A Survey of Communication Research Content about Southeast Asia and ASEAN

Abstract

This study titled, A Survey of Communication Research Content about Southeast Asia and ASEAN, has the objective of studying the body of knowledge in the field of communications about countries in Southeast Asia and ASEAN. The goal is to analyze the trend and direction of the development of within the field communication on this topic through the examination of research and dissertations from Thammasat University and Chulalongkorn University from 2009 – 2015.

The research findings from the examination of 24 research and dissertation of which 20 are from Thammasat University and 4 from Chulalongkorn University. It is found that most of them examined the components of the communications process. The most studied components are content and media, followed by sender and receiver respectively. In terms of theory, most were from the mass communications field, whereas the most preferred methodology is qualitative studies. The application of the ritualistic communication model is the topic that is examined most. In terms of the content and communications phenomenon that is examined, it is found that most of the topics are about ASEAN the most. This is followed by the study of the communication context within the various countries in the region. The emphasis is on the People’s Democratic Republic of Laos and the Republic of Myanmar. Besides, no studies are examining the context within Brunei Darussalam, Malaysia, and Timor Leste.