Asian Communication Studies: What and Where to Now

Abstract

A paradigm of Asian communication is emerging due to the efforts of Asian communication scholars over the years, thus, it is a critical moment for Asian communication scholars to move a step forward through the process of self-examination. To achieve this goal, this essay focuses on the discussion of the present and prospect of Asian communication studies from three aspects. First, the essence of Asian communication is stipulated based on previous studies; second, the concepts of yin and yang are employed to explicate the controversial or confrontational views that show the internal and external diversity of Asian communication studies; and third, the union of the polarity of yin and yang, or the Tao, of Asian communication studies is proposed.

Notes

1. Several publications related to Asian communication are worth mentioning: Kincaid (1987), Dissanayake (1988), Chen (2002b), Kim (2002), Chen and Miike (2003), Gunaratne (2005), and Leung et al. (2006). More detailed references to individual contributions to the study of Asian communication can be found in Miike and Chen (2006).

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Guo-Ming Chen

Guo-Ming Chen (Ph.D., Kent State University, 1987) is Professor in the Department of Communication Studies at the University of Rhode Island