Social Media, Culture and Politics in Asia
New York et al.: Peter Lang (2014), xi, 350 pp.
Contains index
Series: Frontiers in Political Communication, 23
ISBN 9781433118777 (pbk)
Signature commbox: 300:70-Politics 2014
"Leading media scholars from nine Asian nations focus on three main questions: How frequently do Asians use social media to access and discuss political information? Does the use of social media increase political participation? What political, social and cultural factors influence the impact of social media on political engagement in each nation? To answer these questions, contributors first analyze the current state of social media in their nations and then present the findings of a cross-national survey on social media use that was conducted with over 3,500 Asian respondents. By employing a comparative approach, they analyze how social media function and interact with the cultural and political systems in each country - and how they might affect political engagement among individual citizens." (Back cover)
1 Social media, culture, and politics in Asia / Lars Willnat and Annette Aw, 1
2 Social media and political participation: review of the literature / Jason Martin, 13
SOCIAL MEDIA AND POLITICAL PARTICIPATION IN ASIA
3 Social media and political participation in China / Lu Wei, 33
4 Hong Kong: social media and political participation in a "protest society" / Francis Lee, 63
5 Social media and political participation in Taiwan / Tsung-Jen Shih, 84
6 New media and participatory politics: the case of South Korea / Jihyang Choi and Jae Woong Shim, 106
7 Social media and political participation in Japan / Toshio Takeshita, Shinichi Saito, and Tetsuro Inaba, 127
8 Social media and political participation in Malaysia / Ezhar Tamam, Md., Salleh Hassan, and Zohair Sabaghpour Azarian, 143
9 Social media and political participation in Singapore / Cherian George, Xiaoming Hao, and Nainan Wen, 168
10 Social media and political participation in Thailand / Smith Boonchutima and Shuo Tang, 189
11 India youth and social media: modes of engagement? / Usha Raman and Roshni Vergheese, 212
COMPARATIVE SURVEY ANALYSIS
12 Social media and political participation in nine Asian nations / Lars Willnat, 241
CONCLUSIONS
13 Conclusion / Lars Willnat & Annette Aw Conclusions, 275
Appendix: Survey questionnaire, 301
2 Social media and political participation: review of the literature / Jason Martin, 13
SOCIAL MEDIA AND POLITICAL PARTICIPATION IN ASIA
3 Social media and political participation in China / Lu Wei, 33
4 Hong Kong: social media and political participation in a "protest society" / Francis Lee, 63
5 Social media and political participation in Taiwan / Tsung-Jen Shih, 84
6 New media and participatory politics: the case of South Korea / Jihyang Choi and Jae Woong Shim, 106
7 Social media and political participation in Japan / Toshio Takeshita, Shinichi Saito, and Tetsuro Inaba, 127
8 Social media and political participation in Malaysia / Ezhar Tamam, Md., Salleh Hassan, and Zohair Sabaghpour Azarian, 143
9 Social media and political participation in Singapore / Cherian George, Xiaoming Hao, and Nainan Wen, 168
10 Social media and political participation in Thailand / Smith Boonchutima and Shuo Tang, 189
11 India youth and social media: modes of engagement? / Usha Raman and Roshni Vergheese, 212
COMPARATIVE SURVEY ANALYSIS
12 Social media and political participation in nine Asian nations / Lars Willnat, 241
CONCLUSIONS
13 Conclusion / Lars Willnat & Annette Aw Conclusions, 275
Appendix: Survey questionnaire, 301
