Dear AoIRists, please distribute to potentially interested colleagues and/or relevant mailing lists: many thanks in advance, - charles ess == *Asian Communication Research* *Call for Papers* *Theme Issue on Asian Popular Culture* Asian Communication Research (ACR) is now accepting submissions for Vol. 12 N. 2 to be published in December 2015. ACR is an interdisciplinary peer-reviewed journal, published by the Korean Society for Journalism and Communication Studies since 2004 and is indexed on KCI (Korean Citation Index). *Themes:* Asia has been a site of both interests and controversies. Some have extolled it as a future center of global political economy, while others still view it as a lump of under-developed countries. For many years, Asia has been a test bed for development communication theories. When it comes to popular culture, Asian media capitals such as Hong Kong, Tokyo and Bombay have produced popular media content for global audiences for several decades. More recently, South Korea has joined their ranks by manufacturing popular TV dramas, pop music and films. Korean singer Psy’s *Gangnam Style* phenomenon a few years ago on the global stages confirmed the influence of Asian popular culture. Further, the influence of Bollywood films is gathering force with the global spread of diasporic audiences equipped with new media technologies. In addition, China is ready to appear as the global power of popular cultural production and consumption. At this critical juncture of Asian media and cultural development, *Asian Communication Research* invites papers that address any theme that are related to Asian popular culture for this special issue. *Submissions on following topics are welcome, but are not limited to:* Asian Popular Culture and Global Communication Global fandom of Asian Popular Culture Asian Popular Music Asian Cinema Media and cultural policies in Asia Cultural industries Critical and cultural studies, gender and communication Asian Game Industries and Cultural Studies International communication and cultural flow Diasporic Cultures and Asian Media Localization of Global Popular Culture Korean Wave Bollywood Japanimation Chinese media Thai cinema Digital mediation and global fandom of K-pop Pan-Asian media productions in Asia Sports, media and Popular Culture Social Media and popular culture Advertising and popular culture Popular media representations on international disputes in Asia *Key Dates:* Deadline for Abstract Submissions: 20 July, 2015 Deadline for Manuscript Submissions: 15 September, 2015 Published: December, 2015 *Submission Guidelines:* Original manuscripts should be prepared according to the APA author guidelines. Send inquiries and manuscripts to asiancommr@naver.com *Editors:* Sunny Yoon (Hanyang University) syoon@hanyang.ac.kr Doobo Shim (Sungshin University) doobo@sungshin.ac.kr Wonjun Chung (The University of Suwon) wjchun1@hotmail.com