Author : Andrew T. Kenyon
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134488130
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (344 download)
Book Synopsis Democracy, Media and Law in Malaysia and Singapore by : Andrew T. Kenyon
Download or read book Democracy, Media and Law in Malaysia and Singapore written by Andrew T. Kenyon and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-12-04 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Commentators on the media in Southeast Asia either emphasise with optimism the prospect for new media to provide possibilities for greater democratic discourse, or else, less optimistically, focus on the continuing ability of governments to exercise tight and sophisticated control of the media. 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.