Youth, Media and Culture in the Asia Pacific Region

by Usha Rodrigues (Editor), Belinda Smaill (Editor)

Youth, Media and Culture in the Asia Pacific Region presents an analysis of youth media activities in a diverse, but geographically connected Asia Pacific region. The region, which is spatially connected by its colonial and imperial past, is becoming a significant player in the globalized world. In this context, youth situated in these economically, politically and socially structured communities are redefining their locales through their patterns of media use. The discourse of youth in this disparate region is manifest in the media through their identity articulations and social activism. The book illustrates that these youth subcultures in the Asia Pacific are part of the well marketed global consumerism culture, and yet at other times independent of the commodifying impetus of global capital. It draws on case studies to examine some of the media practices youth in the region are engaged in and elucidates the process of social change taking place in some Asia Pacific nations.

266 pages, Hardcover

First published February 1, 2008