Democracy, media and law in Malaysia and Singapore : a space for speech / edited by Andrew T. Kenyon, Tim Marjoribanks and Amanda Whiting.

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TextSeries: Media, culture and social change in Asia ; 36Publication details: London : Routledge, 2014.Description: xii, 209 p. ; 24 cmISBN:

9780415704090

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R 323.44509595 DEM

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"--

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

"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"--

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