Modern Asia, Making Media , Investigate issues and areas of Asian media within an academic and theoretical framework Identify and discuss the issues and elements that make Asia modern
In this section, we will revisit the assignment's expectations and the steps necessary to complete the assignment effectively.
● Investigate issues and areas of Asian media within an academic and theoretical framework
● Identify and discuss the issues and elements that make Asia modern
● Requirement: Write 6 reflections about the lessons you have learned about different aspects of modernity in the weekly topics across the semester
● Format: 6 200-word written reflections
● Objectives:
- Each reflection must have a word count of 200 words.
- Each reflection shares your understanding of each weekly topic of modernity and its relevance to Asian cultural identity
- The DIEP model must be used.
- You are to use the weekly Reflection question to prepare your response (these questions are included in each week’s topic from week 1 to 11).
● Assignment structure: follow the DIEP format
- Describe
- Interpret
- Evaluate
- Plan
For the DIEP model, please visit this link (Reflective writing by RMIT Learning Lab for a closer focus).
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Term |
Definition |
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Modernity |
Modernity is a condition that is the outcome of a series of historic progress. A modern society can be coined as industrial civilization, and according to the scholar Giddens, it is essentially ‘a transformation in the social perception’ (Tomlinson 1994:150). |
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Modernization |
To be modern is to have transitioned from the old to the new. |
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Hall and Gieben’s (1992) areas of modern societies |
According to Hall and Gieben (1992), the four contributors of modern communities are: politics, economy, society and culture. Regarding the assignment, it is recommended to delve deep into social relations and cultural practices. |
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Multiple modernities |
This concept was brought about by the West when these countries tried to implement their perception on various societies around the globe. Thanks to this notion though, people begin to see modernization as multifaceted and complex. Elements of multiple modernities are institutional frameworks and cultural codes (Bhambra 2007). |
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Appadurai’s (1996) “Modernity at Large” |
To understand the complexity of the global economy, certain separations regarding economic, cultural and political aspects have to be studied. Therefore, the following dimensions of global cultural flows are suggested: - Ethnoscape: flow/movement of people - Mediascape: flow of information and images - Technoscape: flow of technology - Financescape: flow of capital - Ideoscape: flow of ideas |
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Nationalism |
The identification with one's own nation and support for its interests, especially to the exclusion or detriment of the interests of other nations. Nationalism appeals to a sense of shared identity first and foremost. |
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Imperialism vs. colonialism |
● Imperialism: The formation of an empire, which often includes one nation dominating neighboring territories ● Colonialism: A form of cultural exploitation, where colonies are used to supply resources for colonizers. Colonialism often manifests itself in societal structures - law, politics, education, religion, etc. |
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Orientalism |
Orientalism refers to a particular discourse related to the geographic, cultural, and socio-political idea of Asia or the 'Orient', as it is the production of European or Western ideas (Ashcroft et al. 2013). Orientalism is a mode of knowing the other. Orientalism is an example of the social construction of ‘the Other’, a form of authority. Orientalism can make a wide range of cultural assumptions and stereotypes seem ‘natural’, a process called naturalization. |
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Asian values |
Asian Values promoted key norms, such as: ● Placing society above the individual ● Valuing harmony over contestation ● Devolving political decision-making to appointed experts rather than popular vote Asian Values emerged in response to an international agenda to develop: ● Western-style democracy in Asia ● Universal human rights in Asia ● especially freedom of speech and rights for ethnic minority peoples |
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Material culture |
Material culture refers to the physical objects, resources, and spaces that people use to define their culture. For example, homes, neighborhoods, cities, schools, churches, synagogues, temples, mosques, offices, factories and plants, tools, means of production, goods and products, stores, and so forth |
In this step, we will discuss in detail each component and its requirements within the assignment.
Before you start to write any reflection, pay close attention to the reflection question that week poses. You must treat it as a guiding direction to exploring the subject since it includes the main topic of that week. Your reflection should be able to provide an answer to that question. In your reflection, the points below are to be discussed:
● What was the most interesting, surprising or challenging thing you learned? How did you learn it - was it in the reading? in the slides? in the class discussion?
● What new concept did you learn? Do you understand it clearly yet? Do you need to do more revision? How will you do that? What strategies do you have for learning?
● Did you discover a new skill? How will you develop that skill? Why do you think you need that new skill to study at university? How will that skill be useful for working in the communications industry?
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