Mobile Communication in Asian Society and Culture

Xie and Chao present a collection of research on mobile communication in Asian communities and countries such as Bangladesh, China, India, Japan, and South Korea. With chapters written by scholars from diverse cultural and institutional backgrounds, this book provides both localized and comparative perspectives on mobile communication research. Exploring the way mobile apps are used in daily life in Asian countries, Xie, Chao, and their contributors analyze how mobile apps improve lives, help people build relationships, sustain communities, and change society for the better. They look at areas including the role of mobile apps in public service delivery and access, family communication, cultural norms and identities, organizational communication, and intercultural communication. The investigation of these topics elevates the understanding of the cultural, familial, interpersonal, organizational, and intercultural consequences of mobile communication in a global context. Through examining mobile apps use in regard to scale, scope, depth, complexity, and distinctiveness within the Asian context, this book furthers the research agenda of mobile communication and enriches our understanding of current practice and future direction of mobile communication. This book serves as a useful reference for scholars and students interested to learn more of the development and application of mobile communication from a global and comparative perspective.

Ming Xie is Assistant Professor at West Texas A&M University. Ming earned her PhD in Public Administration from the University of Nebraska at Omaha and another PhD in Cultural Anthropology from the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. She is particularly interested in nonprofit organization management and communication and emergency management. Chin-Chung Chao is Professor of Communication at University of Nebraska at Omaha. Her primary research interests span conflict management, leadership, intercultural communication, organizational communication, and media communication. She has written two published books, twenty peer-reviewed articles, and ten book chapters. Her research has won multiple awards.

Table of Contents List of illustrations Acknowledgements List of contributors - Introduction Ming Xie Part I Mobile Communication in the Private Sphere - WeChat Gaming, Learning, and Midlife Empty Nest Dongdong Yang, Kenneth Lachlan, Ye Chen - Social Media Portrayal of Housewives and Gender Issues in Chinese Society: A Perspective of Digital Feminism Framework Ming Xie and Chin-Chung Chao - Facebook-Based Mental Health Discourse in Bangladesh: Self-Disclosure, Social Support, Consultation Simu Dey and Josh Averbeck Part II Mobile Communication in the Organizational Sphere - Mobile Communication as Disaster Response Infrastructure for Cross-Sector Coproduction: A Field Study of Mobile Apps in China Flood Seasons Minshuai Ding - Livestream E-Commerce: The New Social Norm and Its Impact on Chinese Culture Ping Yang - How do Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) in India Focusing on Mental Health use Instagram? Roma Subramanian Part III Mobile Communication in the Public Sphere - A comparative analysis of mobile-use and laptop-use on Indian Health Promotions on Twitter: An application of LDA topic model Md Enamul Kabir and Louisa Ha - Health Information Seeking via WeChat, Social Determinants, and COVID-19 Vaccination Intentions: An Exploratory Study Li Chen, Yafei Zhang, Ge Zhu - Mobile Media and Social Movements: From Shahbag to Shaheen Bagh Shudipta Sharma Part IV Mobile Communication in the Networked Society - Reclaiming Power on Social Media: A Networking Analysis of #VeryAsian Movement on Twitter Lei Guo and Jeremy Lipschultz - Mobilized Cultural Identities: Digital Friendship and Identity Maintenance among Immigrant Japanese Wives Min Wha Han - "Respectfully, Pls Ask Someone Else": Pride & Shame in International K-Pop Fandom Samantha James - Forward Looking of Mobile Communication in Asian Society Ming Xie