Lifestyle Media in Asia (Media, Culture and Social Change in Asia) - Softcover

Lewis, Tania

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1138477419 ISBN 13: 9781138477414

Publisher: Routledge, 2018

Synopsis

Across Asia, consumer culture is increasingly shaping everyday life, with neoliberal economic and social policies increasingly adopted by governments who see their citizens as individualised, sovereign consumers with choices about their lifestyles and identities. One aspect of this development has been the emergence of new wealthy middle classes with lifestyle aspirations shaped by national, regional and global media – especially by a range of new popular lifestyle media, which includes magazines, television and mobile and social media. This book explores how far everyday conceptions and experiences of identity are being transformed by media cultures across the region. It considers a range of different media in different Asian contexts, contrasting how the shaping of lifestyles in Asia differs from similar processes in Western countries, and assessing how the new lifestyle media represents not just a new emergent media culture, but also illustrates wider cultural and social changes in the Asian region.

About this title

About the Author:

Fran Martin is an Associate Professor and Reader in Cultural Studies at the University of Melbourne, Australia and an Australian Research Council Future Fellow. 

Tania Lewis is an Associate Professor in the School of Media and Communication at RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia.

About this edition

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2018
• ISBN 10: 1138477419
• ISBN 13: 9781138477414
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 224
• Editor: Martin Fran