N012: Journalism in Modern Mainland Southeast Asia: History and Politics through Intertextuality and Narrative

Organizer(s)

• NL

  Nicole Loring

  Rivier University, United States

Chair(s)

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  JoAnn LoSavio

  Washington State University, United States

Paper Presenter(s)

• NL

  Nicole Loring

  Rivier University, United States
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  JoAnn LoSavio

  Washington State University, United States
• TJ

  Trude Jacobsen

  Northern Illinois University, United States
• KT

  Kanjana Thepboriruk

  Northern Illinois University, United States

The press and its media do not only reflect the societies that produce them, they are also vehicles mobilized by institutions of power to shape society and cultures. This panel explores the historical and political implications and the significance of journalism throughout mainland Southeast Asia in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. The subjects explored in this panel span depictions of Hitler and the Third Reich in Thailand from 1938-1944, proper morality for women in Cambodia from 1955-1970, coverage of sportswomen and nationalism in 1960s Burma, and current issues facing media misinformation about COVID-19 in Myanmar. The papers on this panel reveal that gender identities, anti-fascism, nationalism, and public health in mainland Southeast Asian states have been shaped by news coverage and the press to fulfill state and other agendas. The research on this panel covers a wide range of disciplines and time periods across multiple Southeast Asian countries. Nonetheless, the papers are cohesive as they speak to the importance of the press in determining outcomes for governments and people.

Presentations:

• Combating Misinformation and COVID-19 in Myanmar: A Media Content Analysis
  

  Paper Presenter: Nicole Loring – Rivier University
• The Figure of the Sportswoman, Sport, Modernity and Nationalism in Burma, 1956-1970
  

  Paper Presenter: JoAnn LoSavio – Washington State University
• Sex in the Sangkum: Women, Morality, and Modernization in Cambodia, 1955-1970
  

  Paper Presenter: Trude Jacobsen – Northern Illinois University
• Il Duce, Der Fürher, and Phunam: Popular portrayal of Mussolini and Hitler as Prototypical Leaders for Phibunsongkhram in the Siamese/Thai press, 1938 – 1944
  

  Paper Presenter: Kanjana Thepboriruk – Northern Illinois University