ABSTRACT
This volume investigates mediated lives and media narratives during the Covid-19 pandemic, with Asia as a focus point. It shows how the pandemic has created an unprecedented situation in this globalized world marked by many disruptions in the social, economic, political, and cultural lives of individuals and communities— creating a ‘new normal’. It explores the different media vocabularies of fear, panic, social distancing, and contagion from across Asian nations. It focuses on the role media played as most nations faced lockdowns and unique challenges during the crisis. From healthcare workers to sex workers, from racism to nationalism, from the plight of migrant workers in news reporting to state propaganda, this book brings critical questions confronting media professionals into focus.
The volume is of critical interest to scholars and researchers of media and communication studies, politics, especially political communication, social and public policy, and Asian studies.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|62 pages
Missing and Marginalized Narratives
chapter 1|15 pages
Unrest in the Comments
chapter 2|13 pages
Gender, Media and the Covid-19 Pandemic
chapter 3|15 pages
The Mask Dilemma
part II|23 pages
Media Memory and Narratives
part III|50 pages
Media Bias and Propaganda
chapter 7|12 pages
Taiwan Can Help
chapter 9|12 pages
Risk Communication versus Risks in Communication
chapter 10|12 pages
Modern Hua Mulans in Global Chinese-Speaking Media
part IV|38 pages
Mainstream and Alternative Narratives
chapter 11|14 pages
Confronting Anti-Asian Bias in the Classroom
chapter 12|11 pages
From a Story of Disaster to a Story of Victory
part V|23 pages
Narratives of Othering
chapter 15|11 pages
Pandemics, Politics and Religious ‘Others’
part VI|37 pages
Social Media Narratives