[Air-L] cfp - Asian Communication Research, Theme Issue on Asian Popular Culture

[Charles Ess]

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*Asian Communication Research*

*Call for Papers*

*Theme Issue on Asian Popular Culture*



Asian Communication Research (ACR) is now accepting submissions for Vol. 12
N. 2 to be published in December 2015. ACR is an interdisciplinary
peer-reviewed journal, published by the Korean Society for Journalism and
Communication Studies since 2004 and is indexed on KCI (Korean Citation
Index).



*Themes:*

Asia has been a site of both interests and controversies. Some have
extolled it as a future center of global political economy, while others
still view it as a lump of under-developed countries. For many years, Asia
has been a test bed for development communication theories. When it comes
to popular culture, Asian media capitals such as Hong Kong, Tokyo and
Bombay have produced popular media content for global audiences for several
decades. More recently, South Korea has joined their ranks by manufacturing
popular TV dramas, pop music and films. Korean singer Psy’s *Gangnam Style*
phenomenon a few years ago on the global stages confirmed the influence of
Asian popular culture. Further, the influence of Bollywood films is
gathering force with the global spread of diasporic audiences equipped with
new media technologies. In addition, China is ready to appear as the global
power of popular cultural production and consumption. At this critical
juncture of Asian media and cultural development, *Asian Communication
Research* invites papers that address any theme that are related to Asian
popular culture for this special issue.



*Submissions on following topics are welcome, but are not limited to:*

Asian Popular Culture and Global Communication

Global fandom of Asian Popular Culture

Asian Popular Music

Asian Cinema

Media and cultural policies in Asia

Cultural industries

Critical and cultural studies, gender and communication

Asian Game Industries and Cultural Studies

International communication and cultural flow

Diasporic Cultures and Asian Media

Localization of Global Popular Culture

Korean Wave

Bollywood

Japanimation

Chinese media

Thai cinema

Digital mediation and global fandom of K-pop

Pan-Asian media productions in Asia

Sports, media and Popular Culture

Social Media and popular culture

Advertising and popular culture

Popular media representations on international disputes in Asia



*Key Dates:*

Deadline for Abstract Submissions: 20 July, 2015

Deadline for Manuscript Submissions: 15 September, 2015

 Published: December, 2015



*Submission Guidelines:*

Original manuscripts should be prepared according to the APA author
guidelines.

Send inquiries and manuscripts to asiancommr at naver.com

*Editors:*

Sunny Yoon (Hanyang University) syoon at hanyang.ac.kr

Doobo Shim (Sungshin University) doobo at sungshin.ac.kr

Wonjun Chung (The University of Suwon) wjchun1 at hotmail.com