University of BelgradeMediAsia/FilmAsia2015 Programme Cover Image:“The Suspension Bridge on the Border of Hida and Etchu Provinces”

The image used for the cover of the MediAsia/FilmAsia 2015 Conference Programme is from a woodblock print
by Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849). It is one of ten woodblock prints in the series “Remarkable Views of Bridges
in Various Provinces” (shokoku meikyo kiran) and was originally published in around 1830.
This print is titled “The Suspension Bridge on the Border of Hida and Etchu Provinces” (Hietsu no sakai tsuribashi).
The image depicts two labourers weighed down with huge bundles of straw, crossing an incredibly narrow,swinging bridge (lacking any handrail) suspended between two peaks.
The bridge (still in existance – although now with a handrail) crosses the Fujikawa River at Kamaguchi Ravine in
Fujinomiya City, Shizuoka Prefecture – located just a short distance from Mount Fuji.

welcome to kobe
Dear Colleagues,
Welcome to The Sixth Asian Conference on Media & Mass Communication (MediAsia2015), held again alongside The Fourth
Asian Conference on Film & Documentary (FilmAsia2015), and welcome to Japan.
This year is a year of firsts, as although we are still in the Kansai region of Japan, we have moved a little down the road from
Osaka to neighbouring Kobe, a vibrant port city that is dramatically nestled between sea and mountains. We are also very
proud to launch the inaugural IAFOR Documentary Film Award & Festival as part of this conference, which will include theannouncement of the award’s winner.

We have a great plenary line-up, and I am happy to welcome back the Dean of the Medill School of Journalism, Professor
Bradley Hamm, to the conference as a Keynote Speaker, as well as his colleague from the same school, award-winningfilmmaker Brent Huffman. Also returning to MediAsia is Inspector Joe Joyce of the Queensland Police, who will be presenting
with fellow officer Inspector Gary Symons about the recent Brisbane G20 Security and Media Operation.
The rich and diverse plenary program is reflected by the content of the parallel sessions from the open call, looking at theconference themes of “Power” and “Human Rights, Justice, Media and Culture” from a variety of different fields and approaches.
This conference will offer scholars and practitioners from more than 30 countries the chance to exchange stories, ideas,
and research, as well as the opportunity to make and renew friendships. We look forward to a long weekend of challenging
discussions and stimulating conversations, and I urge your active participation in what promises to be a great event.
I look forward to meeting you all.
Warm regards,

Dr. Joseph Haldane, Ph.D. (London), F.R.S.A., F.R.A.S.
President, IAFOR

letter of welcome

I would like to take this opportunity to thank the Conference Chairs, Professor Gary Swanson and Dr. James Rowlins for theirrole in developing the conference program and judging the documentary film award, as well as fellow judge, Professor Scott
Erlinder. I am told that the quality of entries this year was particularly high, and I look forward to the announcement of thewinners and screenings on Saturday evening. I would also like to thank the IAFOR media team for their role in organising theaward, and in particular Mr. Shawn Mahler, the Creative Director.

iiGetting to the Conference Venue

The Art Center Kobe is perfectly situated and is just a five-minute walk from Shin-Kobe Station.
From Kansai International Airport
Board the Kobe-bound airport limousine bus from bus stop number 6 on the first floor of Kansai International Airport.
Get off at Sannomiya Station (see below).

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By Bullet Train (Shinkansen)
The Art Center Kobe is a five-minute walk from the 1F exit of Shin-Kobe Station. There are regular bullet train(Shinkansen) services from Osaka (15 minutes), Kyoto (30 minutes) Tokyo (two hours 48 minutes) and Hiroshima (1hour 13 minutes).
From Sannomiya Station (Kobe Downtown Area)
The bustling downtown center of Sannomiya, with a huge range of restaurants, bars, cafes and shops, is a 15-minutewalk, or a short direct subway ride away.
The express train from Osaka Station to Sannomiya takes 21 minutes.
There are three options.
1) Take the subway to Shin-Kobe Station (Seishin-Yamate Line)
2) Take a taxi to the Art Center Kobe (about ten minutes and approximately 800 JPY)
3) Walk to the Art Center Kobe (about 20 minutes)

Around the Conference Venue
The Art Center Kobe is a large, modern events center overlooking the city, and is opposite the ANA Crowne Plaza,
the official conference hotel.
Address: Kobe Geijutsu Senta, Kumochi-Bashi-Dori 7-13-11, Chuo Ku, Kobe

Information and Registration
If you have already paid the registration fee, you will be able to pick up your registration pack and name card at theConference Registration and Information Desk. The Conference Registration and Information Desk will be locatedat the following locations during the conference:
ThursdayFridayFridaySaturday
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15:00-17:00 – 2F (Open Studio) – Art Center Kobe
08:45-12:00 – 2F (Open Studio) – Art Center Kobe
12:00-17:00 – 6F (Room 606) – Art Center Kobe
08:15-15:00 – 6F (Room 606) – Art Center Kobe
08:15-15:00 – 6F (Room 606) – Art Center Kobe

If you have any questions or concerns, IAFOR staff and local volunteers will happily assist you in any way they can.

Thursday, November 12, 201508:40-17:00 Pre-Conference Tour of Kobe
This is ticketed at 9,000 JPY and is by advanced reservation only. If you are registered for the tour, please meet in the ANA
Crowne Plaza Lobby at 08:40 for a prompt 09:00 departure.
15:00-17:00 Conference Registration & Information Desk Open (2F Open Studio - Art Center Kobe)
18:00-19:30 MediAsia/FilmAsia2015 Conference Welcome Reception (3F Grand Salon - Art Center Kobe)
To open the conference, come & enjoy a few glasses of beer, wine, sake, or a choice of soft drinks if you prefer. Meet withfellow delegates & network. All registered attendees are welcome.

09:30-09:45 Welcome Announcements (2F: Prokofiev Hall)
Kiyoshi Mana, IAFOR Director of Operations
Joseph Haldane, IAFOR President
09:45-10:30 Keynote Presentation (2F: Prokofiev Hall)Power, Human Rights and Justice
Bradley J. Hamm, Medill School of Journalism, USA
10:30-11:00 Coffee Break
11:00-11:30 Featured Presentation (2F: Prokofiev Hall)
Documentary Journalists on the Front Line: Exposing Corruption, Protecting Human Rights and the Environment, and Saving
Cultural Heritage
Brent E. Huffman, Medill School of Journalism, USA
11:30-11:50 IAFOR Documentary Photography Award Review (2F: Prokofiev Hall)
11:50-12:00 Conference Photograph (2F: Open Studio)
12:00-13:00 Lunch Break
13:00-14:30 Parallel Session I (various rooms 5F & 6F)
14:30-14:45 Break
14:45-16:15 Parallel Session II (various rooms 5F & 6F)
16:15-16:30 Break
16:30-17:00 Featured Presentation (6F: Room 604)
G20 – The Group of Twenty Leaders’ Summit Brisbane Australia 2014
Gary Symons, Queensland Police Service, Australia
Joe Joyce, Queensland Police Service, Australia
17:10-18:00 Featured Presentation (6F: Room 604)
Training the Filmmakers of “Tomorrow”
James Rowlins, Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD), Singapore

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Friday, November 13, 2015

19:00-21:00 A Night Out in Kobe: Official Conference Dinner
The official conference dinner will be held in an izakaya in Kobe. This will provide a relaxed and enjoyable environment
to meet and network with other delegates. This is ticketed at 5,000 JPY and there are a limited number of places; prereservation is required.The party will leave the Art Center Kobe 2F Open Studio at 18:30, so please be there in good time.

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Saturday, November 14, 2015
09:00-10:30 Parallel Session I (various rooms 5F & 6F)
10:30-10:45 Break
10:45-12:15 Parallel Session II (various rooms 5F & 6F)
12:15-13:15 Lunch Break
12:15-13:15 Poster Session I (6F: Room 606)

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13:15-14:45 Parallel Session III (various rooms 5F & 6F)v

14:45-15:00 Break
15:00-20:00: IAFOR Documentary Film Award & Festival – IDFA (2F: Prokofiev Hall)
15:00–17:00
17:00–17:30
17:30–18:00
18:00–19:30
19:30–20:00

Competition Screening
Refreshments
Awards Ceremony
Featured Screening, ‘Saving Mes Aynak’
Q&A with Director Brent E. Huffman

Each November, the IAFOR Documentary Film Award hosts its annual award ceremony. As of this year, the award
ceremony is a public event and we welcome the documentary fans of Kobe and Kansai to join us.
The IDFA was founded to seek out and reward the storytellers, documentarians and filmmakers who havedemonstrated excellence in the craft of documentary filmmaking. We wish to acknowledge these artisans bypresenting a showcase of their work and reward them with the equipment, tools, and resources they will need tofurther continue working in the craft.
This year we are very proud to be joined by the IDFA2015 Honorary Award Winner Director Brent E. Huffman.
We will be screening his most recent documentary ‘Saving Mes Aynak’ as part of the festival.
The world’s most important and powerful stories are often the true everyday stories of our lives. We invite you tojoin us as we honour a selection of this year’s best entries from our documentary competition at the IDFA2015
Festival.
Admission is free for all FilmAsia2015 & MediAsia2015 registered participants.

Sunday, November 15, 2015
09:00-10:30 Parallel Session I (various rooms 5F & 6F)
10:30-10:45 Break
10:45-12:15 Parallel Session II (various rooms 5F & 6F)
12:15-13:15 Lunch Break
13:15-14:45 Parallel Session III (various rooms 5F & 6F)
14:45-15:00 Break

15:30-16:00 Spotlight Presentation (6F: Room 602)
Re-Contextualising the Bromance: The Transcultural Fan and Close Male Friendships
Celia Lam, The University of Notre Dame Australia Sydney, Australia
16:00-16:30 Spotlight Presentation (6F: Room 602)
Gangsters, Gamblers and Schoolgirl Retribution: Politics, Protest and Society through Norifumi Suzuki’s 1973 ‘Revenge’ Trilogy
Paul Spicer, Hiroshima Jogakuin University, Japan
16:30-16:45 Break
16:45-17:00 Conference Closing Address (6F: Room 606)
Conference highlights photography slideshow followed by closing remarks
Joseph Haldane, IAFOR President

Monday, November 16, 201508:30-18:00 Post-Conference Tour of Kyoto
This is ticketed at 12,000 JPY and is by advanced reservation only. For more information, please check with the Registration
and Information Desk. If you are registered for the tour, please meet in the 4F ANA Crowne Plaza Lobby at 08:30 for a
prompt 08:45 departure.

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15:00-15:30 Spotlight Presentation (6F: Room 602)
Feeding the World: Australia, Live Export and the Interplay of Influence
Fiona Edwards, University of Southern Queensland, Australiaviart center kobe floor guideviiiWhat to Wear & Bring
Attendees generally wear business casual attire. You may want to bring a light jacket or sweater as the temperature
in meeting rooms is often difficult to control.
Smoking
Smoking is not permitted in the Art Center Kobe. Please smoke outside of the building in designated smoking areas.
Internet Access
For your convenience, there will also be a limited number of computers at the Conference Information Desk. There
will also be a free WiFi internet connection on the 5F & 6Fs of Art Center Kobe. However, this can be unreliable andwe would strongly suggest that you do not rely on a live connection for your presentation.

conference guideWifi Connection Name: kobe-art

Password: art12345

Printing
For your convenience, there will be an iMac computer (with Microsoft Office installed) and a printer at the Conference
Information Desk. We are able to offer a complimentary printing service of up to ten A4 sheets should you need this.
Please be advised that printing may not be available at peak times.
BadgesWhen you check in, you will receive a conference package, which includes your name badge. Wearing your badge isrequired for entrance to the sessions. You must wear your badge at all times during the Conference. There are fourcolours of badges indicating the type of conference participant:
RED: Presenters and General Audience
YELLOW: Keynote and Featured Speakers
BLUE: Conference Exhibitors and Affiliates
BLACK: IAFOR Staff & Board Members
Photo/Recording Waiver
There will be photography, audio and video recording at the conference. By entering the event premises you giveconsent to the use of your photograph, likeness or video or audio recording in whole or in part without restriction orlimitation for any educational, promotional, or any purpose for distribution.
Eating & Drinking
Food and drink (excluding water) is not allowed in the presentation rooms. Please also refrain from consuming foodand drink in and around the 2F entrance area.
Refreshment Breaks
Complimentary coffee, tea, and water will be available during the scheduled coffee breaks at the plenary session on
Friday morning on the 2F, and in Room 606 (6F) during the rest of the conference. Light snacks will be provided oncein the morning and once in the afternoon.
Lunch
Lunch on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday is included in the conference registration fee, but is only available by pre-order.
Lunches that were pre-ordered can be collected in Room 606 (6F) after 11:30.
Meals can also be purchased at any of the restaurants or convenience stores in and around the local area. There isa supermarket situated on the Art Center Kobe 1F. There are a variety of affordable restaurants in the Shin-Kobe
Oriental Avenue shopping malll (B3F - 3F) located underneath the ANA Crowne Plaza Kobe (across the street fromthe Art Center Kobe).
2F
Cafe de Clef (カフェ・ド・クリフ) – light meals and desserts
Mame no Hakate (豆乃畑) – tofu and vegetarian restaurant
Namaste Taj Mahal – Indian restaurant
Shabusen (しゃぶ扇) – shabu-shabu restaurant
3F
Chunagon (活伊勢海老料理 中納言) – lobster and shrimp restaurant
Fusaya (旬菜食堂 房家) – vegetarian restaurant
Katsu-Ya (手打ちとんかつ かつ屋) – tonkatsu (pork cutlet) restaurant
Kineya (実演手打ちうどん 杵屋) – udon noodles restaurant
Kinporai (香港広東料理 金賽來) – Chinese Restaurant
Kushiare (なにわの串かつ 串あれ) – kushi and yakkitori restaurant
Neiru (ねいろ) – okonomiyaki and tenpanyaki restaurant
Sasuki (紀州海鮮や 山水木) – fish restaurant
Wakkoqu (あぶり肉工房 和黒) – Kobe steak restaurantix

B3F
Gourmet City (グルメシティ新神戸店) – supermarket, deli and bakery

Conference Welcome, Keynote Speaker & Featured Speaker Session: Friday 09:30-12:00
The plenary session will be held on Friday morning, with the event beginning at 09:30 in the Art Center Kobe’s 2F
Prokofiev Hall. Please arrive in good time if you wish to attend these sessions. There will be an interval after the first
keynote address and complimentary refreshments and snacks will be served. The plenary session will be followed by
the official conference photograph.
Oral Presentations
Oral Presentation Sessions will run from 13:00 on Friday afternoon, and from 09:00 on Saturday & Sunday mornings.
They are generally organised into parallel sessions by streams. Sessions include two, three or four presenters. Each
presenter has 30 minutes including Q&A time. The session length reflects the number of presenters.

We recommend that you bring two copies of your presentation in the case that one fails, and suggest sending yourself
the presentation by email as a third and final precaution.
Session Chairs
Session Chairs are expected to introduce themselves and other speakers (briefly), hand out presentation certificatesat the end of the session, ensure that the session begins and ends on time, and that the time is divided fairly between
the presentations. Each presenter should have no more than 30 minutes in which to present his or her paper, andrespond to any questions. Please follow the order in the programme, and if for any reason a presenter fails to show,
please keep to the original timeslots as delegates use the programme to plan their attendance.
The session chair is asked to assume this timekeeping role, and to this end, a yellow and red timekeeping card is used
as a visual cue for presenters, letting them know when they have five minutes remaining, and when they must stop.
Presentation Certificates
Poster presenters can pick up a certificate of presentation from the Information Desk. All other presenters will receivea certificate of presentation from their session chair or a member of staff at the end of their session.
A Polite Request to All ParticipantsParticipants are requested to arrive in a timely fashion for all addresses, whether to their own, or to those of otherpresenters. Presenters are reminded that the time slots should be divided fairly and equally between the number ofpresentations, and that they should not overrun.
We recommend that the 30-minute presentation timeslot be divided as follows: 20 minutes for the paper and ten
minutes for Q&A.
Poster Sessions
Poster Sessions will run on Saturday. Sessions are 60 minutes in length and are held in the Base Room (6F Room: 606).

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Presentations and Equipment
All rooms will be equipped with a MacBook computer pre-installed with PowerPoint and Keynote and an LCD
projector. If you wish, you may directly link your own PC laptop, although we advise you to use the computer provided
by plugging in your USB flash drive.

Poster Requirements
The poster display boards are 1800 mm high x 900 mm wide. We are able to provide tape and pins. Please be awarethat there are no on-site printing facilities for printing posters.
Conference Proceedings
The Conference Proceedings are published on the IAFOR website (www.iafor.org), and can be freely accessed as partof the research archive.
All authors may have their full paper published in the online conference proceedings. Full text submission is due by
December 15, 2015 through the online system. The proceedings will be published on January 15, 2016.
Authors will have PDF copies of their offprints emailed to them by the IAFOR office by February 15, 2016.
Returning Delegate Discount
Every year we have a growing number of delegates who have presented at previous IAFOR conferences. To show
our appreciation, IAFOR would now like to offer you a 10% discount off your next IAFOR conference registration.
This offer is valid for the next 12 months and covers any IAFOR conference in Asia, Dubai, Hawaii, or Europe that you
may choose to attend.

xBradley J. Hamm

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Medill School of Journalism, USA

Keynote Presentation
Friday, November 13
09:45-10:30
Prokofiev Hall (2F)

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Brad Hamm is the dean of Medill. Previously, he was the dean of the Indiana University School of Journalism. Hamm’s
Ph.D. is in Mass Communication research from the University of North Carolina, with a master’s degree in Journalism
from the University of South Carolina and an undergraduate degree from Catawba College in North Carolina. He
was the Associate Dean of the School of Communications at Elon University in North Carolina. Hamm has taught instudy abroad programs in Japan, China and Great Britain and has embarked on a career as a newspaper reporter. His
teaching and research interests are in journalism history and media theory, particularly agenda setting theory.
Keynote Presentation: Power, Human Rights and JusticeIn the context of the media and communication studies, considering the ambiguous concept of power encourages
questions of rights, responsibilities, and trust, as well as hegemony, ownership, and resistance; control, transparency
and censorship. Similarly, relationships of power between individuals and governments are tested by issues of privacy,
surveillance, freedom of speech and information. New technologies have empowered individuals to communicate withothers, and facilitated resistance movements across the world, but have also empowered governments to unparalleledlevels of surveillance and breaches of privacy, such as in the ongoing NSA revelations.
This keynote will look at the power of the media to promote good causes, protect human rights, expose abuses andfight for justice, referencing the role of media and journalism education at Medill, as well as its Justice Project.

Brent E. Huffman

Medill School of Journalism, USA

Huffman has been making documentaries examining life within China and China’s recent push into Africa, Asia and the
Middle East. Saving Mes Aynak, his recent documentary, is about an ancient archaeological site in Afghanistan threatenedby a Chinese state-owned copper mine. The film was awarded a $100,000 MacArthur Grant in 2013. Outreach anddistribution are being handled by Kartemquin Films, producers of Hoop Dreams and The Interrupters. Huffman has
been interviewed on dozens of domestic and international outlets about this issue including a live interview from Mes
Aynak on CNN International. He made a short documentary for The New York Times’ prestigious Op-Docs program
called “A Chinese Threat to Afghan Buddhas” that was featured on the front page of both the domestic and Chineseversion of The New York Times. The feature-length documentary Saving Mes Aynak premiered at IDFA in Amsterdam
in 2014, the largest documentary film festival in the world. Huffman is currently making a documentary examining
China’s presence in Pakistan.

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featured presenter

Brent E. Huffman is an Assistant Professor of Journalism at Medill as well as a working documentary filmmaker anddirector of long-form television programs. At Medill, Huffman teaches documentary theory and production as well
as long-form video storytelling on the undergraduate and graduate levels. He also advises on local and international
documentary and long-form video projects. He specialises in international documentary filmmaking in Asia, Africa andthe Middle East. Recently, he has been examining China’s international presence in Africa, Afghanistan and Pakistan. He
is passionate about international issues involving human rights and social justice.

Huffman’s films and videos have gone on to win numerous awards including a Primetime Emmy, Best Conservation
Film-Jackson Hole, Best Documentary-Fresno, three Cine Golden Eagle Awards, a National College Emmy, a Student
Academy Award and a Grand Jury Award at American Film Institute’s SILVERDOCS.
Featured Presentation: Documentary Journalists on the Front Line – Exposing Corruption, Protecting Human
Rights and the Environment, and Saving Cultural Heritage
In our modern age of vanishing journalism outlets, documentary filmmakers are filling the void by doing the investigative
journalism traditionally done by print reporters and photojournalists. In this golden age of documentary filmmaking, Featured Presentation
documentary films now dominate the narrative landscape on television and online bringing in millions of viewers.
Documentaries are the centerpiece of programming on major outlets like HBO, CNN, The Discovery Channel, Friday, November 13
National Geographic, Showtime, PBS and Al Jazeera America/Al Jazeera English as well as network television, online
outlets like The New York Times and digital outlets like Netflix and Amazon. CNN Films, HBO Documentaries and11:00-11:30
The New York Times Op Docs have premiered cutting edge documentaries that reach large audiences.
Documentary journalists are using this popular medium of documentary to enrich viewers and better our world by Prokofiev Hall (2F)
exposing corruption, protecting human rights and saving cultural heritage through the following examples: E Team(2014), Citizen Four (2014), Depth of Field (2015), Virunga (2014) and Saving Mes Aynak (2015). These documentaryfilms distill complex issues by telling insider character-based emotional stories. These films have wide ranging positive Featured Screening and Q&A
impact on audiences around the globe, on policy and on the subjects of the films themselves.

Saturday, November 14
18:00-20:00
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Gary Symons

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featured presenters

G20 Group, Queensland Police Service,
Australia

Featured Presentation
Friday, November 13
16:30-17:00
Room 604 (6F)

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Joe Joyce

G20 Group, Queensland Police Service,
Australia

Inspector Gary Symons worked in general duties, criminal investigation and surveillance prior to establishing himself inthe field of criminal intelligence. He has also served as the manager of eLearning where he pioneered electronic andmobile learning innovations to serve the 15,000 members of the Queensland Police Service.
In 2013, Gary was appointed to establish and operate the intelligence response to the G20 meetings held in Brisbane,
Australia in late 2014. He coordinated the multitude of intelligence agencies tasked with providing intelligence coveragefor the event.
Gary is also a member of the Australian Army Reserve, currently at the rank of Lieutenant Colonel. He has served
as an Infantry Battalion Commander and a Senior Instructor at the Australian Defence Force College, Canberra. He
currently conducts Defence Administrative Inquiries on behalf on the Australian Army.
Inspector Joe Joyce has 35 years of policing experience within Queensland across a broad range of areas including
investigations, general duties, traffic, covert and project management. More recently, Inspector Joyce was ProjectManager for the Risk Management portfolio within the G20 Planning Group (2012-2015).
Joe holds a Master’s Degree in Business Administration as well as the Queensland Police Service Management
Development Program qualification, a Certificate IV in Training and Assessment and is currently undertaking a Diploma
in Risk Management through the Australian Institute of Management.
Featured Presentation: G20 – The Group of Twenty Leaders’ Summit Brisbane Australia 2014
On July 11, 2012, the Prime Minister of Australia announced that Brisbane would host the G20 Leaders’ Summit
to be held between November 15 and 16, 2014. The Queensland Police Service was to be a major partner in theplanning and delivery of security and public safety services associated with the G20 Summit. The G20 Summit is aformal meeting of the leaders of the top 20 world economies (South Africa, Canada, Mexico, United States, Argentina,
Brazil, China, Japan, South Korea, India, Indonesia, Saudi Arabia, Russia, Turkey, France, Germany, Italy, United Kingdom,
Australia and the European Union). The forum also includes Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors from the
19 countries specified, plus the European Union, which is represented by the President of the European Council andby the European Central Bank. Up to 4,000 delegates and 2,500 media representatives attended the summit. This
presentation will guide you through some of the issues faced by police and how security was addressed in terms of
messaging, media liaison, managing information holdings and communication generally.

James Rowlins

Singapore University of Technology and Design, Singapore

Featured Presentation: Training the Filmmakers of “Tomorrow”
This talk reports on a pedagogical experiment pioneered by Dr. Rowlins at the Singapore University of Technology
and Design in which student filmmakers are instructed in film history and theory in lieu of any technical training inscreenwriting or cinematography. Based on the French New Wave principle that the best way to critique film is tomake film, students are invited to “respond” to the concepts and movies they have studied by making short films. The
ambition is to empower future filmmakers by releasing them from the norms and conventions established by film
schools and the film industry.

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conference co-chair &featured presenterJames Rowlins left his native England for Paris, France, where he studied for a B.A. (Hons) and M.A. specialising in
French cinema. His passion for visual culture subsequently took him to Los Angeles, where he earned a doctorate at
the University of Southern California, USA. In addition to exploring literature and film through a theoretical lens, aswell as dabbling in filmmaking, his dissertation focused on the crossover between post-war American film noir andthe French New Wave, arguing that the subversive manipulation of the Hollywood genre formula by the auteurs
constitutes a political aesthetic. He has published articles on contemporary French fiction, film and existentialism,
cinematic phenomenology and new perspectives on the New Wave. He has held teaching positions in Europe,
America and Japan, and is currently a Lecturer in the Humanities and the Arts Department at the Singapore Universityof Technology and Design, established in collaboration with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA.

Dr. Rowlins will expand on the philosophy behind the course, the moments selected from cinema history, the choiceof films screened (from Chaplin to contemporary 3D movies) and the key concepts covered from film theory.
SUTD students – who have a strong background in science and engineering – have an innovative approach to thefilmmaking task. The films produced are, by and large, ambitious and technically competent with inventive narratives
and impressive cinematography.
Consideration will be given to the drawbacks of dispensing with instruction in the technical skills of filmmaking, such asproblems on-set and in postproduction as well as “failed” narratives. Dr. Rowlins will highlight his first-hand experienceof directing one of the student films. Tomorrow (ten minutes) is a loose adaptation of Aldous Huxley’s Brave New Worldset in Singapore, in which an uncivilised “savage” must adapt to life in civilisation under the sinister gaze of the city CEO,leading to a dramatic showdown.

Featured Presentation
Friday, November 13
17:10-18:00
Room 604 (6F)

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Gary E. Swanson

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conference chair

D’image Studios, USA

Gary E. Swanson is currently CEO of D’image Studios and the former Hansen Endowed Chair in Journalism andDistinguished Journalist-in-Residence at the University of Northern Colorado, USA. From 2005-2007 Professor
Swanson was a Fulbright scholar to China and lectured at Tsinghua University and the Communication Universityof China. In summer 2008 he was a commentator for China Central Television International (CCTV-9) and their live
coverage of the Beijing Olympic Games. Swanson repeated his assignment covering the London Olympics for CCTV-4
in the summer of 2012. Previously, he was professor and director of television for nine years at the Medill School of
Journalism at Northwestern University where he taught mostly graduate broadcast students. He has been an educatorfor 26 years; 20 years spent teaching at university level.
Swanson is an internationally recognised and highly acclaimed documentary producer, director, editor, photojournalist,
consultant and educator. He has given keynote speeches, presented workshops and lectured at embassies, conferences,
festivals, and universities throughout China, South Africa, India, Papua New Guinea, Japan, The Philippines, Thailand,
Malaysia, Cambodia, Vietnam, Laos, Singapore, Greece, Germany, Jordan, Spain, Portugal, Peru, the United Kingdom andthe United States.
Swanson has compiled a distinguished professional broadcast career spanning 13 years: From 1978 to 1991, Swanson
worked for the National Broadcasting Company where he was honoured with national EMMY’s for producing andediting: “The Silent Shame”, a prime-time investigative documentary; “Military Medicine”, a two-part investigative series
on NBC News; and “Hotel Crime”, an investigative news magazine piece. Swanson was an editor for breaking news
and features for NBC Nightly News with Tom Brokaw, the Today Show, Sunrise, Sunday Today, NBC Overnight, A
Closer Look, Monitor, and other prime time news magazines. Swanson covered breaking news in 26 states and Canada
for the network including trips and campaigns of presidents Ronald Reagan, George Bush, and Bill Clinton. Swanson
was the Fulbright distinguished lecturer and consultant in television news to the government of Portugal in 1989. In
1992, he covered the XXV Olympics in Barcelona, Spain for NBC News as field producer and cameraman.
Swanson has earned more than 75 awards for broadcast excellence and photojournalism including three national
EMMY’s, the duPont Columbia Award, two CINE ‘Golden Eagles,’ 16 TELLY’s, the Monte Carlo International Award,
the Hamburg International Media Festival’s Globe Award, the Videographer Award, The Communicator Award, theOhio State Award, the CINDY Award, the 2011 Communitas Outstanding Professor and Educator award, the 2013
Professor of the Year award, and many others. He graduated from the University of Illinois at Urbana with a Bachelor’s
degree in Education in 1974, and a Master’s degree in Journalism in 1993.

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MediAsia Spotlight Session (15:00-15:30)
Room 604 (6F)
Feeding the World: Australia, Live Export and the Interplay of Influence
Fiona Edwards, University of Southern Queensland, Australia

mediasia2015
spotlight presenters

About the Presenter: Fiona Edwards is currently the media adviser for the Federal Member for Bowman, Fiona’s experience
encompasses mainstream media, politics and academia. Starting as a journalist when Visual Display terminals and copy boys/
girls were still the go, Fiona worked for radio, TV and print in Australia as well as in Thailand and the UK.
Turning to the dark side of public relations she has worked as a communications specialist in a range of government departments
including two years as media adviser for Austrade, based in Greece in the lead up to the 2004 Olympics.
Back from Europe, she retrained as a secondary school teacher teaching Media, English and Drama until the lure of academia
and mediated politics proved too strong. Since then she has worked for advocacy groups as a media adviser and as a lecturer
and tutor at the University of Canberra and Edith Cowan University in Perth.
Abstract: The media have become an indispensable part of modern democratic life that often they seem to dominate
the political process. However, there has been little scholarly investigation into the role of the media in the policy process;instead much research has focused on the political impact of the media on citizens’ political attitudes and behaviour and theemergence of political marketing and campaigns.
An obvious and high profile example of a government’s policy shift that occurred under the media spotlight was the thenLabor government’s decision to stop Australia’s live export trade in 2011, following the airing of gruesome footage on theABC. This paper will illustrate the pathway so far taken to determine to what extent this decision was influenced by the airingof the footage, who else had power to sway the policy makers and how influence was imparted. By using live export as an
ethnographical case study, I aim to investigate the interplay of influence between the various power elites that operate andsubsequently co-exist within the political and media community.

MediAsia Spotlight Session (15:30-16:00)
Room 604 (6F)
Re-Contextualising the Bromance: The Transcultural Fan and Close Male Friendships
Celia Lam, The University of Notre Dame Australia Sydney, Australia
About the Presenter: Dr. Celia Lam is a Lecturer in Communications and Media at the School of Arts and Sciences, Universityof Notre Dame Australia Sydney. She received a BMedia in Screen Production from the Macquarie University, Sydney andsubsequently a Ph.D. from the University of Sydney. Her research focuses on mediated self presentation, including online
identity presentation and management. She also has an interest in the aesthetic and cultural impact of digital technologies
on media production and consumption. In 2012 she was awarded an Endeavour Award Post Doctoral Fellowship from theAustralian Government to undertake research in the area of online identity presentation in Hong Kong.
Abstract: Michel du Certeau wrote of everyday practices as empowering, where the hegemony of the powerful is subverted
through interpretation, fostering a notion of audience agency. The globalisation of media culture is not a new observation.
Henry Jenkins supplied the term ‘pop cosmopolitanism’ (2006) as a means to describe the activity of transcultural fans engaging
with popular media across national (and cultural) boundaries. The process of re-contextualisation in new cultural contexts
transforms both audience and text, such that preexisting cultural norms may be modified or ignored. Jenkins’ examination
focused on the re-appropriation of Japanese popular culture in American contexts, providing insight into Western fan interaction
with Asian popular culture. By nature, this scholarship supports a predominantly Western centric view. However, contemporary
accounts are emerging that explore the transcultural appeal of J-Pop and K-Pop as both regional and international exports,
attenuating a Western-centric view.
This paper aims to contribute to contemporary approaches to transcultural fandom, especially in English language scholarship,
through an exploration of the Hollywood concept of ‘bromance’ (close male friendships) in both narrative and real worldcontexts. It will contrast fictional representations of male bonding in Hollywood buddy films of the 1970s to Hong Kong
‘Hing daih’ or ‘Xiōng dì’ (brother) films of the 1980s. Additionally the nuances of male celebrity friendships will be examinedfrom the perspective of fan acknowledgement, interpretation and perpetuation. Of particular interest is the transcultural fans’
deployment of interpretative agency during their engagement with (or subversion of) concepts from a culturally pervasive
Hollywood context.

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FilmAsia Spotlight Session (16:00-16:30)
Room 604 (6F)
Gangsters, Gamblers and Schoolgirl Retribution: Politics, Protest and Society through Norifumi Suzuki’s 1973 ‘Revenge’
Trilogy
Paul Spicer, Hiroshima Jogakuin University, Japan
About the Presenter: Dr. Paul Spicer is currently an Associate Professor at Hiroshima Jougakuin University in the beautiful
city of Hiroshima. He was previously employed by the University of Portsmouth as a lecturer within the School of Creative
Arts, Film and Media, where he co-ordinated the courses Japanese Cinema and Culture, and East Asian Cinema. In 2001 hedecided to return to education, and began a degree program at Portsmouth. He successfully graduated in 2005 with a BSc (1stClass Hons) in Entertainment Technology. In 2007, he began work on his doctoral thesis entitled ‘The Films of Kenji Mizoguchi:
Authorship and Vernacular Style’. He completed his thesis in August 2011, and successfully sat his Viva Voce at the Universityof Portsmouth the same year. Dr. Spicer’s research lies primarily in the area of film and cultural studies, and his current work
focuses upon the relationship between film and Japanese socio/political issues between 1965-1975.

One film-maker who made his mark during this period was Norifumi Suzuki. A Ritsumeikan University drop-out, Suzuki had
been at Toei since the late 1950s working as a writer on Shafu Yukyoden - Kenka Tatsu (Kato, 1964); and an assistant director
on Uchida’s Koiya koi Nasuna Koi (1962); before making his directing début on Osaka Dokonjo Monogatari Doerai Yatsu(Suzuki, 1965). However, his most acclaimed work was created during the early 1970s. Working with actress Ike Reiko, Suzuki
created some of the most erotic, violent but politically contemplative revenge dramas of the era.
This paper will focus on the director’s 1973 sexploitation trilogy; Sukeban, Furyou Anego Den: Inoshika Ochou and Kyoufu
Joshikoukou: Boukou Rinchi Kyoushitsu. Using close textual analysis, the work will examine the three films in regard to visual style,performance and technique. Before going on to establish how Suzuki employs these devices to root the work in a specificallysocial, historical and cultural context. By approaching these films in such, we may better appreciate the culture in which heworked, and his artistic response to social and political anxiety.

filmasia2015
spotlight presenter

Abstract: Japanese cinema in the late 1960s, early 1970s mirrored Japanese society as Terrorism, uncertainty and politicalprotest was reflected in a cinema that portrayed the angst and violence being seen across the country. It was during thistime, that the independent film movement began to influence mainstream production, and studios such as Nikkatsu and Toei
became (in terms of style and content), regular producers of more risqué productions.

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INTERDISCIPLINARY

iafor“To Open Minds, To Educate Intelligence, To Inform Decisions”
The International Academic Forum provides new perspectives to the thought-leaders and decisionmakers of today and tomorrow by offering constructive environments for dialogue and interchange at
the intersections of nation, culture, and discipline. Headquartered in Nagoya, Japan, and registered as a
Non-Profit Organisation (一般社団法人), IAFOR is an independent think tank committed to the deeper
understanding of contemporary geo-political transformation, particularly in the Asia-Pacific Region.
For more information about the International Academic Forum and its activities,
please visit our website at www.iafor.org
Hear the latest news and developments by joining our mailing list.
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IAFORThe International Academic Forum
Academic Vision and Mission“To Open Minds, To Educate Intelligence, To Inform Decisions”
The vision of IAFOR grew out of the perceived need to fill a vacuum in the communication and exchange activities of the academic world.
Its mission arose out of examining that space and investigating why it existed. The vacuum existed because of the lack of opportunity forserious and thoughtful exchange between academics, members of the global business community, and practitioners in the fields of humanendeavor that linked these groups together. In the field of education, for example, we have academic theorists, educational managers(political decision-makers and organisational directors) and classroom teachers with their support staff in IT, library work, exchange
programs, and specialist fields. But how often do they have the opportunity to interact?
Moving beyond one particular field, larger questions arise. What function should universities prioritise in the 21st century? What do
businesses see as their contribution to social and global well-being? How can people on the ground, trying to implement improvementsthat will transform human life, best be supported? And perhaps above all, what are the agendas that will drive mechanisms to enable thesegroups to interact effectively.
One piece of distilled thought that came from early exchanges at one of our conferences was the recognition that some of the rhetoricof concern about the problems of developing nations was perhaps over-focused on the term “poverty” because it can be defined only ina relative way. “Hunger” was put forward as being more immediate and itself a contributory factor to poverty, rather than the other way
round. One key to the hunger issue could be the provision of safe drinking water, or water for irrigation in some contexts, while flood
management might be necessary elsewhere. These, in and by themselves become valuable only insofar as they help to relieve hunger in
specific contexts.
IAFOR is affording opportunities that do not exist elsewhere. The base is Kansai, Japan’s great commercial and manufacturing hub, one
symbol of the emerging Pacific economy that is already eclipsing the long dominant Atlantic zone. Our conferences present those taking
part with three unique dimensions of experience. First of all, it encourages interdisciplinary activity to be expanded. Depending on the field,
this can face varying degrees of difficulty, ranging from discouragement to downright prohibition.Those overly dependent on fixed academic
structures often see lateral thinking as a threat. None of these negatives apply in IAFOR. Its purpose is to generate new approaches thatcross any disciplinary lines. The principle employed is to let the imagination permit intuitive responses to questions. There are no panels ofcritics. There are simply people who want to listen and reflect. The model of academic work as potholing is replaced by the metaphor ofmountaineering. While respecting the need for solid and well-founded academic work, we feel the need to go beyond it from time to time
to discover fresh approaches to old questions.
Secondly, it facilitates the heightening of intercultural awareness. Again, we encourage innovation through cross-cultural perception. Culturalroots influence people in their attitudes more than most would realise or admit. The need to see and internalise insights gained from otherviewpoints is met by a process of steady illumination.
Thirdly, it promotes the broadening of international exchange. We may live in a world, but in reality parochialism still holds sway.The collapseof the U.S.S.R and the break-up of Yugoslavia led to the re-establishment of numerous former countries. While this may be desirable for thepeoples concerned, it merely adds to the world’s cultural confusion. Exchange leads to explanation and that helps the growth of interculturalawareness.
IAFOR makes all of these developments possible in one gathering. Our conferences are not a substitute for specialist conferences. We
intend our events to be an alternative that functions as a balance or even a corrective to the extreme tendencies that can arise from morenarrowly defined research parameters. In short, IAFOR is promoting and facilitating a new multifaceted approach to one of the core issuesof our time, namely globalisation and its many forms of growth and expansion. Awareness of how it cuts across the worlds of business, andacademia, along with its impact on societies and institutions is one of the driving forces that has given the organisation its momentum, andis making it a pioneer in this global age.

Rev. Professor Stuart DB Picken
Order of the Sacred Treasure (瑞宝中綬章), M.A. (Hons), BD., Ph.D., F.R.A.S.
Chairman, Japan Society of Scotland
Chairman, IAFOR International Advisory Board
Dr. Joseph Haldane
B.A. (Hons), Ph.D., F.R.S.A., F.R.A.S.
President, IAFOR

people – Leadership
ChairmanPresident & C.E.O.

The Reverend Professor Stuart D. B. Picken

Dr. Joseph Haldane

Order of the Sacred Treasure,

B.A., Ph.D. (London), F.R.S.A., F.R.A.S.

M.A. (Hons), B.D., Ph.D. (Glasgow), F.R.A.S.

Stuart D. B. Picken is the Chairman of the International Advisory Board,and in this role is Chairman of the Organisation. As Chairman of IAFOR,
Professor Picken helps guide the academic and political strategy of theorganisation, and assists in the forging of global institutional partnerships.
He is also responsible for the development of the IAFOR ResearchInstitutes.
The author of a dozen books and over 130 articles and papers, Professor
Picken is considered one of the foremost scholars on Japan, China, andGlobalisation in East Asia. As an academic, Professor Picken has devoted
more than 30 years to scholarship in Japan, notably as a Professor ofPhilosophy at the International Christian University in Tokyo, where hespecialised in ethics and Japanese thought, and as International Adviser
to the High Priest of Tsubaki Grand Shrine (Mie prefecture). He has also
served as a consultant to various businesses, including Jun Ashida Ltd.,
Mitsui Mining & Smelting Corp., Kobe Steel, and Japan Air Lines.
In November 2008, the Government of Japan awarded Professor
Picken the Order of the Sacred Treasure for his pioneering research,and outstanding contribution to the promotion of friendship andmutual understanding between Japan and the UK. The honour isnormally reserved for Japanese citizens and is a mark of the utmost
respect in which Professor Picken is held by the Japanese Government.
More recently, in 2012 he was invited to London to attend a reception
at the Japanese Embassy, hosted by Emperor Akihito and Empress
Michiko as an expression of their gratitude towards Britons who had
helped support Japan after the 2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami.
Professor Picken helped organise fundraising efforts through both theJapan Society of Scotland, of which he is the chair, in the UK, and IAFOR
in Japan.
Although now resident in Scotland, Professor Picken maintains his
interests in Japan, as Chair of the Japan Society of Scotland, through the
IAFOR IAB, and through regular visits.

Joseph Haldane is the President and Chief Executive Officer of theInternational Academic Forum. He was Academic Director from IAFOR’s
inception in 2009 until January 2011, and Executive Director from 2011
until late 2014, when he assumed his current role. He is responsiblefor devising strategy, setting policies, forging institutional partnerships,
implementing projects, and overseeing the organisation’s business andacademic operations, including research, publications and events.
Dr. Haldane’s academic interests include politics and international affairs,
literature and history, and he holds a Ph.D. from the University of London
in 19th century French Studies. He began his academic career in France,
and from 2002-2005 held full-time faculty positions at the University ofParis XII (Paris-Est Créteil) and Sciences Po Paris, as well as visiting positions
at both the French Press Institute in the University of Paris II (Université
Panthéon-Assas), and the School of Journalism at Sciences Po Paris. Prior
to founding IAFOR in 2009, Dr. Haldane was an Associate Professor at
Nagoya University of Commerce and Business in Japan, where he taught
a range of language and culture courses at undergraduate level, and the
MBA Ethics course in the graduate school.
Dr. Haldane is now a Guest Professor at Osaka University’s School ofInternational Public Policy (OSIPP), where he teaches on the postgraduate
Global Governance Course. His current research concentrates on postwar and contemporary politics and International Relations especially inand between Japan, China and the USA.
From 2012-2014 Dr. Haldane served as Treasurer of the American
Chamber of Commerce in Japan (Chubu Region). He is a Director of
the Tokyo-based clean water charity, Wine in Water, and a Trustee ofthe HOPE International Development Agency (Japan). In 2012 he waselected a Fellow of the Royal Asiatic Society, and in 2015 a Fellow of theRoyal Society of Arts.
He is married with two children and lives in Nagoya, Japan.

people – The Executive Council of the International Advisory Board
IAB Chair: Professor Stuart D.B. Picken
The IAB Executive Council is composed of distinguished academics, business executives, former and current government officials, and community leaders of international
standing. Its role is to provide counsel and direction in the business and affairs of IAFOR, suggest and approve the areas of scholarly investigation, and safeguard the
independence of the Forum’s work. International Directors of Program and Research Institute Directors are ex-officio members of the Executive Council of the International
Advisory Board. Membership of the Executive Council of the International Advisory Board is by invitation only.
Mr. Mitsumasa Aoyama
Director, The Yufuku Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
Professor Don Brash
Former Governor of the Reserve Bank, New ZealandFormer Leader of the New National Party, New
Zealand
Adjunct Professor, AUT, New Zealand & La Trobe
University, Australia
Lord Charles Bruce
Patron, Japan Society of Scotland
Patron, Scottish Centre of Tagore Studies at Edinburgh
Napier University
Chairman, Kolkata Scottish Heritage Trust
Professor Tien-Hui Chiang
Professor and Chair, Department of Education
National University of Tainan, Taiwan/Chinese Taipei
Professor Chung-Ying Cheng
Professor of Philosophy, University of Hawai’i at Manoa,
USA
Editor-in-Chief, The Journal of Chinese Philosophy
Professor Steve Cornwell
Professor of English and Interdisciplinary Studies, Osaka
Jogakuin University, Osaka, Japan
IAFOR International Director of Programme: Langauge
Learning
Professor Dexter Da Silva
Professor of Educational Psychology, Keisen University,
Tokyo, Japan
Professor Georges Depeyrot
Professor and Director of Research & Member of theBoard of Trustees
French National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS)& L’Ecole Normale Superieure, Paris, France
Professor Donald E. Hall
Herbert J. and Ann L. Siegel Dean
LeHign University, USA
Professor June Henton
Dean, College of Human Sciences, Auburn University,
USA
Professor Michael Hudson
President of The Institute for the Study of Long-Term
Economic Trends (ISLET)Distinguished Research Professor of Economics, The
University of Missouri, Kansas City

Professor Koichi Iwabuchi
Professor of Media and Cultural Studies & Director of
the Monash Asia Institute, Monash University, Australia

Professor Frank S. Ravitch
Professor of Law & Walter H. Stowers Chair in Law
and Religion, Michigan State University College of Law

Professor Sue Jackson
Professor of Lifelong Learning and Gender & Pro-Vice
Master of Teaching and Learning, Birkbeck, University of
London, UK

Professor Richard RothSenior Associate Dean, Medill School of Journalism,
Northwestern University, Qatar

Professor Sing Kong Lee
Director, The National Institute of Education, Singapore
Professor Sir Geoffrey Lloyd
Senior Scholar in Residence, The Needham ResearchInstitute, Cambridge, UK
Fellow and Former Master, Darwin College, Universityof Cambridge
Fellow of the British Academy

Professor Monty P. Satiadarma
Clinical Psychologist and Lecturer in Psychology &Former Dean of the Department of Psychology and
Rector of the University, Tarumanugara University,
Indonesia
Mr. Mohamed Salaheen
Director, The United Nations World Food Programme,Japan & Korea

Professor Keith Miller
Orthwein Endowed Professor for Lifelong Learning in
the Science, University of Missouri-St.Louis, USA

Mr. Lowell Sheppard
Asia Pacific Director, HOPE International Development
Agency, Canada/Japan

Professor Kuniko Miyanaga
Director, Human Potential Institute, Japan
Fellow, Reischauer Institute, Harvard University, USA

His Excellency Dr. Drago Stambuk
Croatian Ambassador to Brazil, Brazil

Professor Dennis McInerney
Chair Professor of Educational Psychology and CoDirector of the Assessment Research Centre
The Hong Kong Institute of Education, Hong Kong
Professor Johannes Moenius
The University of Redlands School of Business, USA
Professor Ka Ho Joshua Mok
Chair Professor of Comparative Policy, Associate VicePresident (External Relations)
Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, The Hong
Kong Institute of Education, Hong Kong SAR
Professor Michiko Nakano
Professor of English & Director of the Distance
Learning Center, Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan

Professor Mary Stuart
Vice-Chancellor, The University of Lincoln, UK
Professor Arthur Stockwin, OBE ORS
University of Oxford, UK
Professor Gary Swanson
CEO D’image Studios
Former Hansen Endowed Chair in Journalism andDistinguished Journalist-in-Residence
University of Northern Colorado, USA
Professor Jiro Takai
Secretary General of the Asian Association for Social
Psychology & Professor of Social Psychology
Graduate School of Education and Human
Development, Nagoya University, Japan

Ms. Linda Toyo Obayashi
Senior Mediation Officer, The World Bank Group
Washington DC, USA

Professor Svetlana Ter Minasova
President of the Faculty of Foreign Languages and Area
Studies, Lomonosov Moscow State University

Professor Baden Offord
Director and Chair,Centre for Human Rights Education
Curtin University, Australia

Professor Yozo Yokota
Director of the Center for Human Rights Affairs, Japan
Former UN Special Rapporteur on Myanmar

Professor Jerry PlattProfessor of Global Communication, Akita International
University, Japan
Professor Emeritus, San Francisco State University, USA

Professor Kensaku Yoshida
Professor of English & Director of the Center for the
Teaching of Foreign Languages in General Education,
Sophia University, Tokyo, JapanThe International Advisory Board is composed of distinguished academics, business executives, former and current government officials, and community leaders. Its role
is to consult and provide counsel on the business and affairs of IAFOR, and suggest areas of scholarly investigation. Membership of the International Advisory Board is byinvitation only. For a full list please see the IAFOR website.

The Japan Liaison Committee (JLC)The Japan Liaison Committee is a consultative committee that provides support in the form of advice and guidance in specific aspects of the planning and projects of theForum held in Japan. The Chairman of the International Advisory Board is also chair of the JLC. Members of the JLC are ex-officio members of the International Advisory
Board.
Prof. Stuart D. B. Picken, Chairman, IAFORMr Mitsumasa Aoyama, Founder of the PHP Institute, Kyoto, Japan & Director, the Yufuku Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
Prof. Kuniko Miyanaga, Director, the Human Potential Institute, Tokyo, Japan and Fellow, Reischauer Institute, Harvard University, USA
Prof. Michiko Nakano, Professor & Director of the Distance Learning Center, Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan
Prof. Yozo Yokota, Director of the Center for Human Rights Affairs, Japan & Former UN Special Rapporteur on Myanmar
Dr. Joseph Haldane, President, IAFOR

people – IAFOR Journal Editors
Editors of IAFOR Journals are ex-officio Members of the International Advisory Board
IAFOR Journal of Arts and Humanities
Dr. Thomas French, Ritsumeikan University, Japan
IAFOR Journal of Literature & Librarianship
Dr. Richard Donovan, Doshisha University, Japan
IAFOR Journal of Education
Dr. Bernard Montoneri, Providence University,
Taichung, Taiwan
IAFOR Journal of Business and Management
Dr. Merlin Levirs, Ritsumeikan University
IAFOR Journal of the Social Sciences
Dr. Andrea Molle, Chapman University, USA
IAFOR Journal of Ethics, Religion and Philosophy
Dr. Michael O’Sullivan, The Chinese University ofHong Kong, Hong Kong

IAFOR Journal of Sustainability, Energy and theEnvironment
Dr. Alexandru-Ionut Petrisor, The National
Institute for Research and Development in
Construction, Urban Planning and Sustainable Spatial
Development (URBAN=INCERC), Romania

IAFOR Journal of Politics, Economics & Law
Dr. Craig Mark, Kwansei Gakuin University, Japan

IAFOR Journal of Media, Communication & Film
Dr. James Rowlins, Singapore University of Design
and Technology

IAFOR Journal of Psychology and the Behavioral
Sciences
Dr. Shahrokh (Sharo) Shafaie, Southeast Missouri
State University, USA

IAFOR Journal of Asian Studies
Dr. Seiko Yasumoto, The University of Sydney,
Australia

IAFOR Journal of Cultural Studies
Professor Holger Briel, Xi’an Jiaotung-Liverpool
University, China

Dr. Deborah G. Wooldridge, Professor and School
Director, Bowling Green State University, USA

IAFOR Journal of Language Learning
Dr. Ebru Melek Koç, Izmir Institute of Technology,
Turkeypeople – IAFOR Key Staff
Kiyoshi Mana – Director of Operations
Kiyoshi is the Director of Operations, responsible foroverseeing the operations of the organisation, including
IAFOR’s conferences in Asia, Europe, North America and the
Middle East. An American of Japanese descent, Kiyoshi has
long been fascinated by the country of his ancestors, studying
both Japanese language and culture at San Francisco State.

Alexander Pratt – Deputy Director of Operations
A civil engineering graduate from the University of
Nottingham, UK, Alex first came to Japan in 1997. Previous
to joining IAFOR, in 2013, Alex held positions in education
management, information services, and international relations.
At IAFOR Alex helps oversee the general administrationand operation of the organisation and works alongside the
Director of Operations to expand IAFOR’s events in Japanand internationally.

Michael Kedzlie – Research and Policy Manager
Michael is a New Zealander who currently works as the
Research and Policy Manager. He is responsible for formulating
legal policy as well as liaising with the organisation’s university
partners and the International Directors of Program. He is
also editor of Eye Magazine. He has a Master’s degree in
Education from Massey University and a Law degree fromthe University of Waikato Law School. He is an enrolled
Barrister and Solicitor of the High Court of New Zealand.

Thaddeus Pope – Senior Manager: Media and Design
Born and raised in Brighton, UK, Thaddeus is an experienced
commercial and editorial photographer with a B.A. in
Photography from the London College of Communication(University of the Arts London). Thaddeus oversees IAFOR’s
design and media output, as well as producing photoessays, short documentaries and other visual content forthe organisation’s publications, including Eye Magazine. He
is also the Creative Director of the IAFOR Documentary
Photography Award.

Shawn Mahler – Senior Manager: Production
Los Angeles native Shawn Mahler has a wealth of experience
working on film, video, and theater productions in the
United States and Japan. He holds a Bachelor of Arts in Film
Theory and Production from the University of California,
Irvine. Shawn has spent over ten years in Japan where hehas worked with numerous industry professionals to develop
television shows, movies, and theatrical productions.

Rachel Dyer – Publications Manager
Rachel studied art history at the University of Nottingham
before embarking on a career in publishing in London. She has
worked in print and online as a content manager, writer andeditor across numerous titles, with a particular interest andfocus on the arts and education. In her role as Publications
Manager at IAFOR she is responsible for coordinating all
IAFOR publications, including the journals, the Eye Magazine
and The IAFOR Academic Review.

John Ananthan – Technology Coordinator
Born and raised in northern Denmark in a multicultural
family, John studied Computer Science at University College
Nordjylland. At an early age he started his own IT company,
worked for several third party companies and now has over
11 years of experience in website management and softwaredevelopment. Due to his Scandinavian background, John
speaks Danish and can understand Norwegian and Swedish.

Stephen Rudden – Systems & Administrative Coordinator
Originally from Leicester, England, Stephen Rudden is anexperienced network and systems engineer with a B.Sc.
in Computing from the University of Westminster. Before
joining IAFOR in April 2015, Stephen was a network engineer
for a global consumer electronics company.

Darcey Barge – Media Coordinator
Darcey was born and raised in Yakima, Washington.
Graduating from Yakima Valley and Collins College withqualifications in animation and TV video production, shepursued a career in the media at KNDO-TV. After moving to
KNXV-TV in Phoenix she received two Emmy nominations
for her technical directing work Technical Directing Under
Breaking News.

Virpi Helena Yasuda – Senior Administrative Support Staff
Virpi has a B.B.A. degree in Modern Languages and BusinessStudies for Management Assistants from HAAGA-HELIA
University of Applied Sciences, Finland. Her studies included
a half-year exchange program in EDHEC Business School
in France and a half-year training as a Secretary at Finnish
Security Intelligence Service.

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iafor conference highlights:
the past 12 months
globalthought
leaders

Since 2009, IAFOR has welcomed
university presidents, faculty deans,award-winning journalists, national
politicians, government ministers,
diplomats, charity leaders, think tankdirectors, documentarymakers,movie directors, members of thearmed forces, lawyers, doctors, jurists,
artists, poets, writers, clergy, scientists,
philiosophers...

Top left & right: Before and after impact. 5th Degree Black Belt Master Instructor, Sensei Hiroshi Nishioka, of Osaka’s Nishioka Dojopractices Tameshiwari ice breaking during the plenary session at The Seventh Asian Conference on Education 2015 (ACE2015) in Kobe,
Japan. The Chito-Ryu Karate demonstration explored the conference theme of “Power”.
Below left: Professor Barbara Lockee takes questions from the audience during her Featured Presentation at ACE2015 in which she
discussed “Empowering Learners as Designers – The Rise of the Maker Movement”. Dr. Lockee is Professor of Instructional Design andTechnology at Virginia Tech, USA, where she is also Associate Director of the School of Education and Associate Director of Educational
Research and Outreach.
Below center: Professor José McClanahan of Creighton University, USA and Dr. Yvonne Masters of University of New England, Australia
talk to IAFOR’s Director of Operations, Kiyoshi Mana at the ACE2015 Welcome Reception. Professor McClanahan was Conference Chairand Dr. Masters was a Featured Speaker of The ACE Undergraduate Research Symposium, which was held alongside ACE2015.
Below right: Conference Chair for ACE2015, Professor Sue Jackson of answers questions from delegates after her Welcome Address.
Professor Jackson is Pro-Vice-Master (Vice-President) for Learning and Teaching, Professor of Lifelong Learning and Gender and Directorof Birkbeck Institute for Lifelong Learning at Birkbeck University of London (University of London, UK) and the IAFOR Interdisciplinary
Program Director for Education.

Below left: Keynote Speaker at ACE2015, Professor Eiko Kato-Otani presents her Featured Presentation “Language Learning: Then andNow”. Professor Kato-Otani is President and a Professor at Osaka Jogakuin University. She received her Ed.D. in language and literacy from
Harvard University. Her research interests include children’s language development, as influenced by interaction with adults in home andpreschool settings, and she examines cultural differences between Japan and the US.
Below center: IAFOR’s Chairman, Professor Stuart D. B. Picken chairs a panel discussion which focussed on the theme of “Power” inrelation to Asia-Pacific nations at The Asia-Pacific Conference on Security & International Relations (APSec2015). Other panel members
included Professor Joel R. Campbell of Troy University, Japan and Professor Craig Mark of Kwansei Gakuin University, Japan.
Below right: Professor Reinhard Drifte of the University of Newcastle, UK, gives an animated presentation titled, “The Role of Japan in theSouth China Sea: ‘Peace-maker’ or ‘Trouble-maker’?”. Reinhard Drifte is Professor Emeritus in the University and Associate Fellow of theRoyal United Services Institute, London. After receiving his Ph.D. from the Department of East Asian Studies at the University of Bochum in
1979, Professor Drifte was Research Fellow at the Graduate Institute of International Studies in Geneva, then until 1987 Assistant Director
for Regional Security Studies at the International Institute for Strategic Studies in London.

Top left: Dr. Christine Coombe, currently President of TESOL Arabia, and a past president of TESOL International addresses delegates
during her keynote address on Teacher Effectiveness at the sister IAFOR International Conference on Language Learning (IICLL2015). Top
center: Leading cultural scholar and translator Professor Said M. Faiq of the American University in Sharjah delivers a lively keynote addresson “Intercultural encounters: In the eye of the beholder” at IICE2015. Top right: Dr. Cindy Gunn of the American University of Sharjah
delivers her keynote address on “The Impact of the Connected Learner in the Classroom” at The IAFOR International Conference on
Education held at Festival City, Dubai (IICE2015).
Above left: Leading expert on religious cults, Dr. George Chryssides presents a keynote on “Power, Empowerment and Disempowerment
in Religion” at The European Conference on Ethics, Religion & Philosophy (ECERP2015). Above right: Celebrity academic and psychologist
on Channel 4’s Big Brother in the UK, Professor Geoffrey Beattie of Edgehill University delivers a wide-ranging keynote address on “TheDivided Self ” at The European Conference on Psychology & Behavioral Sciences (ECP2015).
Below left: Bestselling ELT author and playwright, Ken Wilson, returns to The European Conference on Language Learning (ECLL) by very
popular demand to deliver a workshop on Student-Teacher Communication. Below center: Internationally-recognised English Language
educator, Alan Maley takes questions following his keynote address which looked at the legacy of great educators, and what today’s teachingprofessionals can continue to learn from them at ECLL2015. Below right: Irish Academic, Dr. Fergal Finnegan delivers a powerful keynote
address on Democracy and Education at The European Conference on Education (ECE2015).

Top left: Photography by IAFOR Documentary Photography Award winner, Hosam Katan. Top right: Founding Judge of the IAFOR Documentary
Photography Award, Professor Paul Lowe of the University of the Arts London, announces the 2015 competition winner. Professor Lowe isan award-winning photographer who has been published in Time, Newsweek, Life, The Sunday Times Magazine, amongst others, and who has
covered breaking news the world over, including the fall of the Berlin Wall, Nelson Mandela’s release, famine in Africa, the conflict in the former
Yugoslavia and the destruction of Grozny.
Above left: CEO and Founder of the Captive Minds Media Group, Marcus Chidgey gave some interesting industry insights and examples
of how stories are shaped in the media at The European Conference on Media, Communication & Film (EuroMedia2015). Above center:
Founding Dean and current President of Moscow State University’s Faculty of Foreign Languages and Area Studies, Professor Svetlana
Ter-Minasova, takes questions following her keynote address on language, literature and culture at The European Conference on Literature& Librarianship (LibEuro2015). Above right: Professor Regenia Gagnier of Exeter University delivers a powerful keynote address at The
European Conference on Cultural Studies (ECCS2015) that looked at conflicts between liberalism and neoliberalism as portrayed in literature.
Below left: The European Union Information Stand at The European Conference on the Social Sciences 2015. Below center: Francis Ford
Coppola expert and archivist, Dr. Rodney Hill of Hofstra University responds to questions about Coppola’s work at EuroMedia2015. Belowright: Assurance and Risk Manager at BBC Media Action, Jon Elford, engages in questions with audience members at EuroMedia2015 concerning
the charity’s media work in developing countries.

Top left: Professor Yozo Yokota delivers a keynote to the audience underlining the continued impor tance and impact of the United
Nations on ensuring human rights. Professor Yokota is an internationally-recognised academic, jurist and diplomat, who served as the
UN Special Rapporteur in Myanmar, and Member of the UN Sub-Commission on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights.
Formerly Chairman of the International Labour Organisation’s Committee of Experts, he is now the President of the Japanese Centerfor Human Rights and Special Adviser to the Ministry of Justice. Top right: Delegates pose for a selfie.
Above left: Professor Sir Kenneth Calman, Rector of the University of Glasgow delivered a moving keynote address entitled “TheImpact of Energy Generation on Health and the Environment. Breaking Nature’s Social Union” at The European Conferences on
Sustainability, Energy and the Environment (ECSEE2015) and the Social Sciences (ECSS2015). Professor Calman is an Academic
and Physician who was formerly Chief Medical Officer for the UK, and Chairman of the Executive Board of the World HealthOrganisation. Above center: Colin Donald, Business Editor of the Scottish Sunday Herald newspaper delivers a featured address on
Sustainable energy in Scotland as par t of The European Business and Management Conference, held alongside ECSS/ECSEE2015.
Above right: US Civil Rights Activist and Academic, Professor Ruth Johnson Carter delivers a featured lecture on historical andcontemporary injustices in the US Deep South at ECSS2015.
Below left: Emiko Miyashita, a prominent and widely published haiku poet, as well as an award-winning translator at the The Vladimir
Devide Haiku Award 2015. Below right: Lowell Sheppard, Asia-Pacific Director of the HOPE International Development Agency,
lectures the audience at The Asian Conference on Education and International Development (ACEID) about indigenous education
activities in the Philippines.

Above: IAFOR conferences provide participants with a packed and exciting programme of academic and cultural engagement. They
offer delegates a diverse, informative and thought provoking range of academic presentations as well as providing its many internationaldelegates the chance to experience the hospitality of Japan and its culture. The performances of the taiko drums by leading Japanesegroup Batiholic, or by the award-winning Osaka-based Akutagawa Senior High School Drum Club, are always a cultural highlight for the
conference attendees. The powerful and complex rhythms never fail to delight the appreciative audience.
Below left: Professor Nishizawa is a Clinical Psychologist and Professor of Social Work at Yamanashi Prefectural University. He is a Chief
Editor of the Japanese Journal of Child and Neglect, and a Board Member of several groups, including the Japanese Society for Preventionof Child Abuse and Neglect, the Center for Child Abuse Prevention,Tokyo, and the Association for Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect,
Osaka. Below center: Mimi Bong, Professor of Educational Psychology and the Associate Director of the Brain and Motivation ResearchInstitute at Korea University, delivers a keynote presentation on Context-Specific Motivational Beliefs in Adolescents, as part of the plenary
sessions at The Asian Conference on Psychology and the Behavioral Sciences (ACP2015). Below right: Professor Thomas Brian Mooneyis Professor of Philosophy and Head of School of Creative Arts and Humanities, Charles Darwin University. He has an international
reputation in Moral and Political Philosophy. Here he delivers a keynote address looking at the “Power of the Soul” and theories of justiceat The Asian Conference on Ethics, Religion & Philosophy (ACERP2015).

Top left and right: A continuing feature of IAFOR’s Kansai-based conferences is the showcasing of the arts and culture of Japan. The
conference attendees had the opportunity to gain knowledge and practical experience of the Japanese art of calligraphy, with an informative
demonstration given by calligraphy students from Ritsumeikan University.
Above left: Professor Kay Irie of Gakushuin University delivers a keynote entitled “Integrating Language Learning as Part of A Self Narrative”
to delegates at The Asian Conference on Language Learning (ACLL2015). Above center: Professor David Passig is a futurist, lecturer,
consultant and best-selling author who specialises in technological, social and educational futures, who teaches at Bar-Ilan University in Israel.
His ACTC2015 keynote address looked at uses of virtual reality in education. Above right: Professor Kristen Sullivan of Shimonoseki
University delivered a popular practical featured workshop on “helping learners to succeed”.
Below left: Professor Tony Tin of Waterloo University, Canada, delivers a keynote in the parallel Asian Conference on Technology in theClassroom (ACTC2015) on how mobile technology can be incorporated in teaching. Below right: In a related presentation Eric Hawkinson
shows delegates how one such technology, alternate reality, can also be used, in a presentation with colleagues Martin Stack and Erin Noxon.

Top left: Dr Keizo Nagao is a Japanese Child Psychologist specialising in the treatment children affected by bullying, delivers a moving
keynote address on the subject. Top center: Professor Frieda Mangunsong of the University of Indonesia delivers a keynote addresson the development of education in Indonesia at ACEID2015. Top right: Dr. Monty P. Satiadarma is a Clinical Psychologist and Former
Rector of Tarumanagara University in Indonesia, one of the country’s oldest private universities. He is a Conference Co-Chair of The Asian
Conference on Education & International Deveolpment (ACEID2015) and in this photo he welcomes delegates to the event.
Above left: In the conference kimono workshops, delegates have the chance to dress in the kimono and be photographed in this beautiful
traditional dress. Above right: Delegates enjoy sake at the welcome reception.
Below left: Leading cultural studies and human rights scholar, Professor Baden Offord of Curtin University, Australia, responds to questions
at the jointly held Asian Conference on Cultural Studies (ACCS2015) and Asian Conference on Asian Studies (ACAS2015), where he
was the Conference Chair. Below center: Dr. Amanda Third of the University of Western Sydney, delivers her thought provoking featured
address in the same plenary on childrens’ digital rights beyond citizenship and the nation state. Below right: Professor Angela Wong Wai
Ching discusses the Umbrella Movement in Hong Kong following her keynote address exploring the possibilities of conception and reconception of the multitude as a resistant force in a late capitalist society at ACCS/ACAS2015. She is Deputy Chair of the Department ofCultural and Religious Studies at the Chinese University of Hong Kong.

Top left: Gerard Goggin is Chair of the Media and Communications Department at the University of Sydney, and widely published on digitaltechnology, and is particularly known for his work on disability and the media. Here Professor Goggin delivers a keynote address on Internet
Activism in Asia.
Top right: Professor John Erni answers questions from the audience on the relationship between cultural studies and human rights following his
ACCS/ACAS2015 keynote address. Dr. Erni is Chair Professor in Humanities and Head of the Department of Humanities & Creative Writingat Hong Kong Baptist University. A qualified lawyer, he is both an academic with an international reputation in human rights, and an activist.
Above left: Leading British criminologist, Professor Yvonne Jewkes of Leicester University, delivers a wide-ranging featured address entitled“Human Rights, Human Wrongs - Penal ‘Hell-Holes’, Popular Media and Mass Incarceration” at ACCS2015.
Above right: Professor Donald Hall, Dean of Lehigh University’s College of Arts and Sciences, lectures the audience on the importance of“Interdisciplinary Activism” at the closing address of The IAFOR European Conference Series in Brighton, UK.
Below left & right: Delegates enjoy the official conference welcome reception and dinner.

Top left: A still shot from the winning film of the IAFOR Documentary Film Award 2014 – “The Changing Place of Making” by Jack Weisman.
Top right: Three-time Emmy Award Winning Producer and Editor for the NBC Network and Founding Judge of the IAFOR Documentary Film
Award, Professor Gary Swanson of UNC, announces the award winners.
Above left: Alec Klein is an award-winning investigative journalist, bestselling author and professor at Northwestern University’s Medill
School of Journalism, and director of The Medill Justice Project. Professor Klein delivers a keynote address outlining how interdisciplinary
collaborations between faculty and students working in law and journalism joined forces to overturn wrongful convictions. Above right:
Medill Journalism Professor and Pulitzer Prize Nominee, Richard Roth discusses the impact of social in journalism in the Middle East.
Below left: Art Historian and independent scholar, Jared Baxter, looks at religious symbolism is Van Gogh’s works. Mr Baxter’s interpretations
have received a large amount of interest internationally, with his work being prominently in the media. He credits IAFOR with helping “findhis voice in the academic community”. Below center: Dr. A. Robert Lee is a prominent author, poet and literary critic whose work has beeninternationally published and translated. A cultural studies expert specializing in 20th Century American Studies, he has been a broadcasterwith the BBC in the UK, and NPR and PBS in the US. His brilliant keynote address looked at issues of cultural identity in the United Statesand its literary authorship, was attended by an audience of more than three hundred. Below right: Professor Myles Chilton is a literaryscholar at Nihon University, and presented a brilliant and controversial look at the English language as taught from a historical perspective
to the present day in an address entitled “Global English: Disciplining the Discipline”.

Top left: Chair Professor of Educational Psychology and Member of the Board of the Hong Kong Institute of Education, Dennis McInerney,
is one of the world’s leading educational psychologists. His keynote address at The Asian Conference on Education (ACE2014) asked
if Identity was a relevant construct in understanding and enhancing learning. Top center: Keith W. Miller is the Orthwein Endowed
Professor for Lifelong Learning in the Sciences at the University of Missouri and a past editor of the editor-in-chief of IEEE Technology
and Society Magazine. His keynote address at The Asian Conference on Society Education and Technology (ACSET2014) looked at theconcept of identity, asking “How will communities, societies, and education change because some machines are becoming individuals?”.
Top right: Professor Haruko Satoh is Specially Appointed Professor at the Graduate School of Engineering Science in charge of CAREN(Osaka University Centre for the Advancement of Research and Education Exchange Networks in Asia). At the forefront of Japan’s
efforts to implement internationalisation, she delivered a featured address at ACE2014 looking at the challenges facing the country’s
educational system.
Below: Delegates from Turkey network over coffee and cake at The Waterfront Hotel, Brighton, during The European Conference on
the Social Sciences 2014.

Top left: Conference Chair at The Asian Conference on Technology, Information and Society (ACTIS), Professor Barry Bozeman looks atways of enhancing research collaborations in his keynote address. Professor Bozeman is Arizona Centennial Professor of Public Management
and Technology Policy and Director of the Center of Organisational Research and Design at Arizona State University.
Top center: Dr. Andrew Staples, Director of the Economist Corporate Network in Japan, gave a broad economic overview of Japan, in afeatured address entitled “Megatrends, Japan and the Innovation Challenge”.
Top right: In a complementary address looking at the country’s political and military challenges, Professor Joel R. Campbell of Troy
University gave a featured address entitled: “Nationalism and the Three Arrows – The Conservative Activism of Japan’s Shinzo Abe.”
Below: International delegates enjoy traditional Japanese cuisine against the backdrop of the Osaka skyline.

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The Asian Conference on Film & Documentary 2015

Kobe, Japan

Plenary Session
09:30-12:00
Room: Prokofiev Hall (2F)

08:45-09:30
Conference Registration
09:30-09:45
Announcements and Welcome Address
09:45-10:30
Keynote Presentation
Power, Human Rights and Justice

Bradley J. Hamm, Medill School of Journalism, USA
10:30-11:00
Coffee Break
11:00-11:30
Featured Presentation
Documentary Journalists on the Front Line: Exposing Corruption, Protecting Human Rights and the Environment, and Saving
Cultural Heritage

Brent E. Huffman, Medill School of Journalism, USA

11:30-11:50
IAFOR Documentary Photography Award Review
11:50-12:00
Conference Photograph
12:00-13:00
Lunch Break

	
  

	
  

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Friday Session I: 13:00-14:30

Friday Session I: 13:00-14:30
Room: 604 (6F)MediAsia: Critical and Cultural Studies, Gender and Communication
Session Chair: Ahmet Haluk Yuksel
19259
13:00-13:30
What Did the Father Say to His Daughter? A Taiwanese Setting of Interpersonal Communication
Shu-Hui Huang, Hsuan Chuang University, Taiwan
19357
13:30-14:00
Gendered Practices of Mobile Phone by Female Heads of Households in Trincomalee, Sri Lanka
Abeykoon Mudiyanselage Shamali Achala Abeykoon, Deakin University, Australia
19272
14:00-14:30
Gender Differences in Non-Verbal Communication: The Most Important State of Tour De Force (Power Play) between Female andMale Communication
Ahmet Haluk Yuksel, Anadolu University, Turkey

Friday Session I: 13:00-14:30
Room: 601 (6F)MediAsia: Education & Scholastic Journalism
Session Chair: Ken Mizusawa
19423
13:00-13:30
Coverage of Armed Conflict in the Japanese News Media: Trends and Determinants
Virgil Hawkins, Osaka University, Japan
19359
13:30-14:00
Power and Silence: Australian Media Portrayal of Israeli and Palestinian Casualties during the Gaza War of 2014
Mayyada Mhanna, Edith Cowan University, Australia
Debbie Rodan, Edith Cowan University, Australia
19004
14:00-14:30
Developing Critical Media Literacy through Problem-Posing Education in the Singapore English Language Classroom
Ken Mizusawa, National Institute of Education, Singapore
Friday Session I: 13:00-14:30
Room: 602 (6F)MediAsia FilmAsia: Interdisciplnary Topics
Session Chair: Ratna Erika M. Suwarno
20607
13:00-13:30
The Nuclear Uncanny and the Toxic Image in the TV Anime Series Coppelion (2013)
Livia Monnet, University of Montreal, Canada
19430
13:30-14:00
Daily Pleasures: Intensity, Significance, and Modality Specific Features of Auditorily and Visually Induced Emotions
Johanna Maksimainen, University of Jyvaskyla, Finland
Suvi Saarikallio, University of Jyvaskyla, Finland
19119
14:00-14:30
Digitizing Local Trip: Global Connectivity of Spatial Narratives in Indonesian Web-Series
Ratna Erika M. Suwarno, Universitas Padjadjaran, Indonesia

	
  

	
  

	
  

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The Asian Conference on Film & Documentary 2015

Kobe, Japan

Friday Session I: 13:00-14:30

Friday Session I: 13:00-14:30
Room: 503 (5F)FilmAsia: Film Direction and Production
Session Chair: Michael Stetson
19358
13:00-13:30
Trust and Power in Raising Funds for Natural Disasters
Eva Rose B. Washburn-Repollo, Chaminade University, USA
15326
13:30-14:00
Under the Gun
Dyanara S. Corachea, Southern Luzon State University, Philippines
18472
14:00-14:30
The Power of Visual Narratives
Michael Stetson, Miyazaki International College, Japan

Coffee Break
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The Asian Conference on Film & Documentary 2015

Kobe, Japan

Friday Session II: 14:45-16:15

Friday Session II: 14:45-16:15
MediAsia: Mass Communication
Session Chair: Bertha Sri Eko Murtiningsih

Room: 604 (6F)18587
14:45-15:15
Human Rights Frames in the US: As American as Apple Strudel
Marina Litvinsky, University of Southern California, USA
19208
15:15-15:45
The Undercurrents of Media Convergence and Development of Viewers' Gratification to News Consumption
Taksina Chai-ittipornwong, Muban Chombueng Rajabhat University, Thailand
19327
15:45-16:15
General Election Campaign Representation through Ccomic (Semiotics Studies of Comics Ketopraktoon about the 2004 General
Elections in the Kompas Daily)
Bertha Sri Eko Murtiningsih, Multimedia Nusantara University, Indonesia
E. Nugrahaeni Prananingrum, Multimedia Nusantara University, Indonesia
Titi Widaningsih, Multimedia Nusantara University, Indonesia	
  Friday Session II: 14:45-16:15
Room: 601 (6F)MediAsia: Advertising, Marketing, & Public Relations
Session Chair: Chia-ju Lin
17783
14:45-15:15
Government Officials Perceptions of Public Relations in Indonesia
Syauqy Lukman, Universitas Padjadjaran, Indonesia
18676
15:15-15:45
Police-Community Relationship in Kuwait: Public Relation Approach
Talal M. Almutairi, Ministry of Interior, Kuwait
20185
15:45-16:15
The Construction of City Image in Micro-Films: The Case of Taipei City Government
Chia-ju Lin, Ming Chuan University, Taiwan	
  Friday Session II: 14:45-15:45
FilmAsia: Films, Festivals, and Fans
Session Chair: Paninya Paksa

Room: 602 (6F)19428
14:45-15:15
The Emergence of ‘Bullet Screen’ Movie in Chinese Cinema
Wei Luo, East China Normal University, China
18102
15:15-15:45
Thai Film Industry's Competitive Advantage: Comparative Study with the Korean Film Industry
Paninya Paksa, Bangkok University, Thailand
Supachet Chansarn, Bangkok University, Thailand
Karnjana Songwathana, Bangkok University, Thailand

	
  

	
  

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The Asian Conference on Film & Documentary 2015

Kobe, Japan

Friday Session II: 14:45-16:15

Friday Session II: 14:45-16:15
FilmAsia: Documentary History
Session Chair: Lars Weckbecker

Room: 503 (5F)

18720
14:45-15:15
Visualise the Unseen: Representation of the Unobservable and the Shift of Aesthetic Paradigms in Television Science Documentaries
Fabia Ling-Yuan Lin, National Chengchi University, Taiwan
16905
15:15-15:45
Documentary Videos As Powerful Tools in Teaching Philippine History OBE: The University of Makati Framework
Tessie Tapiador-Sagadraca, University of Makati, Philippines
20685
15:45-16:15
Seeing through the Eyes of the State: Discourses of Otherness & Sameness in Early New Zealand State Film Productions
Lars Weckbecker, Zayed University, UAE	
  Coffee Break
16:15-16:30

Featured Presentation: 16:30-17:00
Room: 604 (6F)
G20 – The Group of Twenty Leaders’ Summit Brisbane Australia 2014
Gary Symons, Queensland Police Service, Australia
Joe Joyce, Queensland Police Service, Australia
Featured Presentation: 17:10-18:00
Room: 604 (6F)
Training the Filmmakers of "Tomorrow"
James Rowlins, Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD), Singapore

19:00-21:00
Conference Dinner
Official Conference Dinner (Ticketed & Optional)
Come and join your fellow delegates on an evening out in downtown Kobe.
Please meet in the Art Center Kobe 2F Lobby at 18:30.
This is ticketed at 5000 JPY and there are a limited number of spaces.

	
  

	
  

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The Asian Conference on Film & Documentary 2015

Kobe, Japan

Saturday Session I: 09:00-10:30
Saturday Session I: 09:00-10:30
Room: 604 (6F)MediAsia: Critical and Cultural Studies, Gender and Communication
Session Chair: Machunwangliu Kamei
19315
09:00-09:30
Classical and Biblical Inter-textuality in the Rivals
Hsin-yun Ou, National University of Kaohsiung, Taiwan
15823
09:30-10:00
Covering Genocide Trials: The Discursive Position of Genocide Victims in Cambodia
Rob Leurs, Utrecht University, The Netherlands
17777
10:00-10:30
Shumang Leela: A Platform for Cultural and Development Communication Discourse
Machunwangliu Kamei, Donbosco University, India
Saturday Session I: 09:00-10:30
Room: 601 (6F)MediAsia: Social Media & Communication Technology
Session Chair: Vikanda Pornsakulvanich
19400
09:00-09:30
Rise of Media Technologies and Emergence of a New 'Political' Popular Culture in South Asia
Rachna Sharma, University of Delhi, India
20743
09:30-10:00
From Power Struggle to Power Negotiation: New Strategies for Social Resistance in the New Era of Media
Peixin Cao, Communication University of China, China
Lihui Zhang, Communication University of China, China
	
  
19202
10:00-10:30
Facebook Addiction and Affinity in Thailand: How Does Self-Monitoring Explain Facebook Usage?
Vikanda Pornsakulvanich, Thammasat University, Thailand
Saturday Session I: 09:00-10:30
FilmAsia: Film Criticism and Theory
Session Chair: Chia-chi Wu

Room: 602 (6F)20632
09:00-09:30
Passing the Baton: How the Voices of the New Taiwan Student Movements Are Sustained and Empowered Through DocumentaryFilm
Wu-Tso Lin, Central Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taiwan
19200
09:30-10:00
Left Behind: The Rural Children of China’s Alternative Cinema
Edson Ng Li-Chun, National University of Singapore, Singapore
19356
10:00-10:30
From Jet Li to Eddie Peng: Chinese Martial Arts Cinema in the 21st Century
Chia-chi Wu, National Taiwan Normal University, Taiwan

	
  

	
  

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The Asian Conference on Film & Documentary 2015

Kobe, Japan

Saturday Session I: 09:00-10:30
Saturday Session I: 09:00-10:30
Room: 503 (5F)FilmAsia: Film History
Session Chair: Thomas Wang Leung Chung13796
09:00-09:30
The Power of D.W. Griffith's Post-1913 Films And Their Influence on Film Today: Suspense and Resolution in the Birth ofGeorge Pavlou, European University Cyprus, Cyprus

	
  

16534
09:30-10:00
The Way We Were: Documenting Taiwan in Qiong Yao's Romantic Melodrama
Danju Claire Yu, Stony Brook University, USA
21140
10:00-10:30
Reciprocal Imagination of Film and Architecture in Hong Kong: The Case of Recalling and Envisioning Urban Culture in Yaumatei
Thomas Wang Leung Chung, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Jessie Ka Yan Lau, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Coffee Break
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The Asian Conference on Film & Documentary 2015

Kobe, Japan

Saturday Session II: 10:45-12:15
Saturday Session II: 10:45-11:45
MediAsia: Media Disaster Coverage
Session Chair: Carey Finn-Maeda

Room: 604 (6F)6678
10:45-11:15
When Terrorism Enters the Theatre. A Reflection on the Terrorist Attack to the Dubrovska Theatre in Moscow in 2002
Kiara Pipino, Grand Valley State University, USA

	
  

18970
11:45-11:45
Insights into the Coverage of the Fukushima Nuclear Crisis in Japan's English-Language Newspapers
Carey Finn-Maeda, University of South Africa, South Africa	
  Saturday Session II: 10:45-12:15
Room: 601 (6F)MediAsia: Social Media & Communication Technology
Session Chair: Khaled Gaweesh
17240
10:45-11:15
A Grounded Theory Study of Filipino Online Participation to Reproductive Health-Related Online Topics
Genevieve E. Francisco, University of Santo Tomas, Philippines & Dela Salle College of Saint Benilde, Manila, Philippines
19401
11:15-11:45
To Log in, but How to Log in?
Duygu Tosunay, Anadolu University, Turkey
20647
11:45-12:15
Social Networking Sites in Egypt: A Bridge for Communication or a Gate for Cliquishness?
Khaled Gaweesh, Cairo University & University of Sharjah, UAE
Saturday Session II: 10:45-12:15
FilmAsia: Film Criticism and Theory
Session Chair: Pelin Aytemiz

Room: 602 (6F)18989
10:45-11:15
Cinematography and Natural Light: A Glimmer of Resistance?
James Callow, Tamkang University, Taiwan
19213
11:15-11:45
From a Vernacular Photograph to an Icon: The Spirited Face of Gezi Park Resistance
Pelin Aytemiz, Baskent University, Turkey
19214
11:45-12:15
Looking through 'Her' Eyes: ‘Productive Look’ in Jean-Pierre Jeunet's ‘The Fabulous Destiny of Amelie Poulain’
Pelin Aytemiz, Baskent University, Turkey

	
  

	
  

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The Asian Conference on Film & Documentary 2015

Kobe, Japan

Saturday Session II: 10:45-12:15
Saturday Session II: 10:45-12:15
Room: 503 (5F)FilmAsia: Film and Literature: Artistic Correspondence
Session Chair: Theron E. Fairchild
17767
10:45-11:15
The Reception of the Weird Sisters in Welles's ‘Macbeth’ and Kurosawa's ‘Throne of Blood’
Buket Akgün, Istanbul University, Turkey
19368
11:15-11:45
Visions of Postwar Fascism
Maxime Boyer-Degoul, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium
20764
11:45-12:15
Writing Dystopia: An Inquiry of Language and Affect in Eminent Works of Fiction Adapted to the Screen
Theron E. Fairchild, Kanagawa University, Japan

Lunch Break
12:15-13:15

	
  

	
  

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The Asian Conference on Film & Documentary 2015

Kobe, Japan

Saturday Poster Session
12:15-13:15
Room: 606 (6F)

20400
Thai Films: Thai Cultural Media
Prit Supasetsiri, College of Social Communication Innovation, Srinakharinwirot University, Thailand
19679
Diverging Emphasis: Power As an Explanatory Factor for Media Behavior in American vs. Dutch Media Studies
Tabe Bergman, Renmin University of China, China
19418
National Identity or Cultural Opposition? News Media Discourse About Controversial High-School Curriculum Guidelines Event in
Critical Discourse Analysis
Yi-Hsiu Chen, National Hsinchu University of Education, Taiwan
19361
The Relationship Between Social Support and Self-Esteem to the Self-Disclose of Social Media on Older Adults
Shu-Yin Yu, Ming-Chuan University, Taiwan
20688
Cyber Flneu Perspective on Emotional Labor a Study of Facebook Taiwan Fan Pages Owners
Li-Shing Liu, University of Brigham Young, USA
Ko-Yuan Wang, National Taiwan Normal University, Taiwan
19399
How SNS Users Become Politically Active: The Mediating Effect of Informal Political Talk on SNS Dependency and Political
Participation
Ahra Cho, Yonsei University, South Korea
Euikyung Shin, Yonsei University, South Korea

	
  

	
  

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The Asian Conference on Film & Documentary 2015

Kobe, Japan

Saturday Session III: 13:15-14:45

Saturday Session III: 13:15-14:45
MediAsia: Political Communication and Satire
Session Chair: Murat Germen

Room: 604 (6F)19907
13:15-13:45
Discourses of Democracy and Freedom in the Election Manifestos of the Political Parties in the Turkish General Elections of 2015
Banu Terkan, Selcuk University, Turkey
19909
13:45-14:15
Hate Speech in Reader Comments Made on News Regarding the Turkish General Elections of 2015
Nurullah Terkan, Selcuk University, Turkey
19498
14:15-14:45
Ankara: From Pioneering Modernism to Revivalist Mimicry and Fake Futurism
Murat Germen, Sabanci University, Turkey
Saturday Session III: 13:15-14:45
Room: 601 (6F)MediAsia: Social Media & Communication Technology
Session Chair: Nuchada Dumrongsiri
20746
13:15-13:45
Uses and Gratifications of Live Streaming Apps Amongst Indonesian Youth: An Exploratory Study of Periscope
Gilang Reffi Hernanda, Starcom MediaVest Group, Indonesia
20656
13:45-14:15
A Study of the Effect of Using Social Networks on the Quality of Family Interpersonal Communication (with an Emphasis on the
Relationship between the Couple)
Neda Soleimani, Islamic Azad University, Iran
Mehrdad Salemi, Tehran University, Iran
19367
14:15-14:45
The Influences of Facebook on Romantic Relationship Development: Perception and Selection of Dating Partners
Nuchada Dumrongsiri, Thammasat University, Thailand
Saturday Session III: 13:15-14:45
FilmAsia: Film Criticism and Theory
Session Chair: Richard Lowell MacDonald

Room: 602 (6F)15599
13:15-13:45
Who is Afraid of Gays and Lesbians?: Power and Politics of Queer Visibility in Kingsley Iruoegbu's ‘Law58’
Tunji Azeez, Lagos State University, Nigeria
19291
13:45-14:15
Zero Chou's Drifting Flowers and Queer Female Auteurship
Zoran Lee Pecic, Roskilde University, Denmark
18576
14:15-14:45
Reinventing The Film Review: The Monthly Film Bulletin, Critical Writing and Film Culture in Britain
Richard Lowell MacDonald, Goldsmiths – University of London, UK

	
  

	
  

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The Asian Conference on Film & Documentary 2015

Kobe, Japan

Saturday Session III: 13:15-14:45

Saturday Session III: 13:15-14:45
FilmAsia: Biography
Session Chair: Li-fen Chen

Room: 503 (5F)

19370
13:15-13:45
New Media/New Films: Smartphones and Evocative Documentary Practices
Dean Keep, Swinburne University, Australia

	
  

19425
13:45-14:15
Independence or Institutionalization: Study on the Influence of Ogawa Shinsuke on the Chinese Independent Documentary
Tiecheng Li, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
19413
14:15-14:45
In Search of Literary Aura: Documenting the Writer on Film
Li-fen Chen, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong

Coffee Break
14:45-15:00

IAFOR Documentary Film Award & Festival (IDFA): 15:00-20:00
Prokofiev Hall (2F)
15:00–17:00
17:00–17:30
17:30–18:00
18:00–19:30
19:30–20:00

Competition Screening
Refreshments
Awards Ceremony
Featured Screening, ‘Saving Mes Aynak’
Q&A with Director Brent E. Huffman

Each November, the IAFOR Documentary Film Award hosts its annual award ceremony. Starting in 2015 the award
ceremony will be become a public event and we welcome the documentary fans of Kobe and Kansai to join us.
The IDFA was founded to seek out and reward the storytellers, documentarians and filmmakers who have demonstrated
excellence in the craft of documentary filmmaking. We wish to acknowledge these artisans by presenting a showcase of
their work and reward them with the equipment, tools, and resources they will need to further continue working in thecraft.
This year we are very proud to be joined by the IDFA2015 Honorary Award Winner Director Brent E. Huffman. We will
be screening his most recent documentary ‘Saving Mes Aynak’ as part of the festival.
The world’s most important and powerful stories are often the true everyday stories of our lives. We invite you to join us
as we honour a selection of this year’s best entries from our documentary competition at the IDFA2015 Festival.
Admission is free for all FilmAsia2015 & MediAsia2015 registered participants

	
  

	
  

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Kobe, Japan

Sunday Session I: 09:00-10:30

Sunday Session I: 09:00-10:30
MediAsia: Interdisciplinary Topics
Session Chair: Ali Minanto

Room: 503 (5F)14288
09:00-09:30
From Censorship to Rating System: Negotiations of Power in the Thai Film Industry
Jutatip Thitisawat, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand

	
  

19548
09:30-10:00
Friends with Benefits: A Discourse Analysis on Framing US-Philippine Relations through Print Media's Coverage of EDCA
Beatrice Anne De Leon Malveda, University of the Philippines-Diliman, Philippines
Meryl Louise Torres Brown, University of the Philippines-Diliman, Philippines

	
  

19397
10:00-10:30
Street Art as Political Media Literacy: About Geneng Street Art Project 2014 in Yogyakarta
Ali Minanto, Islamic University of Indonesia, Indonesia
Sunday Session I: 09:00-10:30
Room: 601 (6F)MediAsia: Social Media & Communication Technology
Session Chair: Bo Wang
17675
09:00-09:30
Mobile Telephony for Community Networking: A Study of Thai, Rohingya and Hmong Communities in Multicultural Australia
Natcha Krisneepaiboon, Griffith University, Australia
18317
09:30-10:00
Free Our Boys: Social Media Use to Claim the Innocence of Boys Dead in Favelas and Reported as Criminals.
Fernanda Monteiro Amaral Comber, De Montfort University, UK

	
  

19412
10:00-10:30
Social Media: Is it Really Facilitating Social Justice?
Bo Wang, Victoria University of Wellington, New ZealandSunday Session I: 09:00-10:30
FilmAsia: Film Criticism and Theory
Session Chair: Pierre Floquet

Room: 602 (6F)18217
09:00-09:30
Unconventional Storytelling
Cedric van Eenoo, KU, USA
20755
09:30-10:00
Communication of Anti-Violence and Anti-Vengeance Themes in Revenge Films
Alan Nguyen, Melbourne Polytechnic, Australia
18354
10:00-10:30
Sharing Power: Filmed, Filming, Watching Entities in the ‘7up’ Documentary Film Series (1964 - 2013)
Pierre Floquet, Bordeaux INP, France

Coffee Break
10:30-10:45

	
  

	
  

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The Asian Conference on Film & Documentary 2015

Kobe, Japan

Sunday Session II: 10:45-12:15

Sunday Session II: 10:45-12:15
MediAsia: Mass Communication
Session Chair: Nadia Wasta Utami

Room: 503 (5F)17471
10:45-11:15
The Role of Community-Based Media in Strengthening and Promoting Community Identity: A Case Study in the Thai Public Sphere
Pisapat Youkongpun, Griffith University, Australia
19393
11:15-11:45
A Case Study on the Religious Model Reporting Style and Mediated Moral Panics in Malaysia
Azmyl Yusof, Sunway University, Malaysia
20790
11:45-12:15
Bari' Basa and the Revival of Indonesian Public Broadcasting (RRI) In Makassar
Nadia Wasta Utami, Islamic University of Indonesia, Indonesia
Sunday Session II: 10:45-12:15
MediAsia: Film
Session Chair: Sarah Kelley

Room: 601 (6F)19694
10:45-11:15
Celebrity Cinema and Hallyu 2.0
Shu Min Chrystal Ng, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Kai Khiun Liew, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
19261
11:15-11:45
Modernity of Cinematic Narrative- A Case Study of Crash
Tang Yoke Chi, Chaoyang University of Technology, Taiwan
18465
11:45-12:15
Socio-Political Influence on The Ideologies in Daniel Craig's Bond Films: The Power That Lies Within
Sarah Kelley, University of Bristol, UK
Sunday Session II: 10:45-12:15
Room: 602 (6F)MediAsia: Critical & Cultural Studies Workshop
19951
10:45-12:15
Chinese Mass Culture, Media and Propaganda: A Case Study of the Beginning of the Great Revival
Andrew Chan, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Lunch Break
12:15-13:15

	
  

	
  

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The Asian Conference on Film & Documentary 2015

Kobe, Japan

Sunday Session III: 13:15-14:45

Sunday Session III: 13:15-14:45
MediAsia: Interdisciplinary Topics
Session Chair: Shoo Soon Wee

Room: 503 (5F)

19346
13:15-13:45
Deterritorialized Media and Cultural Cosmopolitanism
Tiankai Tang, Communication and Media Research Institute, University of Westminster, UK
19244
13:45-14:15
Critical Discourse Analysis of Thailand's Film Acts (B.E. 2475 and B.E.2551)
Goppong Khunthreeya, Thammasat University, Thailand
20232
14:15-14:45
Negotiating the Media and Perceptions of International and Regional Politics: New Readers and Dominant Narratives
Shoo Soon Wee, National Institute of Education, Singapore
Sunday Session III: 13:15-14:45
Room: 601 (6F)MediAsia: Advertising, Marketing, & Public Relations
Session Chair: Mustafa Sait Yildirim
19396
13:15-13:45
Languages Work Side by Side: Effects of English on Code-Mixed Advertising Persuasion
Chih-An Wan, National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan
Yi-Chi Huang, National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan
19143
13:45-14:15
Advertorials as a Public Relations Tool and its Impact on Newspapers and Readers
Annette Stephen, Symbiosis Institute of Media & Communication, India
Raj Kishore Patra, Symbiosis Institute of Media & Communication, India
13546
14:15-14:45
Internet Users Attitudes towards Online Targeted Advertisements
Mustafa Sait Yildirim, Anadolu University, Turkey
Sunday Session III: 13:15-14:45
FilmAsia: Film Criticism and Theory
Session Chair: Timothy Wayne Pollock

Room: 602 (6F)19157
13:15-13:45
Wartime Colonial Paradise and Postwar Doom: The Uses of Place, Time, and Memory in Mikio Naruse's ‘Floating Clouds’
Patrick McCoy, Meiji University, Tokyo, Japan
17663
13:45-14:15
Silenced Voice of the Modern Girl in Mizoguchi Kenji's ‘The Water Magician’Wakako Suzuki, UCLA, USA
20758
14:15-14:45
Modern Traditionalism: The Depiction of the Post-War Japanese Family in the Late-Period Films of Ozu Yasujiro
Timothy Wayne Pollock, Hagoromo University of International Studies, Japan

Coffee Break
14:45-15:00

	
  

	
  

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The Asian Conference on Film & Documentary 2015

Kobe, Japan

Sunday Spotlight Sessions: 15:00-16:30

Sunday Spotlight Session: 15:00-16:00
Room: 602 (6F)MediAsia: Spotlight Presentations
17667
15:00-15:30
Feeding the World: Australia, Live Export and the Interplay of Influence
Fiona Edwards, University of Southern Queensland, Australia
19072
15:30-16:00
Re-Contextualising the Bromance: The Transcultural Fan and Close Male Friendships
Celia Lam, The University of Notre Dame Australia Sydney, Australia
Sunday Spotlight Session: 16:00-16:30
Room: 602 (6F)
FilmAsia: Spotlight Presentations
19697
16:00-16:30
Gangsters, Gamblers and Schoolgirl Retribution: Politics, Protest and Society through Norifumi Suzuki's 1973
'Revenge' Trilogy
Paul Spicer, Hiroshima Jogakuin University, Japan

Coffee Break
16:30-16:45

16:45-17:00
Conference Closing Session
Room: 606 (6F)
A Conference highlights photography slideshow followed by closing remarks
Joseph Haldane, IAFOR President

	
  

	
  

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Kobe, Japan

Virtual Presentations

15720
My Own Little Television: Implications of the Conflation of Internet Broadcasting and Television Broadcasting in the Korean Context
Min Joo Lee, University of California Los Angeles, USA
19241
Memory Devices: Reflections about the Animated Documentary Films
Bianca Suárez, Universidad Manuela Beltrán, Colombia
Angela Urrea, Universidad Manuela Beltrán, Colombia
19394
Into the Lens: University Students' Film Preference
Junamae P. Alturas, Mindanao University of Science and Technology, Philippines
Dianne-Grace C. Angelo, Mindanao University of Science and Technology, Philippines
Giezaryll M. Bitacura, Mindanao University of Science and Technology, Philippines
Ian E. Celada, Mindanao University of Science and Technology, Philippines
Ramir Philip Jones V. Sonsona, Mindanao University of Science and Technology, Philippines
19777
The Power of Social Media: How Social Media Influences Mobile Journalism
Wang Qian, Communication University of China, China
20826
Bread Maker-Turned-Breadwinner: Representations of Gender and Power in the Canadian Television Series ‘Bomb Girls’
Tracy Moniz, Mount Saint Vincent University, Canada
12043
News Framing of the Typhoon Haiyan Disaster Coverage: A Comparative Study of the Philippines Inquirer and the Wall Street
Journal News Sites
Lim Lai Hoon, Independent Researcher, Malaysia
Tan Ching Mei, Independent Researcher, Malaysia
Ngoi Kok Shen, Independent Researcher, Malaysia
19387
Power and Voice: Can Collaborating with Participants Increase the Power of Narrative in Documentary Making?
Eileen Lavranos, AUT University, New ZealandVirtual presentations are online video presentations of papers.
They can be viewed during and after the conference at iafor.org/virtuals

	
  

	
  

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A-Z Index of Authors
Akgün, Buket 			p. 11
Almutairi, Talal M. 			
p. 5
Alturas, Junamae P. 			
p. 22
Amaral Comber, Fernanda Monteiro
p. 16
Angelo, Dianne-Grace C. 		
p. 22
Aytemiz, Pelin 			p. 10
Aytemiz, Pelin 			p. 10
Azeez, Tunji 			
p. 13
Bergman, Tabe 			p. 12
Bitacura, Giezaryll M. 		
p. 22
Boyer-Degoul, Maxime 		p. 11
Callow, James 			p. 10
Cao, Peixin 			p. 8
Celada, Ian E. 			
p. 22
Chai-ittipornwong, Taksina 		p. 5
Chan, Andrew 			
p. 17
Chansarn, Supachet 			p. 5Chen, Li-fen 			p. 14
Chen, Yi-Hsiu 			p. 12Chi, Tang Yoke 			p. 17
Cho, Ahra 			p. 12
Chung, Thomas Wang Leung 		
p. 9Claire Yu, Danju 			p. 9
Corachea, Dyanara S. 		
p. 4
De Leon Malveda, Beatrice Annep. 16
Dumrongsiri, Nuchada 		p. 13
Edwards, Fiona 			p. 19
Fairchild, Theron E. 			
p. 11
Finn-Maeda, Carey 			p. 10
Floquet, Pierre 			p. 16
Francisco, Genevieve E. 		
p. 10
Gaweesh, Khaled 			p. 10Germen, Murat 			p. 13
Haluk Yuksel, Ahmet 		p. 3
Hamm, Bradley J. 			
p. 2
Hawkins, Virgil 			p. 3Hernanda, Gilang Reffi		
p. 13
Huang, Shu-Hui 			p. 3Huang, Yi-Chi 			p. 18
Huffman, Brent E. 			
p. 2
Joyce, Joe 				
p. 6Kamei, Machunwangliu 		
p. 8
Keep, Dean 			p. 14
Kelley, Sarah 			p. 17
Khunthreeya, Goppong 		p. 18
Krisneepaiboon, Natcha 		p. 16
Lam, Celia 			p. 19Lau, Jessie Ka Yan 			p. 9
Lavranos, Eileen 			p. 22
Lee, Min Joo 			p. 22
Leurs, Rob 			
p. 8
Li, Tiecheng 			
p. 14
Liew, Kai Khiun 			p. 17Lim, Lai Hoon			
p. 22
Lin, Chia-ju 			p. 5Lin, Fabia Ling-Yuan 			p. 6Lin, Wu-Tso 			p. 8
Litvinsky, Marina 			p. 5Liu, Li-Shing 			p. 12
Lukman, Syauqy 			p. 5Luo, Wei 				p. 5
MacDonald, Richard Lowell 		p. 13
Maksimainen, Johanna 		p. 3
McCoy, Patrick 			p. 18
Mhanna, Mayyada 			p. 3
Minanto, Ali 			p. 16
Mizusawa, Ken 			p. 3

Moniz, Tracy 			Monnet, Livia 			Mudiyanselage Shamali Achala
Abeykoon, Abeykoon 		Ng Li-Chun, Edson			Ng, Shu Min Chrystal 		Nguyen, Alan 			Ngoi, Kok Shen 			Ou, Hsin-yun 			Paksa, Paninya 			Patra, Raj Kishore 			Pavlou, George 			Pecic, Zoran Lee 			Pipino, Kiara 			
Pollock, Timothy Wayne 		Pornsakulvanich, Vikanda 		Prananingrum, E. Nugrahaeni 		Qian, Wang 			Rodan, Debbie 			Rowlins, James 			
Saarikallio, Suvi 			
Salemi, Mehrdad 			Sharma, Rachna 			Shin, Euikyung 			
Soleimani, Neda 			Songwathana, Karnjana 		Sonsona, Ramir Philip Jones V. 		
Spicer, Paul 			Sri Eko Murtiningsih, Bertha 		
Stephen, Annette 			Stetson, Michael 			Suárez, Bianca 			Supasetsiri, Prit 			Suwarno, Ratna Erika M. 		
Suzuki, Wakako 			Symons, Gary 			Tan, Ching Mei			Tang, Tiankai 			
Tapiador-Sagadraca, Tessie 		
Terkan, Banu 			Terkan, Nurullah 			Thitisawat, Jutatip 			
Torres Brown, Meryl Louise 		
Tosunay, Duygu 			Urrea, Angela 			Utami, Nadia Wasta 		van Eenoo, Cedric 			Wan, Chih-An 			Wang, Bo 			Wang, Ko-Yuan 			Washburn-Repollo, Eva Rose B.
Weckbecker, Lars 			Wee, Shoo Soon 			Widaningsih, Titi 			Wu, Chia-chi 			
Yildirim, Mustafa Sait 		
Youkongpun, Pisapat 		Yu, Shu-Yin 			Yusof, Azmyl 			Zhang, Lihui 			

p. 22
p. 3
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p. 8
p. 17
p. 16
p. 22
p. 8
p. 5
p. 18
p. 9
p. 13
p. 10
p. 18
p. 8
p. 5
p. 22
p. 3
p. 6
p. 3
p. 13
p. 8
p. 12
p. 13
p. 5
p. 22
p. 19
p. 5
p. 18
p. 4
p. 22
p. 12
p. 3
p. 18
p. 6
p. 22
p. 18
p. 6
p. 13
p. 13
p. 16
p. 16
p. 10
p. 22
p. 17
p. 16
p. 18
p. 16
p. 12
p. 4
p. 6
p. 18
p. 5
p. 8
p. 18
p. 17
p. 12
p. 17
p. 8

Thank You
Our academic events would not be what they were without a commitment to ensuring adherence to international norms ofabstract peer review. We would like to thank the following scholars who have acted as reviewers for MediAsia2015.
Senior Reviewers
Ahmet Haluk Yuksel, Anadolu University, Turkey
Angelito Bautista Jr, Polytechnic University Philippines, The Philippines
Chen Yi-Hsiu, National Hsinchu University of Education, Taiwan
Farzad Salimifar, Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz, Iran
Johanna Maksimainen, University of Jyvaskyla, Finland
Ken Mizusawa, National Institute of Education – Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Lim Lai Hoon, Tunku Abdul Rahman University College – Penang Branch Campus, Malaysia
Machunwangliu Kamei, Assam Donbosco University, India
Mohsen Goudarzi, Allameh Tabatabaei University, Iran
Neda Soleimani, West Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Iran
Peixin Cao, Communication University of China, China
Raj Kishore Patra, Symbiosis Institute of Media & Communication, Pune, India
Rob Leurs, Utrecht University, Netherlands
Shoo Soon Wee, National Institute of Education, Singapore
Syauqy Lukman, Universitas Padjadjaran, Indonesia
Tabe Bergman, Renmin University of China, China
Taksina Chai-Ittipornwong, Muban Chombueng Rajabhat University, Thailand
Talal Almutairi, Ministry of Interior, Kuwait
Wakako Suzuki, UCLA, Japan
Reviewers
Abeykoon Mudiyanselage Shamali Achala Abeykoon, Deakin Univeristy, Australia
Celia Lam, The University of Notre Dame Australia Sydney, Australia
Chia-Ju Lin, Ming Chuan University, Taiwan
Euikyung Shin, Yonsei University, Republic of Korea
Nasya Bahfen, Monash University, Australia
Nuchada Dumrongsiri, Thammasat University, Thailand
Pelin Aytemiz, Baskent University, Turkey
Sarah Kelley, University of Bristol, United Kingdom
Shu-Yin Yu, Ming-Chuan University, Taiwan
Sih Natalia Sukmi, Satya Wacana Christian University, Indonesia
Vikanda Pornsakulvanich, Thammasat University, Thailand

Our academic events would not be what they were without a commitment to ensuring adherence to international norms ofabstract peer review. We would like to thank the following scholars who have acted as reviewers for FilmAsia2015.
Senior Reviewers
Bianca Suárez Puerta, Universidad Manuela Beltrán, Colombia
Buket Akgün, Istanbul University, Turkey
Cedric Van Eenoo, Ku, United States
Li-Fen Chen, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong
Maria B. Shahid, Fatiam Jinnah Women University Rawalpindi Pakistan, Pakistan
Pierre Floquet, Bordeaux Institut National Polytechnique, France
Tessie Tapiador Sagadraca, University of Makati, The Philippines
Wei Luo, East China Normal University, China
Zoran Lee Pecic, Roskilde University, Denmark
Reviewers
Edson Ng Li-Chun, National University of Singapore, Singapore
Eileen Lavranos, Aut University, New Zealand
Fabia Lin, National Chengchi University, Taiwan
George Pavlou, European University Cyprus, Cyprus
Lars Weckbecker, Zayed University, United Arab Emirates
Livia Monnet, University of Montreal, Canada
Paninya Paksa, Bangkok University, Thailand
Ramir Philip Jones Sonsona, Mindanao University of Science and Technology, Philippines
Ratna Erika M. Suwarno, Padjadjaran University, Indonesia
Satrya Wibawa, Curtin University, Australia

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June 2-5, 2016 – IICJ2016 – The International Conference on Japan & Japan Studies 2016
June 9-12, 2016 – ACSEE2016 – The Asian Conference on Sustainability, Energy & the Environment 2016
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June 29 - July 3, 2016 – ECE2016 – The European Conference on Education 2016
June 29 - July 3, 2016 – ECTC2016 – The European Conference on Technology in the Classroom 2016
June 29 - July 3, 2016 – ECLL2016 – The European Conference on Language Learning 2016
July 4-6, 2016 – ECP2016 – The European Conference on Psychology & the Behavioral Sciences 2016
July 4-6, 2016 – ECERP2016 – The European Conference on Ethics, Religion & Philosophy 2016
July 7-10, 2016 – ECSS2016 – The European Conference on the Social Sciences 2016
July 7-10, 2016 – ECSEE2016 – The European Conference on Sustainability, Energy & the Environment 2016
July 7-10, 2016 – ECPEL2016 – The European Conference on Politics, Economics & Law 2016
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July 11-14, 2016 – EuroMedia2016 – The European Conference on Media, Communication & Film 2016
July 11-14, 2016 – ECAH2016 – The European Conference on Arts & Humanities 2016
July 11-14, 2016 – LibEuro2016 – The European Conference on Literature & Librarianship 2016
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Eye Magazine
The Magazine of The International Academic Forum | Issue 8 | Autumn/Winter 2015

AtomicNarratives
American Caesar:

General Douglas MacArthur’sadministration of Japan

The Atomic Cafe:
Looking back at aCold War classic

PlusBill Gates and his(mis)adventures within
American education