TY  - BOOK
AU  - Kenyon,Andrew T.
AU  - Marjoribanks,Timothy
AU  - Whiting,Amanda
TI  - Democracy, media and law in Malaysia and Singapore: a space for speech 
T2  - Media, culture and social change in Asia
SN  - 9780415704090
U1  - R 323.44509595 DEM 
PY  - 2014///
CY  - London
PB  - Routledge
KW  - Government and the press
KW  - Malaysia
KW  - Singapore
KW  - Journalism
KW  - Political aspects
KW  - Mass media
KW  - Law and legislation
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; 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
N2  - "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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