Culture and Communication in Thailand (Communication, Culture and Change in Asia)

Femininity, 38 , 39 , 62
Five aggregates (Panca-khandha), 26
Five Freedoms for Animal Welfare, 129
Five hindrances, 105
Fortune-teller, 60
Four Noble Truth, 108
Fun-pleasure orientation, 62 – 64

G
Genetically Modified Organisms (GMO), 91 ,
100
Genetic engineering, 100
Globalization, 1 – 5 , 7 , 12 , 71 , 72 , 74 , 90 , 93 ,
94 , 103 , 104
Global warming, 89 , 90
Grateful relationship orientation, 62 , 63
Greenhouse effect, 90

H
Hashtags, 21 – 23
High culture, 10
Hindu-Brahmanism, 4
Hindu gods, 1 , 3 , 13
Human rights, 72 , 91 , 122 , 132
Human trafficking, 37 , 90 , 92 , 117 – 123
Hybridization, 1 – 3 , 5 , 7 , 17 , 33
Hybridized culture, 29
Hype, 11

I
Identity, 9 , 10 , 12 , 25 , 49 , 51 , 75 , 76 , 83
Individualism, 6 , 12 , 13 , 61 , 83 , 104 , 112
Infosphere, 112
Insight meditation, 28 , 106
Instagram, 17 , 75 , 83 , 119
Instant gratification, 29 , 83
Interdependence orientation, 62 – 64
Internal colonization, 5
Itthiphon, 65 , 66

K
Karma, 9 , 54 – 57 , 62
Kilesa, 18 , 26 , 28 , 54 , 107 , 111
King Chulalongkorn, 1 , 5 , 13 , 17 , 50
King Chulalongkorn cult, 9
King Vajiravudh, 9 , 50
Kusala-kammapatha (the wholesome course of
action), 113

L
Lankawong, 1 , 5
Life style, 29
Look Thep, 11

Loving kindness, 101 , 111 , 113 , 114

Low culture, 10

M

Magic monks, 7 – 9 , 29 , 53

Mahanikaya Order, 31 , 32

Mahayana Buddhism, 28

Male supremacy, 39 , 40

Masculinity, 38 , 45 , 62

Matter/Rupa, 26 , 106

Media capital, 11 , 75 , 103

Mediation, 9 , 11 , 75

Mediatization, 11 – 13 , 29 , 75 , 83 , 103 , 104

Merit-making, 6 , 30

Mindful communication, 103 , 104 , 109 , 110 ,

114

Mindful journalism, 111 , 114

Mindfulness, 103 , 105 , 106 , 114

Mindfulness of dhammas, 105

Mindfulness of the body, 105

Mindfulness of the feeling, 105

Modernization paradigm, 7 , 83 , 84 , 90 – 93

Moral kindness, 52 , 54 , 56

Multiplicity paradigm, 77 , 84 , 89 , 93 , 101

N

Networking, 32 , 75 , 83 , 85 , 89 , 93 , 94 , 100 ,

101 , 104

New individualism, 12 , 83 , 104

New media, 10 , 12 , 75 , 103 , 104

Nibbana (Pali)/Nirvana (Sanskrit), 18 , 109

Non-renewable resources, 91

Not-self, 106

O

Online social communication, 73

P

Panna, 94

Participatory decision making, 90

Paticcasamuppada, 26 , 107 , 108

Patriarchy, 4 , 8 , 42 , 83

Payutto, P.A, 17 , 18 , 21 , 26 , 91

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals

(PETA), 133

Phi/spirit/ghost, 3

Phra-dej, 56 , 65

Phra-khun, 56 , 65

Polygamy, 4 , 40

Pop culture,xxiv

Popular artifacts, 10

Popular culture, 10 , 75

Popular rituals, 10

140 Index