalists and the news media, in particular, are among the important sources of information about the environment. A major challenge is how to convey complex concepts and impart a sense of urgency in addressing problems in a way that engages the reader. In the past two decades, environmental journalism has evolved to serve this purpose and has represented people’s diverse perceptions of the world. Over time, people have become more and more interested and concerned about what is happening in the environment. As more information comes to light about how environmental issues impact people and the globe, the interest in and recognition of the importance of environmental journalism have likewise increased. The rise in public awareness has translated to an even greater need for environmental journalism studies. Much of the work on environmental journalism has been done by Western scholars (Sachsman and Valenti, 2020; Valenti, 2017; Rogener and Wormer, 2017; Ale, 2015; Bodker and Neverla, 2014; Bodker, 2012; Carthew et al., 2012; Wyss, 2010; Frome, 1998), and limited attention has been paid in the Global South to reflect upon different aspects of environmental journalism (Acharya and Noronha, 2010). Thus, this edited volume welcomes contributions from scholars in the Global South to cover the following key areas:

      – Journalists’ attitudes and motivations towards environmental journalism;
      – The influence of contextual factors, such as religious, cultural, ethnic and socio-political environments, on journalists’ practice of environmental journalism;
      – Coverage of environmental issues by mainstream, ethnic and diasporic news media;
      – The role of religious, political and cultural factors in shaping and influencing news media discourses on diverse environmental issues;
      – Challenges and prospects for the practice of environmental journalism;
      – The role of economic, intellectual and technological resources to foster environmental journalism;
      – Environmental journalism pedagogy in the Global South.

      Submission details and guidelines:

      Please submit your abstract of 500-700 words by 20th November, 2020. All abstracts will be assessed based on:

      – Clarity of research problem;
      – Conceptual soundness of study;
      – Theoretical and methodological strength;
      – Contribution and impact of the study.

      Abstracts should be submitted to Dr. Sadia Jamil (sadia.jamil@ymail.com), Ramon Tuazon (ramon.tuazon@aijci.com) and Therese Patricia S. Torres (therese.torres@aijci.com). All authors should submit a bio of 200 words with complete institutional details when submitting their abstracts.

      Timeline

      – Abstract submission deadline: 20th November, 2020
      – Notification to author/s: 10th December, 2020
      – Full chapter submission: 15th April, 2021
      – Review process by editors: 16th April, 2021 – 15th May, 2021
      – Revision deadline: 1st July, 2021
      – Anticipated submission of full book manuscript: 30th September, 2021

      Publisher

      The full book will be submitted to Palgrave Macmillan in 2021 and is envisioned to be published as part of the ‘Palgrave Studies in Journalism and the Global South’ book series: https://www.palgrave.com/gp/series/16423 (series editors: Bruce Mutsvairo, Saba Bebawi and Eddy Borges-Rey).

      On behalf of Sadia Jamil and Therese San Diego Torres, I look forward to hearing from you. 

      Best regards,
      Ramon R. Tuazon

      Media Asia Special Call for Papers: Media and the Pandemic

      Media Asia Special Call for Papers: Media and the Pandemic

      May 20, 2020 | Announcements, Call for Papers, Media Asia, News, Publications

      Media Asia
      published by AMIC and Routledge Taylor & Francis Group

      Media and the Pandemic

      SPECIAL CALL FOR PAPERS

      Have you recently conducted research on media and the COVID-19 pandemic in Asia? If your findings are interesting, we’re interested!

      Media Asia is a peer-reviewed quarterly journal published by the Asian Media and Information Communication Centre (AMIC) and Routledge Taylor & Francis Group. Published since 1974, Media Asia is now in its 46th year.

      Manuscripts should focus on relevant issues related to media’s role in relation to the pandemic. These are some of the topics that may be interesting:

      •  Impact of COVID-19 on journalism, advertising, public relations, entertainment or any aspect of media (e.g., case studies, in-depth interviews with practitioners)
      • Media coverage of the COVID-19 pandemic (e.g., content analysis, in-depth interviews with journalists)
      • Government restrictions on media coverage during lockdown (e.g., effects of government’s “virtual pressers” with screened questions from journalists, weaponization of laws against the media, state of press freedom)
      • Media technology and COVID-19 (e.g., how technology is being used to adapt to the changing environment)
      • Media operations amid COVID-19 (e.g., reduction of media workforce, limited advertising, dependence on replayed and canned entertainment programs, impact on profit, changes in routines of media practitioners, adjustments in production processes)
      • Media and the “new normal” (e.g., adjustments in the delivery of news and entertainment, quality of reportage due to limited movement of journalists and media workers)
      • Media and history of global health crises (e.g., comparison of media’s role in past health crises like SARS to contextualize COVID-19 coverage)

      These are just examples of research areas and topics. Please feel free to submit other manuscripts that focus on media’s role amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

      In coordination with the editor, authors may also send commentaries on media and the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as reviews of books, films, plays and other media related to past health crises. These submissions are not subjected to peer review and have faster editorial decisions.

      Given the journal’s adherence to the highest degree of academic scholarship, authors should be willing to submit their manuscripts to a double-blind review process. The journal editors shall initially review the manuscript. If it is assessed to be well-written and well-researched, the manuscript (with the author’s name and other related details redacted) shall be forwarded to at least two experts on the topic who will provide objective reviews. Similar to other peer-reviewed journals, Media Asia shall only publish manuscripts from authors who are able to revise their manuscripts based on the reviewers’ comments.

      Based on data from the handling of 16 manuscripts submitted to Media Asia from 1 January to 12 May 2020, our journal has a relatively fast turnaround time in terms of editorial evaluation and reviewer invitation. Authors can be assured of a hastened process of feedback even if reviewers are usually given a maximum of 30 days to submit their comments.

      Manuscripts should be written in English and should have not more than 10,000 words (including tables, references, captions and endnotes). They should also have an abstract of 100 to 150 words and keywords not exceeding five. Authors should use the American Psychological Association (APA) citation style. More information about submission format may be retrieved from https://authorservices.taylorandfrancis.com/tf_quick_guide/.

      Interested authors may submit online at https://www.editorialmanager.com/rmea/default.aspx.

      Effective 2020, Media Asia’s editor is Danilo Arao (University of the Philippines Diliman). The associate editors are Lisa Brooten (Southern Illinois University Carbondale), Pamela Custodio (University of the Philippines Los Baños), Roselyn Du (California State University Fullerton), Ma. Theresa Rivera (Far Eastern University Manila) and Zhang Yin Nick (Hong Kong Baptist University).

      If there are any questions, please send an email to media.asia@amic.asia.

      Call for Papers: MEDIA ASIA 2020

      Feb 7, 2020 | Call for Papers, Media Asia, News, Publications

      Media Asia
      published by AMIC and Routledge Taylor & Francis Group

      CALL FOR PAPERS

      Do you want a broader, international audience to read your papers? Are your studies focused on analyzing current issues on media?

      Faculty, students, media practitioners and researchers are invited to send their articles to Media Asia. It is a peer-reviewed quarterly journal published by the Asian Media and Information Communication Centre (AMIC) and Routledge Taylor & Francis Group. Published since 1974, Media Asia is in its 46th year.

      Papers should focus on practices in journalism, advertising, public relations, entertainment and other aspects of media.

      Given the journal’s adherence to the highest degree of academic scholarship, authors should be willing to submit their papers to a double-blind review process where the journal editors shall initially review the article and, if deemed scholarly enough, forward it (redacting the identity of the author or authors) to at least two experts (i.e., on the article’s chosen topic) who will provide objective reviews.

      Articles should be written in English and should have not more than 10,000 words (including tables, references, captions and endnotes). They should also have an abstract of 100 to 150 words and keywords not exceeding five. Authors should use the American Psychological Association (APA) citation style. More information about submission format may be retrieved from https://authorservices.taylorandfrancis.com/tf_quick_guide/.

      Interested authors may submit online at https://www.editorialmanager.com/rmea/default.aspx.

      In coordination with the editor, authors may also send commentaries on burning issues of the day, as well as reviews of books, films, plays and other media. These submissions are not subjected to peer review.

      Effective 2020, Media Asia’s editor is Danilo Arao (University of the Philippines Diliman). The associate editors are Lisa Brooten (Southern Illinois University Carbondale), Pamela Custodio (University of the Philippines Los Baños), Ma. Theresa Rivera (Far Eastern University Manila) and Zhang Yin Nick (Hong Kong Baptist University).

      If there are any questions, please send an email to Arao at danilo.arao@up.edu.ph.