Youth, Media and Culture in the Asia Pacific Region
Editor: Usha M. Rodrigues and Belinda Smaill
Date Of Publication: Feb 2008
Isbn13: 9781847184603
Isbn: 1-84718-460-X
Youth, Media and Culture in the Asia Pacific Region presents an analysis of youth media activities in a diverse, but geographically connected Asia Pacific region. The region, which is spatially connected by its colonial and imperial past, is becoming a significant player in the globalized world. In this context, youth situated in these economically, politically and socially structured communities are redefining their locales through their patterns of media use. The discourse of ‘youth’ in this disparate region is manifest in the media through their identity articulations and social activism. The book illustrates that these ‘youth subcultures’ in the Asia Pacific are part of the well marketed global consumerism culture, and yet at other times independent of the commodifying impetus of global capital. It draws on case studies to examine some of the media practices youth in the region are engaged in and elucidates the process of social change taking place in some Asia Pacific nations.

'This book contributes to the important and growing field of youth media studies. The regionalization of media research is necessarily recuperated here, bringing large populations of media users into a frame of reference that allows critical reflection on the new waves of use and sociality in the Asia Pacific region.'

Stephanie Hemelryk Donald, Professor of International Studies, UTS

Usha M. Rodrigues is a Lecturer in Journalism at Monash University, Melbourne. She has 20 years experience in journalism and journalism education. She has published in the areas of journalism theory and practice, global media and its impact, media policy, and public service broadcasting.

Belinda Smaill is a Lecturer in Film and Television Studies at Monash University, Melbourne.

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