| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 209 pages) |
| Series |
Media, Culture and Social Change in Asia Series ; 36 |
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Media, culture, and social change in Asia series ; 36.
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| Contents |
Introduction : making spaces for speech / Amanda Whiting, Andrew Kenyon, Tim Marjoribanks, with Naomita Royan -- Media governmentality in Singapore / Terence Lee -- Why Singapore journalists don't press for legal reform / Cherian George -- Malaysiakini's citizen journalists : navigating local and national identities online / Janet Steele -- Seeking democracy in Malaysia : new media, traditional media and the state / Mustafa K. Anuar -- Defaming politicians, scandalising the courts : a look at recent developments in Singapore / Kevin Y.L. Tan -- Media professionals' perceptions of defamation and other constraints upon news reporting in Malaysia and Singapore / Amanda Whiting and Timothy Marjoribanks -- Moulding a "rational" electoral contest regime Singapore-style / Tey Tsun Hang -- New media and general elections : online citizen journalism in Malaysia and Singapore / James Gomez and Chang Han Leong |
| Summary |
"This book explores these issues with reference to Malaysia and Singapore. It analyses how journalists monitor governments and cover elections, discussing what difference journalism makes; it examines citizen journalism, and the constraints on it, often self-imposed constraints; and it assesses how governments control the media, including outlining the development and current application of legal restrictions"--Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from title page (ebrary, viewed January 13, 2014) |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Government and the press -- Malaysia
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Government and the press -- Singapore
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Journalism -- Political aspects -- Malaysia
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Journalism -- Political aspects -- Singapore
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Mass media -- Law and legislation -- Malaysia
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Mass media -- Law and legislation -- Singapore
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Freedom & Security -- Civil Rights.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Freedom & Security -- Human Rights.
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Government and the press
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Journalism -- Political aspects
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Mass media -- Law and legislation
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Malaysia
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Singapore
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Kenyon, Andrew T., editor.
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Marjoribanks, Timothy, 1965- editor.
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Whiting, Amanda, editor.
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Lee, Terence, 1972-
Media governmentality in Singapore
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| ISBN |
9781134488209 |
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1134488203 |
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9780203762332 |
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0203762339 |
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9781134488131 |
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1134488130 |
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