Youth, Society and Mobile Media in Asia (Media, Culture and Social Change in Asia)

By: Stephanie Hemelryk Donald

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Synopsis: This book examines the influence of mobile media technology on the lives of young people in East and North Asia, South East Asia and Australia. It discusses the impact information communication technologies have today on social identity, well-being, participation and exclusion. It explores current media practices and their innovative, transformative and disruptive uses at the local, the regional, the national, and the global level. In particular, it analyses mobile media not as a discrete object, but rather as part of a dynamic communication and information environment in which human-object relations are constantly reconfigured. It covers key theoretical and conceptual themes in youth mobile media research focusing on social, cultural and political aspects, including coverage of key themes such as regulation and technology, practices, pedagogies, aesthetics, social change, and representations of mobile youth. The book includes new accounts of recent research into the uses of mobile media by young people, and how these are situated in a broader socio-political context. Case studies include mobile panics in Australia (the notorious Kings of Wirrabee sexual assault case) and Japan (the scandals of high school girls as teenage prostitutes) in which mobile media use has had significant impact. This book offers an up-to-date examination of the influence of information communication technologies on young people’s lives in the region.

Book Quality:: Publisher Quality
ISBN-13:: 9781135281274
Related ISBNs:: 9780203859148, 9780415697200, 9780415697200, 9780415547956, 9780415547956
Publisher:: Taylor and Francis
Date of Addition:: 03/22/20
Copyrighted By:: Stephanie Hemelryk Donald, Theresa Dirndorfer Anderson and Damien Spry for selection and editorial matter
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: Nonfiction, Technology, Social Studies, Communication
Submitted By:: Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:: This is a copyrighted book.
Edited by:: Stephanie Hemelryk Donald
Edited by:: Theresa Dirndorfer Anderson
Edited by:: Damien Spry