Traditional, the old mass media has many channels such as motion picture, theatre, television, radio, art, music to create media discourse and manipulate the society on how APAs represent. Although these channels have done effectively, the Information Age makes a big revolution on how people access, absorb and provide information.
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Internet and mobile devices can provide a huge amount of information at any time and anywhere by just a few seconds. Besides, social networks like Snapchat, Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Slack, or Youtube are New Media that people can use to easily express their ideas. In addition, these social networks are able to stream any information to the people in the community without their notice. In other words, people nowadays can be both publishers and information owners.
It is a great opportunity for APAs to distinguished their real representation by these modern channels. Tradition, the old mass media did not provide any opportunity for APAs to distinguish themselves. Despite many individuals and community-based organizations struggled to challenge the old mass media, it took a very long and difficult effort to get the recognition that APAs representations are inadequate (Ono and Pham).
In New Media, APAs can take the roles by their own to become recorders, publishers, and producers by using Vlogs, Blogs, Youtube, Instagram, Tweeter, etc. Moreover, New Media create a large network around the world which is a great opportunity for non-APAs to discover the real representation of Asian/Pacific Islanders and APAs by watching the videos, photos, and stories that display the true APAs.
The links below are examples of how Asian Pacific Islander American can speak their voice in New Media:
I Am Not Your Asian Stereotype | Canwen Xu | TEDxBoise which has nearly 1.9 million viewers on Youtube.
Nigahiga is the comedy youtube channel of Asian American influencer, Ryan Higa, who has more than twenty million subscribers.
Nigahiga is the comedy youtube channel of Asian American influencer, Ryan Higa, who has more than twenty million subscribers.
Twitter Kawasaki is the twitter link of a Pacific Islander American who is one of the most social media influencers.
Top Asian American Youtubers and Their Incomes is a website of a performance art organization shows how new media impact the media discourse and the representations of APAs.
Reference:
Ono, Kent A. and Vincent Pham. Asian Americans and the Media. Cambridge: Polity, 2009
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