Studying Political Communication and Media in East Asia

A Playful Textbook
Erscheinungsjahr 2025
ISBN: 978-90-485-6445-3
Verlag: Amsterdam University Press

Buch, Englisch, 432 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm

Communication is at the heart of politics, and certainly in East Asia, where vibrant media systems and cultural industries connect with political processes that range from the democratic to autocratic. If we are to understand East Asian societies, and 21st-century politics more broadly, we need to take media and communication seriously. This textbook provides a flexible toolbox of methods and theories for studying political communication. Taking its examples and exercises from Japan, Korea, and the Chinese-speaking world, it walks readers through core issues, media contents, and communicative modes. Readers will learn how to systematically analyse the politics of media environments, written and spoken words, images and visual designs, moving image, space and spatial interactions, (video)games, and more. The chapters can be used individually or, optionally, as a playful ‘gamified’ course that offers learners a first-hand experience of how complex ‘information societies’ incentivise behaviour.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Schneider, Florian

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaften Kommunikationswissenschaften Kommunikation & Medien in der Politik
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Kultur Politische Propaganda & Kampagnen, Politik & Medien
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Kultur Politische Kommunikation und Partizipation

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Table of Figures

Preface: How to Use this Book

Acknowledgements

Ch. 1: Introduction – Politics, Communication, and Media in East Asia

Ch. 2: Media Systems and Political Economies

Ch. 3: Framing Politics

Ch. 4: Making Truths

Ch. 5: Visual Politics

Ch. 6: The Moving Image

Ch. 7: The Politics of Space

Ch. 8: The Politics of Digital Media

Ch. 9: The Politics of Games

Appendix A: Concepts in Gamification

Appendix B: Sample Course Setups

Appendix C: Autodidactic “Single-Player” Setup

Appendix D: Sample Assignments

Appendix E: Magazine Cover Analysis

Appendix F: XP to Grade Conversion

List of References

About the Author

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Schneider, Florian
Florian Schneider is Chair Professor of Modern China at the Leiden University Institute for Area Studies. He is managing editor of Asiascape: Digital Asia and author of numerous books and articles on political communication and media in China.