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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 03-13, SCI |
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Phone: (65) 6316 2919 |
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Fax: (65) 6792 4329 |
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Email:
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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 popular culture and qualitative research methods. Two years ago she completed a research project on reception of Korean television drama in Singapore. Her current research interests are in Hong Kong cinema, Chinese-language television drama and Chinese popular music (Mandopop and Cantopop). 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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Popular culture |
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Globalization and cultural identity |
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Media and Migration |
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Media and Tourism |
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| Selected
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Chan, B. (2009). Gender and class in the Singaporean film 881. Jump Cut: A Review of Contemporary Media, 51. http://www.ejumpcut.org/currentissue/881/index.html |
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Chan, B. (2007). Film tourism in Asia: A case study of Korean television drama and female viewers’ motivation to visit Korea. Tourism, Culture & Communication, 7(3), 207-224. |
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Chan, B. (2006). Virtual communities and Chinese national identity. Journal of Chinese Overseas, 2 (1), pp. 1-32. http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/journal_of_chinese_overseas/v002/2.1chan.html |
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Chan, B. (2005). Imagining the Homeland: The Internet and Diasporic Discourse of Nationalism. Journal of Communication Inquiry, 29 (4), 336-368. |
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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. (2009). Gender and class in the Singaporean film 881. Jump Cut: A Review of Contemporary Media, 51. http://www.ejumpcut.org/currentissue/881/index.html
Chan, B. (2007). Film tourism in Asia: A case study of Korean television drama and female viewers’ motivation to visit Korea. Tourism, Culture & Communication, 7(3), 207-224.
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.
Conference Papers
Chan, B. (2009, August). Qiantan jin ershi nian lai xianggang dianying zhong de dupian [What movies tell you about gambling: A study of popular gambling films in Hong Kong cinema]. Paper presented at the Sixth Conference of Chinese Media and Communication in Chinese Civilization (in Chinese), Singapore.
Freeman, B., & Chan, B. (2008, December). As mice like rice: Examining the changing faces of Chinese popular music. Paper presented at the First International Conference on Popular Culture and Education in Asia, Hong Kong SAR.
Chan, B. (2008, July). Can the subaltern sing? Gender and class in Singaporean film 881. Paper presented at the Australian Women’s and Gender Studies Association International Conference: Vision, Memory and Spectacle, Perth, Australia.
Chan, B., & Wang, X. (2007, June). Of Prince Charming and Male Chauvinist Pigs: Female viewers and the dream-world of Korean television dramas. Paper presented at the 20 th Annual Conference of the Feminist and Women’s Studies Association (UK & Ireland): Feminism and Popular Culture, Newcastle, UK.
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 (in Chinese), Hong Kong SAR.
Chan, B. (2002, July). Revisiting Cultural Imperialism and the Internet: An Asian tiger on the Information Superhighway. Paper presented at the 52 nd 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 52 nd 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.
Book Chapter
Chan, B. (forthcoming). “Like a Virgin”: Sex, marriage and gender relations in the Korean TV dramaWedding. In J. Kim (Ed.), Reading Asian Television: Crossing Borders and Breaking Boundaries. London: I. B. Tauris.
Chan, B. (in press). The Internet and New Chinese Migrants. In A. Alonso & P.J. Oiarzabal (Eds.), Reading Digital Diasporas: Spaces of Identity, Politics and Technology. Reno, Nevada: University of Nevada Press.
Chan, B. (2007). Wangluo shequn yu zhonghua minzu rentong [Virtual communities and Chinese national identity]. In A. Fung (Ed.), Quanqiuhua huawen meiti de fazhan he jiyu: Di si jie shijie huawen chuanmei yu huaxia wenming chuanbo guoji xuesjhu yantaohui lunwen ji [Developments and Opportunities in Global Chinese Media: Conference Papers of the Fourth Conference of Media and Communication in Chinese Civilization]. Shanghai, China: Fudan Univesity Press (in Chinese).
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.
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. |
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