Jason Paolo Telles is currently a PhD Candidate at Monash University, Australia. He is also the Founder and Founding Executive Director of the Southeast Asian Media Studies Association (SEAMSA), an international, non-profit, non-government academic community that is actively committed to the study of media within the context of Southeast Asia. His research centers on critical media histories, indigenous media, the mediation of culture and/or the environment in media and popular culture, and the study of media within the context of Southeast Asian countries.