The State of Asian Communication Research and Directions for the 21st Century (Hardcover)

Introduction: Taking stock and showcasing communication research on Asia for a global audience Ran Wei 1. The Pivotal Role of AJC in the Growth of Communication Research in Asia: A semantic network analysis Daewook Kim, Soo-Yeon Kim and Myung-Il Choi 2. Mapping the field of communication technology research in Asia: content analysis and text mining of SSCI journal articles 1995?2014 Pei Zheng, Xuan Liang, Guanxiong Huang and Xun Liu 3. Asian mobile communication research: current status, enduring issues and future trends Yue Zheng, Ran Wei and Elmie Nekmat 4. A retrospective overview of health communication studies in Asia from 2000 to 2013 May O. Lwin and Charles T. Salmon 5. Mapping public relations scholarship in Asia: a longitudinal analysis of published research, 1995?2014 Jie Xu and Guanxiong Huang 6. East meets West: a new contextual perspective for crisis communication theory Fang Wu, Yi-Hui Christine Huang and Lang Kao 7. Is the agenda set? State of agenda-setting research in China and Korea Shuhua Zhou, Yeojin Kim, Yunjuan Luo and Fei Qiao 8. Theoretical and methodological patterns of third-person effect research: a comparative thematic analysis of Asia and the world Ven-Hwei Lo, Ran Wei, Xiao Zhang and Lei Guo 9. Effectiveness of entertainment education in communicating health information: a systematic review Fuyuan Shen and Jiangxue (Ashley) Han 10. A content analysis of research on China in top-ranked communication journals from 1995 to 2014: a comparison with other Asian countries Xun (Sunny) Liu, Xuan Liang and Pei Zheng 11. Mass communication research on China from 2000 to 2010: a meta-analysis Shi Li and Shuo Tang