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Media Freedom, Press Freedom
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Social Media in Political Communication
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Digital Activism, Cyber Advocacy
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Election Campaigns
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Self-Censorship
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Convergence of Media
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Digital Media Landscapes
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Digital & Social Media Effects
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Digital Journalism, Online Journalism
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Democratization & Digital Media / Social Media
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Disinformation, Misinformation, Fake News
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Media Monopolies & Oligopolies
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Election Reporting
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Media Landscapes, Media Systems, Media Situation in General
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From Grassroots Activism to Disinformation: Social Media in Southeast Asia
Singapore: ISEAS (2021), 277 pp.
"This book reflects on the role of social media in the past two decades in Southeast Asia. It traces the emergence of social media discourse in Southeast Asia, and its potential as a "liberation technology" in both democratizing and authoritarian states. It explains the growing decline in internet f
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Deepening the Understanding of Social Media Impact in Southeast Asia
Singapore: ISEAS (2020), 17 pp.
"Southeast Asia’s Internet users are far more diverse than usually reported. They range from the urban youth with laptops and high-speed Wi-Fi, to the older generation semi-rural and rural users with affordable mobile phones for Facebook and WhatsApp. Southeast Asians generally trust social media
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Media Power in Indonesia: Oligarchs, Citizens and the Digital Revolution
London; New York: Rowman & Littlefield (2017), xxix, 172 pp.
"Indonesia is undergoing a process of rapid change, with an affluent middle class due to hit 141 million people by 2020. While official statistics suggest that internet penetration is low, over 70 million Indonesians have a Facebook account, the fourth highest group in the world. Jakarta is the Twit
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Platform Convergence in Indonesia: Challenges and Opportunities for Media Freedom
Convergence, volume 21, issue 2 (2015), pp. 182-197
"This article examines media freedom in Indonesia, an age where the media landscape is being remade by convergence. Media scholars are debating the implications of this trend for media freedom, with some believing it is opening new possibilities for a greater range of voices to be heard and others i
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Negotiating Media ‘balance’ in Malaysia’s 2013 General Election
Journal of Current Southeast Asian Affairs, volume 32, issue 2 (2013), pp. 39-60
"This article will discuss recent trends in Malaysia’s media surrounding the 2013 general election (GE13). It will argue that the GE13 produced two important trends in the media industry. First, there was increased political-party participation in social media, citizen journalism and blogging. In
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Old Tricks in a New Era: Self-Censorship in Indonesian Journalism
Asian Studies Review, volume 36, issue 2 (2012), pp. 227-245
"Even though Indonesia has entered a new era of democracy and press freedom, self-censorship still exists in the professional practice of many Indonesian newspaper journalists. Indonesia has a long history of censorship, particularly pressure from the government encouraging journalists to self-censo
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