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245 0 0 _aDemocracy, media and law in Malaysia and Singapore :
_ba space for speech /
_cedited by Andrew T. Kenyon, Tim Marjoribanks and Amanda Whiting.
260 _aLondon :
_bRoutledge,
_c2014.
300 _axii, 209 p. ;
_c24 cm.
490 0 _aMedia, culture and social change in Asia ;
_v36
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 _aIntroduction : 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.
520 _a"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"--
650 0 _aGovernment and the press
_zMalaysia.
650 0 _aGovernment and the press
_zSingapore.
650 0 _aJournalism
_xPolitical aspects
_zMalaysia.
650 0 _aJournalism
_xPolitical aspects
_zSingapore.
650 0 _aMass media
_xLaw and legislation
_zMalaysia.
650 0 _aMass media
_xLaw and legislation
_zSingapore.
700 1 _aKenyon, Andrew T.,
_eeditor of compilation.
700 1 _aMarjoribanks, Timothy,
_d1965-
_eeditor of compilation.
700 1 _aWhiting, Amanda,
_eeditor of compilation.
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