Presented by Rodrigues (journalism, Monash U., Australia) and Smaill (film and television studies, Monash U.), ten papers explore youth media practices in the regional setting of Asia Pacific. Topics include relationships between youth cultures of consumption and cycles of commodification and production in China, Japan, and Thailand; youth negotiation of state and economic power within new media technologies in China; youth and the production of meaning in social networking sites; the fan base of Super Girl Li Yuchun (winner of a Chinese American Idol-style singing contest as a space to explore new modes of female subjectivity; self-constructions of femininity on Singaporean and Chinese blogs; responses to the social commentary of the New Zealand animated sitcom bro'Town; DIY (do-it-yourself) media practices in the hardcore music community of Bandung, Indonesia and the construction of an anti- capitalist ethos; and youth mobile media practices in Japan, South Korea, and China. Annotation ⓒ2009 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)