[Air-L] Book launch and industry public panel: Media and International Education (15/03/2016)

Thu Feb 25 16:42:03 PST 2016

This public event presents a new perspective on migration and media based on interview research with Singaporean university students in Melbourne. It brings together stakeholders in the media industry and international education sector who are influencers among Singaporean students in Australia, to discuss the key issues that arise with the ongoing transformation of media and internationalisation of education, with particular reference to the case of Singaporean students in Australia.
This event is open to the public. University students (local and international, Singaporean and non-Singaporean) and staff are especially welcome.

EVENT PROGRAM
1. Brief summary of newly released book Migration, Media, and Global-Local Spaces (Palgrave Macmillan, Feb 2016) and presentation of results of interviews with Singaporean university students in Melbourne [by Dr Esther Chin, Author and Lecturer in Media and Communications, Swinburne University of Technology]  2. Endorsement of book [by Assoc Prof Karen Farquharson, Associate Dean (Research & Engagement) and Associate Professor Sociology, Swinburne University of Technology]  3. Book launch [by Prof Jason Bainbridge, Chair of Media and Communication, Swinburne University of Technology]  4. Industry public panel Speakers include: - Karen Poh [awarded Victoria's Multicultural Awards for Excellence 2015; Founder and editor-in-chief of MELD Magazine; International student engagement consultant to the Victorian Government’s Study Melbourne Student Centre (SMSC)] - Diane Leow, Digital Producer, Channel NewsAsia  Other speakers TBC

What is the book Migration, Media, and Global-Local Spaces about?
This book explores how we define our social spaces in a world of globalization, cultural diversity, and media convergence. It invites us to consider how each of us relates to multiple people and places worldwide through migration and media. Critiquing our focus on nation, state, and particular countries of origin and settlement, this book offers a new conceptual approach to study contemporary migration and media. Drawing on in-depth interviews with Singaporean university students in Melbourne, Australia, this book details how we organize our social relations into diverse configurations of global and local spaces. This book aims to help university students, researchers, and members of the public to think more critically about how we develop our mental maps of the world, experience the migration of others and ourselves, and shape our media environments.

What do experts in media and social science research think about this book?
"As migration is one of the key themes of the networked 21st century, this book makes a timely and critical contribution to our understanding of communication across diverse migration processes. Esther Chin offers a much needed theoretical approach which allows us to assess the new dense relationships between communication and mobility, creating new spaces for civic identity beyond the nation-state. Without a doubt, the book sets the agenda for a new field in transnational communication."
 - Ingrid Volkmer, Associate Professor in the Department of Media and Communications, University of Melbourne, Australia
"This fine book provides fresh insights into two defining global dynamics of the twenty-first century: migration and media. With a keen theoretical intelligence, Esther Chin greatly advances our understanding of how contemporary social and mobile media undergird people's need to inhabit a plurality of social spaces, creating distinctive 'cartographies of the social'. Essential reading that will equally require us to rethink migration and the place(s) of media."
 - Gerard Goggin, Professor of Media and Communications, University of Sydney, Australia
"This book provides a novel and innovative spatial analysis of migration, where the spaces are mediated, local, and global. It delivers a nuanced and compelling account of how migrants experience their lives, where the global and local shape the social spaces they inhabit. Esther Chin shows how media and spaces interact in a process of 'glocal cosmopolitanism', a concept which aims to move beyond nations and states to capture the interconnected globalised world we now inhabit."
 - Karen Farquharson, Associate Dean (Research & Engagement) and Associate Professor Sociology, Swinburne University of Technology, Australia

How can I access this book?
Email customerservice at springer.com to order your book directly from the publisher, from anywhere in the world.
You can also order the book from Amazon or your local store.
Please request your local academic/public library to buy this book and make it available for other readers.

What is the price of this book?
Discounted price until 30th April 2016: Quote 'PM16THIRTY' to buy the book at £47.60 or $73.50. This offer is only available to individual (not library/trade) customers.
The publisher has priced this book at £68.00 or $105.00.
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Event Summary:
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Event: Media and International Education: The Case of Singaporeans in Australia
Date: Tuesday, 15 March 2016 from 4:30 PM to 6:30 PM (AEDT)
Location: <b>TD121 Lecture Theatre</b><br />Swinburne University of Technology<br />John Street<br />Hawthorn, Victoria 3122<br />Australia<br />

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Event Details:
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This public event presents a new perspective on migration and media based on interview research with Singaporean university students in Melbourne. It brings together stakeholders in the media industry and international education sector who are influencers among Singaporean students in Australia, to discuss the key issues that arise with the ongoing transformation of media and internationalisation of education, with particular reference to the case of Singaporean students in Australia.
This event is open to the public. University students (local and international, Singaporean and non-Singaporean) and staff are especially welcome.

EVENT PROGRAM
1. Brief summary of newly released book Migration, Media, and Global-Local Spaces (Palgrave Macmillan, Feb 2016) and presentation of results of interviews with Singaporean university students in Melbourne [by Dr Esther Chin, Author and Lecturer in Media and Communications, Swinburne University of Technology]  2. Endorsement of book [by Assoc Prof Karen Farquharson, Associate Dean (Research & Engagement) and Associate Professor Sociology, Swinburne University of Technology]  3. Book launch [by Prof Jason Bainbridge, Chair of Media and Communication, Swinburne University of Technology]  4. Industry public panel Speakers include: - Karen Poh [awarded Victoria's Multicultural Awards for Excellence 2015; Founder and editor-in-chief of MELD Magazine; International student engagement consultant to the Victorian Government’s Study Melbourne Student Centre (SMSC)] - Diane Leow, Digital Producer, Channel NewsAsia  Other speakers TBC

What is the book Migration, Media, and Global-Local Spaces about?
This book explores how we define our social spaces in a world of globalization, cultural diversity, and media convergence. It invites us to consider how each of us relates to multiple people and places worldwide through migration and media. Critiquing our focus on nation, state, and particular countries of origin and settlement, this book offers a new conceptual approach to study contemporary migration and media. Drawing on in-depth interviews with Singaporean university students in Melbourne, Australia, this book details how we organize our social relations into diverse configurations of global and local spaces. This book aims to help university students, researchers, and members of the public to think more critically about how we develop our mental maps of the world, experience the migration of others and ourselves, and shape our media environments.

What do experts in media and social science research think about this book?
"As migration is one of the key themes of the networked 21st century, this book makes a timely and critical contribution to our understanding of communication across diverse migration processes. Esther Chin offers a much needed theoretical approach which allows us to assess the new dense relationships between communication and mobility, creating new spaces for civic identity beyond the nation-state. Without a doubt, the book sets the agenda for a new field in transnational communication."
 - Ingrid Volkmer, Associate Professor in the Department of Media and Communications, University of Melbourne, Australia
"This fine book provides fresh insights into two defining global dynamics of the twenty-first century: migration and media. With a keen theoretical intelligence, Esther Chin greatly advances our understanding of how contemporary social and mobile media undergird people's need to inhabit a plurality of social spaces, creating distinctive 'cartographies of the social'. Essential reading that will equally require us to rethink migration and the place(s) of media."
 - Gerard Goggin, Professor of Media and Communications, University of Sydney, Australia
"This book provides a novel and innovative spatial analysis of migration, where the spaces are mediated, local, and global. It delivers a nuanced and compelling account of how migrants experience their lives, where the global and local shape the social spaces they inhabit. Esther Chin shows how media and spaces interact in a process of 'glocal cosmopolitanism', a concept which aims to move beyond nations and states to capture the interconnected globalised world we now inhabit."
 - Karen Farquharson, Associate Dean (Research & Engagement) and Associate Professor Sociology, Swinburne University of Technology, Australia

How can I access this book?
Email customerservice at springer.com to order your book directly from the publisher, from anywhere in the world.
You can also order the book from Amazon or your local store.
Please request your local academic/public library to buy this book and make it available for other readers.

What is the price of this book?
Discounted price until 30th April 2016: Quote 'PM16THIRTY' to buy the book at £47.60 or $73.50. This offer is only available to individual (not library/trade) customers.
The publisher has priced this book at £68.00 or $105.00.

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Hosted By:
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Dr Esther Chin
Lecturer in Media and Communications, Swinburne University of Technology
Author of Migration, Media, and Global-Local Spaces, Palgrave Macmillan Series in International Political Communication
https://au.linkedin.com/in/estherchinyw

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