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Wee Kim Wee
School of Communication and Information
31 Nanyang Link
Singapore 637718
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Brenda Chan |
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Assistant Professor |
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Division of Communication Research
Wee Kim Wee School of Communication & Information |
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Nanyang Technological University
31 Nanyang Link
Singapore 637718 |
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Office: Room 03-43, SCI |
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Phone: (65) 6316 2919 |
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Fax: (65) 6792 4329 |
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| Qualifications
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PhD (NTU) |
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MA (University of Warwick) |
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B Soc Sc (Hons) (NUS) |
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| Research, Teaching and Professional Experience |
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Dr Chan teaches courses on Singapore society, popular culture, and issues of science and technology in society. Her doctoral thesis examines how new Chinese migrants in Singapore use the Internet to construct and maintain their cultural identities. Prior to joining SCI, Dr Chan worked in the Ministry of Defence, where she was Editor for Army News, the official newsletter of the Singapore Army. She also coordinated several publicity projects for the Army. |
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| Areas
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Globalization |
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Cultural Identity |
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Media and Migration |
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Media and Tourism |
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Chan, B. (in press). Imagining the Homeland:
The Internet and Diasporic Discourse of Nationalism. Journal
of Communication Inquiry. |
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Lee, W., & Chan, B. (2003). Communication and relationships
in online and offline worlds: a study of Singapore youths.
In K.C. Ho, R. Kluver & C.C. Yang (Eds.), Asia.com: Asia
encounters the Internet (pp. 249-262). London: RoutledgeCurzon. |
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Chan, B. (2002, July). Revisiting Cultural Imperialism
and the Internet: An Asian tiger on the Information Superhighway.
Paper presented at the 52nd Annual Conference of the International
Communication Association, Seoul, Korea. |
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| Publications |
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Faculty at the Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and
Information publish and present their work in many areas
of communication and information studies. The publications
and presentations range from communication law and policy,
media effects, public relations, organisational communication
and culture, advertising, gender studies to information
technology and knowledge management.
Journal Papers
Chan, B. (2006). Virtual communities and Chinese national identity. Journal of Chinese Overseas, 2(1), pp. 1-32.
Chan, B. (2005). Imagining the Homeland: The Internet and Diasporic Discourse of Nationalism. Journal of Communication Inquiry, 29(4), 336-368.
Book Reviews
Chan, K.Y.B. (2005). [Review of the book Leaving China: Media, Migration and Transnational Imagination]. Journal of Chinese Overseas, 1(1), 130-133.
Book Chapter
Lee, W., & Chan, B. (2003). Communication and relationships in online and offline worlds: a study of Singapore youths. In K.C. Ho, R. Kluver & C.C. Yang (Eds.), Asia.com: Asia encounters the Internet (pp. 249-262). London: RoutledgeCurzon.
Conference Papers
Chan, B. (2006, September). Korean soap operas and tourism: the mediatised gaze of female tourists. Paper presented at the Workshop on 'Of Asian Origin': Rethinking Tourism in Contemporary Asia, Singapore.
Chan, B. (2005, September). Wangluo shequn yu zhonghua minzu rentong [Virtual communities and Chinese national identity]. Paper presented at the Fourth Conference of Media and Communication in Chinese Civilization, Hong Kong SAR (in Chinese).
Chan, B. (2002, July). Revisiting Cultural Imperialism and the Internet: An Asian tiger on the Information Superhighway. Paper presented at the 52nd Annual Conference of the International Communication Association, Seoul, Korea.
Chan, B. (2002, July). Using the Internet for Construction of Cultural Identity: Lessons from the Chinese in Singapore. Panel presentation at the the 52nd Annual Conference of the International Communication Association, Seoul, Korea.
Lee, W., & Chan, B. (2001, September). Internet as a Facilitator of Social Relationship: A Study of Young Singaporeans' Online and Offline Friendship. Paper presented at the Internet Political Economy Forum: Internet and Development in Asia, Singapore. |
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