ABSTRACT
This conclusion presents some closing thoughts on the key concepts discussed in the preceding chapters of this book. The book contains a number of studies that tackle resonant and apparently well-known Asian' concepts, thinking them through in relation to digital cultures in the region and potentially globally. It demonstrates the constructivist nature of media logics and the extent to which local values contribute to the construction and operation of such logics. The book builds creatively and tellingly on the last two decades of work toward Asian theories of communication and media, as an integral part of de-Westernizing, decolonizing, and internationalizing the field. It provokes authors to rethink how they approach global digital cultures not just as objects of study but in terms of the fundamental ways they frame, conceptualize, and theorize such deeply cultural, social, and political phenomena. Sun Sun Lim and Iccha Basnyat's nuanced study of online social networking takes up the categories of Asian thought best known globally face.
