Controlling political communication in the blogosphere: Business as usual in Malaysia
Malaysia has a list of restrictive laws that prevent publication of political communication. Most of these laws were enacted before the explosion of online communication through online news portal and blogs. Malaysia, her citizen and her government, have embraced this information communication tec...
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| description | Malaysia has a list of restrictive laws that prevent publication of political communication. Most of these laws were enacted before the explosion of online communication through online news portal and blogs. Malaysia, her citizen and her government, have embraced this information communication technology on the belief of its ability to propel the nation to become a developed nation. Because of this belief, contrary to provisions of the restrictive laws, the government guarantee no censorship in the internet. This guarantee invited expectation that restrictive laws that have been applied to the press and broadcasters will not be applied in online communication. The objective of this paper is to examine whether this expectation materialised. This paper examines to what extent the guarantee assist in liberalisation of political communication through online publication. Legal provisions, case reports and incidents will be analysed in this study. |
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| spelling | iium-170472013-07-02T04:02:27Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/17047/ Controlling political communication in the blogosphere: Business as usual in Malaysia Shuaib, Farid Sufian H61.8 Communication of information H96 Public policy (General), Policy sciences K Law (General) Malaysia has a list of restrictive laws that prevent publication of political communication. Most of these laws were enacted before the explosion of online communication through online news portal and blogs. Malaysia, her citizen and her government, have embraced this information communication technology on the belief of its ability to propel the nation to become a developed nation. Because of this belief, contrary to provisions of the restrictive laws, the government guarantee no censorship in the internet. This guarantee invited expectation that restrictive laws that have been applied to the press and broadcasters will not be applied in online communication. The objective of this paper is to examine whether this expectation materialised. This paper examines to what extent the guarantee assist in liberalisation of political communication through online publication. Legal provisions, case reports and incidents will be analysed in this study. 2010 Proceeding Paper PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/17047/1/Controlling_Political_Communication_in_the_Blogsphere_iCOME2010.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/17047/8/Schedule.html Shuaib, Farid Sufian (2010) Controlling political communication in the blogosphere: Business as usual in Malaysia. In: International Conference on Communication and Media (iCOME) 2010: Communication and Society: Challenges and Engagement, 18-20 June 2010, Bayview Hotel, Melaka, Malaysia. (Unpublished) |
| spellingShingle | H61.8 Communication of information H96 Public policy (General), Policy sciences K Law (General) Shuaib, Farid Sufian Controlling political communication in the blogosphere: Business as usual in Malaysia |
| title | Controlling political communication in the blogosphere:
Business as usual in Malaysia |
| title_full | Controlling political communication in the blogosphere:
Business as usual in Malaysia |
| title_fullStr | Controlling political communication in the blogosphere:
Business as usual in Malaysia |
| title_full_unstemmed | Controlling political communication in the blogosphere:
Business as usual in Malaysia |
| title_short | Controlling political communication in the blogosphere:
Business as usual in Malaysia |
| title_sort | controlling political communication in the blogosphere:
business as usual in malaysia |
| topic | H61.8 Communication of information H96 Public policy (General), Policy sciences K Law (General) |
| url | http://irep.iium.edu.my/17047/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/17047/1/Controlling_Political_Communication_in_the_Blogsphere_iCOME2010.pdf http://irep.iium.edu.my/17047/8/Schedule.html |