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Wee Kim Wee
School of Communication and Information

31 Nanyang Link
Singapore 637718
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   Faculty Profile
Abdus Sattar Chaudhry
Alfred Choi
Alton Chua
Angela Ka Ying Mak
Ang Peng Hwa
Augustine Pang
Arul Indrasen Chib
Benjamin Detenber
Bradley Freeman
Brenda Chan
Brendan Luyt
Chang Yun-Ke
Cherian George
Duffy Andrew Michael
Eddie Kuo
Foo Shou Boon, Schubert
Foo Tee Tuan
Goh Hoe Lian, Dion
Hao Xiaoming
Indrajit Banerjee
Javed Nazir
Jung Younbo
Kavita Karan
Khoo Soo Guan, Christopher
Lee Chei Sian
Lee Chu Keong
Lee Chun Wah
Margaret Tan
Mark Cenite
Marko Skoric
May O. Lwin
Na Jin Cheon
Nikki Draper
Paul Wu Horng Jyh
Ravi S. Sharma
Shaheen Majid
Shyam Tekwani
Stella Chia
Theng Yin Leng
Trisha Lin Tsui-Chuan
Vivian Chen
Wayne Fu
Xu Xiaoge
Yeoh Kok Cheow
 
 
  Assistant Professor Foo Tee Tuan
   
Assistant Professor
Acting Head (EBM)
Division of Electronic and Broadcast Media
Wee Kim Wee School of Communication & Information
Nanyang Technological University
31 Nanyang Link
Singapore 637718
Office: Room 02-37, SCI
Phone: (65) 6790 6451
Fax: (65) 6790 7526
 
  Qualifications
PhD (Ohio)
MA (Ohio State)
BA (Fu Jen Catholic)
   
 
   Research, Teaching and Professional Experience
Dr. Foo studied and worked in Taiwan and the United States, for a total of 12 years. Between 1992 and 1996, while serving as a Lecturer at the Fu Jen Catholic University (Taiwan) he was also involved in the Taiwanese music and variety television productions industry. In addition, he organized the first and second International Animation Exhibition there in 1993 and 1995 respectively.
In 1996 he joined the School of Communication and Information's Electronic and Broadcast Media Division as a Media Specialist, managing the school's audio/video facilities and staffs.
In 1998 he left the school to pursue his doctorate degree in the Ohio University's School of Telecommunication. In 2001, he returned to SCI to serve as a Lecturer while working on his dissertation entitled Managing the Content of Malaysian Television Drama: Producers, Gatekeepers and the Barisan Nasional Government. He completed his dissertation and attained his PhD in August 2004.
   
 
   Areas of Specialisation
Convention and Constraint in Media
Media Content
Chinese Cinema
Visual Communication
Video Production
   
 
  Selected Works
(2006). Malaysian Drama TV: Producer, Network Executives and the Commissioning Proces. Global Media Journal (American Edition), Volume 5, Issue 8. Retrieved August 21, 2006, from http://lass.calumet.purdue.edu/cca/gmj/sp06/gmj-sp06-foo.htm.
(2000). Government, Press and Advertising Revenue: Impact of the 27 October, 1987 Suspension of The Star’s License to Publish on The Star and Competing New Straits Times.” Paper presented at Annual Convention of Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, Arizona, USA: Phoenix.
(2000). Asian Values in Journalism: A Comparison between the Western and Asian Media Coverage of Malaysia’s Political Crisis.” Paper presented at the 45th Annual Convention of Broadcasting Education Association, Nevada, USA: Las Vegas.
(1999). “Audio-Visual Elements of King Hu’s Swordsmen Films.” [胡金銓武俠片中的視聽元素] In Ren Wang (Ed.), King Hu and the Swordsmen Genre [胡金銓的武俠世界] (pp. 233-248). Taipei: Association of Chinese Cinema Historical Research.
   
 
  Publications
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.

Peer-review Journal Article

Foo, Tee-Tuan. (2006). Malaysian Drama TV: Producer, Network Executives and the Commissioning Proces. Global Media Journal (American Edition), Volume 5, Issue 8. Retrieved August 21, 2006, from http://lass.calumet.purdue.edu/cca/gmj/sp06/gmj-sp06-foo.htm.

Book Review

Foo, Tee-Tuan. (2005). Projecting a Nation: Chinese National Cinema before 1949 [Review of the book Projecting a Nation: Chinese National Cinema before 1949]. Asian Journal of Communication, 15(2), 235-237.

Book Chapter

Foo, Tee-Tuan. (1999). “The Broadcasting Landscape of Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore and Brunei.” [印尼, 新加坡, 馬來西亞,汶萊電視產業概況] In Tain-Dow Lee and Hsieh-Cheng Liu (Ed.), Asia-Pacific Media Scene: The Construct of Territorial, Cable, and Satellite Television [亞太媒介圖誌] (pp. 133-152). Taipei: Asia-Pacific Press.

(1999). “Audio-Visual Elements of King Hu’s Swordsmen Films.” [胡金銓武俠片中的視聽元素] In Ren Wang (Ed.), King Hu and the Swordsmen Genre [胡金銓的武俠世界] (pp. 233-248). Taipei: Association of Chinese Cinema Historical Research.

(1996). “From the view point of Authorship to Evaluate Lee Chi-Ngai Films.” [李志毅的成人童話世界] In Hsieh-Cheng Liu (Ed.), Golden Horse Film Festival’s Anthology [台北金馬影展: 華語影片觀摩展專題特刊]. Taipei: Yuan-Liu, 1996.

(1994) “A Visual Experience: A Critique on Three Women Experimental Films.” [為影像開一扇新門——談《狒狒的夢》、《風中耳語》和《水戲》] In Y. Wang (Ed.), Women and Visual: Different Angles in viewing Feminist Films. [女性與影像] Taipei: Yuan-Liu.

Conference Papers

Foo, Tee-Tuan. “The Master-disciple relation in Lau Kar-leung’s films” [劉家良電影中的師徒關係] Paper presented at The Centenary of Chinese Cinema: The Influence of the Shaw Brothers, Hong Kong, January 12-13, 2006.

“Malaysian Drama TV: Producer, Network Executives and the Commissioning Process.” Paper presented at Global Fusion 2005 Conference: Global Media, Culture, and the Health. Athens, Ohio, September 30 – October, 2005.

“Content and Control: The Events of May 13, 1969 & Malaysian Chinese Drama Television.” .” [塑造戲劇: 馬來西亞中文電視節目與『五一三事件』] Paper presented at Chinese Language Media and Culture: Global Communication Perspective, Lanzhou and Dunhuang, PRC, August 19 – 25, 2001.

“Government, Press and Advertising Revenue: Impact of the 27 October, 1987 Suspension of The Star’s License to Publish on The Star and Competing New Straits Times.” Paper presented at Annual Convention of Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, Phoenix, Arizona, August 9-12, 2000.

“Malaysia’s Broadcast Industry in Transition: Effect of New Competitions on Traditional Television Channels.” Paper presented at Annual Convention of Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, Phoenix, Arizona, August 9-12, 2000.

“Asian Values in Journalism: A Comparison between the Western and Asian Media Coverage of Malaysia’s Political Crisis.” Paper presented at the 45th Annual Convention of Broadcasting Education Association, Las Vegas, Nevada, April 2000.

“Audio-Visual Elements of King Hu’s Swordsmen Films.” [胡金銓武俠片中的視聽元素] Paper presented at the 2nd Chinese Cinema Conference, Taipei, Taiwan, May 1998.

“Striving to be the Asia Media Hub: A Comparative Study of Taiwan, Hong Kong and Singapore.” [邁向亞太媒體中心: 台灣,香港及新加坡的比較研究] Paper presented at the 5th International Symposium of Film, Television and Video, Taipei, Taiwan, May 1996.

Magazine Articles

Foo, Tee-Tuan. (1995, November) “Going Regional: Recent Developments of Singapore International Media Private Ltd.” [邁向區域: 新加坡國際傳媒集團近期的發展] Broadcaster.” [廣電人],11-13.

(1993, October) “A Brief History of Animated Films.” [畫說從頭] The Advertising Age, 52-55.

Newspaper Articles

Foo, Tee-Tuan. (2006, March 15). Some thoughts on Ang Lee winning the Oscar [對李安得獎的一點省思]. Lianhe Zaobao. pp. 18.

(2006, April 19). The next step for Singapore Cinema [新加坡電影的下一步]. Lianhe Zaobao. pp. 19.

(2006, March 15). Give the local broadcast media a break! [別再為難廣電媒體了!]. Lianhe Zaobao. pp. 18.

(2006, October 18). On YouTube [論YouTube, 從16.5億美元說起]. Lianhe Zaobao. pp. 9.
   
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