Asynchronous temporalities: Emerging gender politics across Taiwan’s media spaces
Key information
- Date
- Time
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6:00 pm to 8:00 pm
- Venue
- Main Building, SOAS University of London, 10 Thornhaugh St, London WC1H 0XG
- Room
- R201
About this event
This lecture explores the asynchronous temporalities within Taiwan’s media landscape with regard to the representation of gender.
Specifically, it examines how traditional media—in particular TV and films—have gradually incorporated progressive gender values, while certain segments of the digital media space have witnessed a resurgence of conservative ideologies.
The lecture identifies the political-economic factors underlying these segmented temporalities, and seeks to provide insights into how the local, regional and global forces contribute to the varying temporal adoption of progressive gender ideologies across Taiwan’s media spaces.
(Image by Tommy Tsao via Unsplash)
This event is open to public and no need for registration.
Meet the speaker
Dr Tingyu Kang
Tingyu Kang is an Associate Professor at the College of Communication, National Chengchi University. She obtained her DPhil from the University of Oxford and MSc from the London School of Economics and Political Science.
Her research areas include gender politics on social media, international migration and the use of digital technologies, and the (de)globalisation of media consumption. She serves on the board of supervisors for Taiwan’s Women Make Waves International Film Festival and contributes columns and podcasts to various Taiwanese media outlets, including udn Global and Mirror Media.
