Pub Date : 2022-03-04DOI: 10.1080/01292986.2021.2023594
Shaheen Kanthawala, Jessica Maddox
ABSTRACT During a time of heightened political polarization in India, use of the communication app WhatsApp skyrocketed. Alongside benefits of the app come a slew of dangerous outcomes, such as the proliferation of misinformation on the chat-based app. To this end, we conducted 19 semi-structured, in-depth interviews with Indian users of WhatsApp over the age of 40. The aim of study was to examine how WhatsApp users engage with the platform and the content they access through it in order to mediate through political polarization at an already divisive time.” Our results yielded three overarching themes: First, participants rarely engage in accuracy determination tactics. Second, they expressed familiarity with politically polarizing content but claimed not to engage with it. Third, they expressed intense hopes for future effective content moderation on WhatsApp. By applying cultivation theory to these insights, we examine how the app creates a reality for its users based on media socialization and the truth effect. Our participants’ insights and our subsequent analysis challenge the top-down-centric approach of many technology companies and governments to curb misinformation. We instead propose a holistic approach that better advances our understanding of the misinformation ecosystem.
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Pub Date : 2022-02-27DOI: 10.1080/01292986.2022.2043397
Afred Suci, Hui-Chih Wang, H. Doong
ABSTRACT Studies of green advertising have had mixed findings from using single and hybrid appeals to consumers’ green attitudes and behavioral intentions. However, the effects of ordering or sequencing the appeals or repeating them have scarcely been investigated. Drawing upon prospect theory, green advertising, and the theory of planned behavior, this experiment, with 160 Indonesian university student participants, found that green attitudes were better formed by appeal order than appeal repetition. In contrast, the types of appeal arrangement generated insignificant differences in buying intention between green products with lower and higher perceived difficulty. The moderating effects of perceived difficulty were significant only on green products with lower perceived difficulty. Furthermore, green attitudes mediated the impacts of appeal arrangement on the intention to buy green products with both lower and higher perceived difficulty. The findings’ theoretical and practical implications also are discussed.
{"title":"Green advertising: examining the effects of appeal arrangement on young Indonesian consumers’ Green attitudes and buying intention","authors":"Afred Suci, Hui-Chih Wang, H. Doong","doi":"10.1080/01292986.2022.2043397","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/01292986.2022.2043397","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Studies of green advertising have had mixed findings from using single and hybrid appeals to consumers’ green attitudes and behavioral intentions. However, the effects of ordering or sequencing the appeals or repeating them have scarcely been investigated. Drawing upon prospect theory, green advertising, and the theory of planned behavior, this experiment, with 160 Indonesian university student participants, found that green attitudes were better formed by appeal order than appeal repetition. In contrast, the types of appeal arrangement generated insignificant differences in buying intention between green products with lower and higher perceived difficulty. The moderating effects of perceived difficulty were significant only on green products with lower perceived difficulty. Furthermore, green attitudes mediated the impacts of appeal arrangement on the intention to buy green products with both lower and higher perceived difficulty. The findings’ theoretical and practical implications also are discussed.","PeriodicalId":46924,"journal":{"name":"Asian Journal of Communication","volume":"32 1","pages":"346 - 370"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2022-02-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41620848","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"文学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-01-31DOI: 10.1080/01292986.2022.2029509
C. Lin
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Pub Date : 2022-01-26DOI: 10.1080/01292986.2022.2026992
W. Shin, M. Lwin
ABSTRACT This research examines how parents in two high digital penetration nations in the Asia-Pacific region, Singapore and Australia, mediate children’s use of digital media and how parental mediation practices in each country are explained by parents’ media perception, digital literacy, and parental self-efficacy. We conducted surveys with parents residing in Singapore (N = 316) and Australia (N = 315). Results show that Australian parents are more actively engaged in all types of parental mediation as compared to Singaporean parents. In both countries, those who are concerned about risks associated with their children’s digital media use and those who feel confident in their parenting abilities are more likely to actively engage in all types of parental mediation. Findings also show that digitally literate parents are more prone to implement discussion-based mediation than control-based mediation.
{"title":"Parental mediation of children’s digital media use in high digital penetration countries: perspectives from Singapore and Australia","authors":"W. Shin, M. Lwin","doi":"10.1080/01292986.2022.2026992","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/01292986.2022.2026992","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT This research examines how parents in two high digital penetration nations in the Asia-Pacific region, Singapore and Australia, mediate children’s use of digital media and how parental mediation practices in each country are explained by parents’ media perception, digital literacy, and parental self-efficacy. We conducted surveys with parents residing in Singapore (N = 316) and Australia (N = 315). Results show that Australian parents are more actively engaged in all types of parental mediation as compared to Singaporean parents. In both countries, those who are concerned about risks associated with their children’s digital media use and those who feel confident in their parenting abilities are more likely to actively engage in all types of parental mediation. Findings also show that digitally literate parents are more prone to implement discussion-based mediation than control-based mediation.","PeriodicalId":46924,"journal":{"name":"Asian Journal of Communication","volume":"32 1","pages":"309 - 326"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2022-01-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49078785","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"文学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-01-02DOI: 10.1080/01292986.2021.2024238
Ling Yuan, Dexin Tian
Globally, there were more than 5.3 million international students in 2018, up from 2 million in 2000 (UNESCO, 2019). In 2018, China, as one of the prominent countries recognized for the active promotion of international education, sent more than 660, 210 students overseas for advanced studies. The increasing focus on education internationalization and studying abroad draws more and more attention to scholarships on intercultural education. In this book, the author Dr. Jane Jackson, explicitly putting theory into practice, addresses the problem of how overseas students improve their intercultural competence during their studies in the host environment through the intervention of online intercultural education to enrich their sojourn learning experience and its influence after they return to the motherland. She suggests that the practice-inspired online intercultural education could also promote global citizenship and meaningful intercultural dialogues. For overseas exchange program administrators, routine practitioners, novice and experienced intercultural education researchers, this book provides valuable guidance on how to conduct an empirical study on intercultural education, especially through the use of online digital technologies. Online Intercultural Education and Study Abroad: Theory into Practice consists of three parts. The first part (Chapter 1 to Chapter 3), covers the literature review, the design and development of the online course titled “Intercultural Communication and Engagement Abroad” as well as the rationale for conducting the ethnographic investigation of the online course. The second part (Chapter 4 to Chapter 7) focuses on the four major participants from her university, the Chinese University of Hong Kong in the ethnographic study. The last part, (Chapters 8 and 9) concludes with the findings and implications of the research. Then, some of the internal and external elements especially relevant to sojourn learning, such as the personality of the students and the environment of the host countries, are presented. The author says: “It is essential for intercultural educators to have some knowledge of these dimensions when designing and implementing a pedagogical intervention in a study abroad context” (p. 10). She argues that without understanding the nature of the cultural environment and some form of pedagogical intervention, overseas students may not fully benefit from their study abroad. The intercultural intervention should be a much closer connection between research and practice in the study abroad program to optimize the overseas experience with mentorship or coaching guidance (p. 14). Specifically, in Chapters 2 and 3, Professor Jackson presents the theoretical frameworks and methodology of the study. The theoretical frameworks are based on Hammer’s (2012) intercultural development continuum theory, Mezirow’s (2000) transformative learning theory, and Kolb’s (2015) experiential learning theory. The intercultural compe
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Pub Date : 2022-01-02DOI: 10.1080/01292986.2021.2024239
N. Irawan, Ali Mustofa
raises the question of the performance of students with lower language ability. Jackson measures identity and cultural disengagement together, and almost all the participants insist that they have experienced “no change” in their identity, which provide a possibility for the study of culture identity in this online course too. Overall, the book is a good attempt to investigate intercultural competencies improvement and study abroad through online courses. As all the participants are either from Mainland China or Hong Kong, the book makes an important contribution to the world of intercultural education by operationalizing different components of intercultural communication.
{"title":"Communication and capitalism: a critical theory","authors":"N. Irawan, Ali Mustofa","doi":"10.1080/01292986.2021.2024239","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/01292986.2021.2024239","url":null,"abstract":"raises the question of the performance of students with lower language ability. Jackson measures identity and cultural disengagement together, and almost all the participants insist that they have experienced “no change” in their identity, which provide a possibility for the study of culture identity in this online course too. Overall, the book is a good attempt to investigate intercultural competencies improvement and study abroad through online courses. As all the participants are either from Mainland China or Hong Kong, the book makes an important contribution to the world of intercultural education by operationalizing different components of intercultural communication.","PeriodicalId":46924,"journal":{"name":"Asian Journal of Communication","volume":"32 1","pages":"67 - 69"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2022-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44067770","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"文学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2021-12-23DOI: 10.1080/01292986.2021.2013510
Viriya Taecharungroj, Eli Avraham
ABSTRACT Countries dealing with tourism crises use a variety of crisis communication strategies, as found in various studies. Thailand is one of the strongest global tourism brands and tourism remains its dominant industry. In recent decades, it has suffered several crises: natural disasters, terrorist attacks, a pandemic, and internal political tensions. This study analyzes which crisis communication strategies Thai officials adopted to restore Thailand’s positive image during tourism crises; in addition, we analyzed how these strategies stem from the country’s ideations and cultural values, a subject that was scarcely addressed in previous crisis communication theory.
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Pub Date : 2021-12-03DOI: 10.1080/01292986.2021.2007274
G. A. Yudarwati, I. A. Putranto, K. Delmo
ABSTRACT Social media have become widely used platforms for risk communication. Nevertheless, as this paper identifies there are potential challenges associated with the use social media, i.e. trust and credibility, misinformation, and digital inequality. This study uses three case studies to analyze the Indonesian government’s messaging strategies on social media for disaster risk communication, while navigating these challenges. Thematic content analysis of Indonesian emergency units’ social media posts during disaster events and of in-depth interviews with the personnel of the government agencies reveal the problematic aspects of the unidirectional top-down pattern of social media disaster risk communication. The messages mainly convey information about situations related to the disasters and government activities in local communities during disasters. Government agencies did not see social media as an appropriate channel for local communities most likely to be impacted or that such communities are shaped by culturally embedded beliefs and who might have limited accesses to the technology. This study suggests that patterns of social media use for disaster risk communication can differ across cultures. The collectivist culture of Indonesian communities has led to the two-step flow of communication model that proposes embracing culture and social capital to build trust, credibility, and overcome digital inequalities.
{"title":"Examining the Indonesian government’s social media use for disaster risk communication","authors":"G. A. Yudarwati, I. A. Putranto, K. Delmo","doi":"10.1080/01292986.2021.2007274","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/01292986.2021.2007274","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Social media have become widely used platforms for risk communication. Nevertheless, as this paper identifies there are potential challenges associated with the use social media, i.e. trust and credibility, misinformation, and digital inequality. This study uses three case studies to analyze the Indonesian government’s messaging strategies on social media for disaster risk communication, while navigating these challenges. Thematic content analysis of Indonesian emergency units’ social media posts during disaster events and of in-depth interviews with the personnel of the government agencies reveal the problematic aspects of the unidirectional top-down pattern of social media disaster risk communication. The messages mainly convey information about situations related to the disasters and government activities in local communities during disasters. Government agencies did not see social media as an appropriate channel for local communities most likely to be impacted or that such communities are shaped by culturally embedded beliefs and who might have limited accesses to the technology. This study suggests that patterns of social media use for disaster risk communication can differ across cultures. The collectivist culture of Indonesian communities has led to the two-step flow of communication model that proposes embracing culture and social capital to build trust, credibility, and overcome digital inequalities.","PeriodicalId":46924,"journal":{"name":"Asian Journal of Communication","volume":"32 1","pages":"1 - 20"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2021-12-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49008895","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"文学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2021-12-03DOI: 10.1080/01292986.2021.2007275
H. Tsai
ABSTRACT Minority ethnic media play a unique role in preserving the languages, shaping the identity, and improving communication and cohesion of the ethnic groups it represents. However, traditional ethnic media outlets such as television channels and printed media worldwide have been facing decreasing viewership, especially because of strong competition from Internet media. Obtaining the support of people in the targeted ethnic group is critical and challenging. This paper elucidates the obstacles—dwindling viewership, competition from new media, and debates on intragroup and intergroup (intercultural) communication—that minority ethnic television channels face in many societies. By using the Taiwanese minority ethnic channel Hakka TV as an example, this study examined audiences’ viewing behaviors with respect to both the terrestrial channel and its online platform. A National Survey on Hakka Population and Languages (supported by the Taiwan Hakka Affairs Council) and in-depth interviews were used to explore the relationships between ethnicity, language, and communication in ethnic media. The results indicate what ethnic media outlets should prioritize to increasing viewership. Methods by which these outlets can reach out to other ethnic groups and enhance multiculturalism are discussed.
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Pub Date : 2021-12-03DOI: 10.1080/01292986.2021.2007273
I. N. Ratriyana, Lukas Deni Setiawan, G. A. Yudarwati
ABSTRACT This study examines the use of development communication for youth empowerment in renewable energy projects in Indonesia. During development, youths can be agents of social change and drivers of development. However, their participation is never free from the power dynamics of development actors, i.e. between the government and rural communities, or between youths and elders. Using an appreciative inquiry technique involving community groups in two hamlets in Kulon Progo regency, Indonesia, this study finds that communication development is oriented primarily towards finalising infrastructure development, and fails to consider active participation. Meanwhile, although youth groups hope to be involved in designing and furthering the usage of renewable energy, they feel that their elders are hesitant to involve them in said projects; trust and power distance issues reduce them to passive participants. This study suggests that development communication in rural communities should be planned carefully, and that local values should be incorporated into the process. Although development communication may not result in youth empowerment, it may nonetheless shed light on power gaps and trust issues in youth-elder interactions.
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