Asian Media and Communication Studies

Akira Kurosawa’s 1950 film Rashomon has arguably become the best known Japanese film of all time. This book addresses issues beyond the realm of Rashomon within film studies, and the Rashomon effect, which itself has become a widely recognized English term referring to significantly different perspe..

The Routledge Handbook of Chinese Media is a prestigious reference work providing an overview of the study of Chinese media. The editors bring together an interdisciplinary perspective with contributions from an international team of renowned scholars on subjects such as television, journalism and t..

This book provides an interdisciplinary study of Chinese media. With contributions from an international team of scholars, it locates Chinese media within a regional setting, focusing on the PRC, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macau and overseas Chinese communities, highlighting the transnational character of i..

As "new media" becomes increasingly everyday for young and old across Asia through smartphones and associated devices, boundaries between art, new media, and the everyday are transformed. The Routledge Handbook of New Media in Asia addresses the historical, social, cultural, political, philosophical..

This book explores how rumours are created, disseminated and absorbed in the age of the internet and mobile communications. It includes a wide range of examples and, besides considering the overall processes involved, engages with scholarly debates in the field of media and communication studies...

This book looks at the development of television broadcasting in Japan, Hong Kong and South Korea. It explores the policy regimes and development of television broadcasting. The nature of television regimes in these three countries is different, the contrasts provide insights into how television is ..