Accepted Presentations

One of the greatest strengths of IAFOR’s international conferences is their international and intercultural diversity. As of June 17, 2026, MediAsia2026 has received over 170 submissions from 43 countries and territories - including: Australia, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, the United States, and Vietnam.

The following submissions have been accepted for presentation at MediAsia2026.

Law, Policy & Media Ethics

- Rethinking Creative Economy Policy Through Practice: Evidence on Inclusion, from a Place-Based Creative R&D Cluster
- Judicial Organizational Communication Amidst Institutional Logics Conflict: A Case Study of Interactions Between Prosecutorial Authorities and the Media in Taiwan

Advertising, Marketing, & Public Relations

- Communicating the Nation: AI Literacy, Semiotic Competency, and Strategic Communication Education in the UAE
- Negotiating Feminist Visibility: Cultural Authenticity, Platform Backlash, and Nike’s Femvertising in South Korea and Japan
- AI Driven Personalisation and Customer Engagement
- Shaping the Future of Public Relations: Analysis of the AI Megatrend Through the Futures Triangle
- The Impact of Check-in Incentives on Consumer Sentiment: Implications for Promotional Strategies

Mass Communication

- Interacting Funeral Genres: The Influence of the Indonesian Death Notice Convention on Condolence Flower Boards

Critical and Cultural Studies, Gender and Communication

- Cultural Diplomacy as Political Communication: A Comparative Study of Soft Power Construction in Chinese and Indian Media
- The Parajanov Paradox: Sacred Opacity, Film Form, and Media Governance Under Soviet Multiculturalism
- Justice to Justification: Changing Paradigms in Psycho-social and Gendered Narratives of Criminality in Contemporary Indian OTT Streaming Platforms
- A Critical Discourse Analysis of LGBTQ+ Representations in Taiwan’s United Daily News
- A Feminist Political Economy Critique of the Coverage of Women During Gaza War 2023: The New Zealand Herald’s Case
- A Study on Gender Expression and Communication Strategies Under China’s Cultural Policy Governance: the Case of Ni-Su Fan Creation
- Exclusion of Male Fans in K-Pop Fandom: Power Dynamics and Gendered Boundaries
- Dressing the Algorithm: Exploring Masculine Tensions Through Digital Ethnography of Male Fashion Community
- The Impact of the Commercialization of Taiwanese Independent Bands on the Identity of Indie Music Audiences
- Witnessing or Consuming Trauma? Rape, Surviverhood, and Institutional Betrayal in Anubhav Sinha’s Assi (2026)
- Adorable Governance: How Kawaii Aesthetics Make Gendered Labour Feel Like Love
- Globeleza and the Dispute of Imaginaries: Race, Gender, and Media Representation in Brazilian Cultural Politics
- Conditional Futurity: Asian-Coded Female Cyborgs and the Racialized Labour of AI in Western Screen Science Fiction
- The Fetish and the Flesh: Representations of Vow of Chastity, Desire, and Sexual Violence in Vanyam and Irupathiyonnam Noottandu
- Killjoys and Brickwalls: Diversity Workers, Structural Constraints, and the Impossibility of a Third University in Netflix’s the Chair
- The Diffusion of Daebak: K-Pop and the Global Circulation of Cultural Capital
- Beyond the Lone Hero: Character, Institution, and Ideological Politics in Contemporary Medical Television

Film Criticism and Theory

- From Grapes of Wrath to Nomadland: Road Movies and the Evolving American Ego
- Remediation and Digital Aura in AI Cinema: Reconstructing Actor Identity and Spectatorship in ‘I’m Moon-hee’
- Red Hoods and Underground Networks: The Student Movements of Japan and South Korea in the Wolf Brigade Film Cycle
- Evolving Karbi Identity in Cinematic Landscapes: A Comparative Study of Wosobipo (1990) and Kangbo Aloti (2024)
- From Enemy to Other: Shifting Perspectives on Japan in Australian Cinema

Communication Theory and Methodology

- Communicative Sustainable Migration Ecosystem of Seasonal Workers: A Systematic Literature Review
- Changing Identities with a Scarf: A Visual Semiotic Analysis of One-Man Performance in the Digital Era
- A Sequential Causal Model of AI Voice Perception: Integrating Uses and Gratifications, Media Richness, Uncanny Valley, and Hofstede’s Cultural Dimensions
- From “Respected Sir” to “Best Regards”: GenAI and the Transformation of Politeness in Indian English Correspondence
- Protecting the Self: Emotional Coping and Selective Disengagement in Digital Media Cultures

Journalism

- Newsworthiness in the Age of AI: A Comparative Analysis of Human and Machine Evaluation
- Media and Journalism Studies in a Post-Colonial Context: The Case of “Mães De Bragança” and the Brazilian Community in Portugal

Social Media & Communication Technology

- A Quantitative Study on the Perceived Effects of Digital Communication Tools on the Work Outcomes of Freelance Marketing Professionals

Media Disaster Coverage

- Aging in Risk: Disaster Communication Gaps and Preferences Among Senior Citizens in Active Volcano Zones

Documentary History

- A City Screened: Urban Policy and Documentary Access Disparities in “Mainland” and “Island” Lagos, 1999-2025
- Through Asia with a Movie Camera: Deane H. Dickason’s Romantic Port O’Call Travelogue Series (1931–1934)

Visual Communication

- Enargeia Without a Witness: Classical Ekphrasis, Generative AI, and the Ethics of the Automated Image
- Visual Representation of Character Archetypes in Mystic Messenger: A Comparative Study of Zen and Seven (707)
- Between Worlds: Visualising Ritual, Gender, and Identity Repair Across Asian Shamanistic Traditions

Digital Media and Use of New Technology in Newsgathering

- YouTube(rs) and the Indian General Elections 2024
- Short-Video Platforms and Health Risk Communication in Heatwaves: Information Access, Trust, and Digital Inequality Among Older Adults in China

Broadcast Media and Globalization

- Audiovisual Production Incentives Around the World and the Pursuit of Inducements by Major Streaming Services for Television Series
- Exit Poll Analysis Versus Actual Election Results in India: A Longitudinal Study from 2010 to 2026

Media History

- From Editorial Assistance to International Broadcasting: Soviet Specialists in PRC Media in the 1950s
- Red Music as Propaganda Apparatus in the Vietnam War

Political Communication and Satire

- Recent Trends and Emerging Methodologies for Analysing Social Media Data Through Actor-Network Theory in Political Communication Research
- The Effect of Generative AI Image Styles of Political Candidates in Campaign Advertisements
- When Satire Changes Sides: Humour as a Political Strategy in Post-Democratic Contexts
- Populism, Platforms, and Participation: Rethinking Political Communication Through Zohran Mamdani
- Political Troll Networks’ Fake “Vox Populi” Tactic as an Oppression of Online Public Opinion in the Philippines

Social Media and Communication Technology

- Social Sustainability Communication and Circular Consumption in Fashion: A Systematic Literature Review
- She Said Yes?!: A Rhetorical Case Study of Love, Commitment, and Engagement Rings in Philippine Facebook Discourse
- A Quantitative Study on the Perceived Effects of Digital Communication Tools on the Work Outcomes of Freelance Marketing Professionals
- From Digital Representation to Travel Intention: Cultural Identity Satisfaction in Social Media-Mediated Tourism Behaviour
- Contemporary Fashion Photography and Its Impact on Youth: Case Study of Nick Knight
- Rumors in the Rubble: Digital Folklore and Earthquake Misinformation in the Philippine Digital Landscape
- Understanding Platform-Swinging as a Polymedia Communication Practice in Online Purchase Decisions
- Social Media Affordances and Self-presentation: Idealized Heroes and Despised Villains in IAmA Discussions on Reddit
- From Connective to Performative Action: Likes, Retweets, and the Grammar of Digital Protest in South Asia
- Performing the Politics of Helping: Poverty, Compassion, and Platform Populism in Dedi Mulyadi’s YouTube Videos

Biography

- Behind the Look: The Unseen Labor of Costume in Bollywood Biopics

Film and Literature: Artistic Correspondence

- The Portrayal of Women in Contemporary Filipino Folk Horror Films and Its Pedagogical Value in Literature Curriculum
- Between Mediascape and Reality: The Reconstruction and Fluidity of Chinese Rituals as Cultural Memory