xiiiContributorsRumi Sakamoto is Senior Lecturer in Japanese Studies at the School of Cultures, Languages
and Linguistics at The University of Auckland, New Zealand. Her research focuses on nation-
alism and national identity in post-1990s Japan, especially in popular culture and media. Her
recent work includes a co-edited volume, Japanese Popular Culture, and “Mobilizing Affect for
Collective War Memory: Kamikaze Images in Yushukan,” published in Cultural Studies.
Hong-Chi Shiau, is a Professor in the Communications Management Department/Gender
Studies Graduate Institute at Shih-Hsin University in Taipei, Taiwan. He is also an Adjunct
Professor in the International Communication Studies graduate program at National Chengchi
University. Shiau’s research explores how global media flows impact local communities and
individuals. He has a particular interest in how processes of globalization intersect with various
identity issues—such as gender, class, ethnicity, and sexual orientation.
Doobo Shim is a Professor in the Department of Media and Communication at Sungshin
University in Seoul, Korea. His research focuses on media and communications within critical,
cultural, and historical perspectives. Shim’s recent research is centered on Korean and Asian
popular culture. He is an editor for Asian Communication Research and an editorial board member
of many academic journals including Journal of Fandom Studies and Communication, Culture and
Critique.
Hyunjoon Shin is Associate Professor at the Institute for East Asian Studies (IEAS) at
Sunkonghoe University, South Korea. Having received his Ph.D. from the Department of
Economics at Seoul National University with a thesis on the transformation of the Korean
music industry in a globalized age, he has conducted research on popular culture, international
migration, and urban space.
David H. Slater is a cultural anthropologist and Director of the Institute of Comparative Cul-
ture at Sophia University, Tokyo, Japan. He works on capitalism, youth and labor, disaster, new
technology, and social movements. He curates the largest disaster video archive in Japan: “Voices
from Tohoku” (tohokukarnokoe.org).
Dong Hyun Song, received his Ph.D. from Goldsmiths University of London, UK, and is a
Postdoctoral Fellow at the Asia Research Institute, National University of Singapore. He has
worked at the Korea Internet & Security Agency (KISA), funded by the Korean government
to support the government’s ICT policy. His research focuses on digital media practices and the
effects of cyberspace on sociopolitical culture. He is currently examining social media culture in
East Asia, with an emphasis on privacy and security concerns deriving from political ideology.
Eva Tsai is Associate Professor at National Taiwan Normal University. Her recent research
and publications cover topics in East Asian indie-pop screen, the inter-Asian fashion trade, and
spatial and cultural politics in urban Taipei. She is now making a series of audio documentaries
on trans-Asia cultural production. The first two stories are on Taiyu (Hokkien) electronic dance
pop music and “Shida stories” from the viewpoints of foreigners and migrants in Taipei.