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The Media and Political Change in Southeast Asia
, p. 66). Elsewhere, in South Asia, the Taliban ambassador to Pakistan was beginning his afternoo... more , p. 66). Elsewhere, in South Asia, the Taliban ambassador to Pakistan was beginning his afternoon briefing to the gathered international media corps in Islamabad, detailing the regime's latest take on the American bombing of Afghanistan. Meanwhile, in Southeast Asia, as the old century faded, families in Banda Aceh, Sumatra, watched coverage of the English FA Cup final on Malaysian television, beamed via satellite to their homes in the Indonesian province. The increasing ease with which the global news and entertainment products crossed national borders, the embrace of the media by one of the most archaic regimes in the region and AOL's move into the China market, represented only the latest in a long line of events underlining the growing importance and impact of the mass communication media in Asia. By the end of the twentieth century, governments across Southeast Asia, their legitimacy undermined by the Asian Financial Crisis, were being challenged by emerging opposition voices given full range by this new, aggressive and robust media. In the Philippines, The Center for Investigative Journalism, established in 1989 by Sheila Coronel, challenged corruption and cronyism in that country, and threatened to play a major role in unseating the country's President (Coronel 1999a). In Thailand, as elections approached in November 2000, a constitutionally mandated new National Broadcasting Commission threatened to unpick the Thai military's tight grip on the country's broadcasting industry (Crispin 2000), as traditional political elites witnessed their monopolistic hold on power threatened in a new global economy. In Indonesia, new media outlets flourished as the 32-year reign of President Suharto came to an end, and the coherence of the state was threatened by internecine violence and separatist movements
The Media and Political Change in Southeast Asia
Business and Human Rights in Asia, 2021
While governments have a duty to protect fundamental human rights, public-private partnership in ... more While governments have a duty to protect fundamental human rights, public-private partnership in developing smart cities may be defeating this duty. Countries around the world are embracing the "smart city" concept for local urban development as the management and sustainability of urban areas becomes one of the most critical challenges society faces today. And yet, life in the smart city is likely to provide the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights with its biggest test to date as Big Data, Artificial Intelligence (AI) and the Internet of Things (IoT) gather the citizens of these new urban environments in an electronic embrace setting them head-to-head with the state and the "Silicons". By 2050, it is estimated that almost 70 per cent of the world's populations will be in cities. Three million people migrate to cities every week J. Woodier (*)
Handbook of Terrorism and Counter Terrorism Post 9/11, 2019
Handbook of Terrorism and Counter Terrorism Post 9/11, 2019
The Copenhagen Journal of Asian Studies, 2006
The citizens of Singapore have been in thrall to the governing People's Action Party (PAP) an... more The citizens of Singapore have been in thrall to the governing People's Action Party (PAP) and its senior figure Lee Kuan Yew for almost 45 years. Served by a pliant media brought to heel by a combination of legislative and ownership controls, the PAP has been effective in limiting the space for debate while successfully conveying its own internal messaging aimed at securing the state and its own political longevity. It has done this by creating the image of a Singapore as a fortress Chinese-led stability and prosperity, ever under threat from more restive neighbours. But, in the face of the emerging threats to this control posed by new information technology and the exigencies of the global economy, the government has been forced to become increasingly ophisticated at managing perceptions and minimizing controversy. This paper will examine how the government has successfully met these challenges in a public relations triumph, effectively winning the battle for the hearts and mi...
The Media and Political Change in Southeast Asia
The Media and Political Change in Southeast Asia
published_or_final_versionComparative Asian StudiesMasterMaster of Art
The Media and Political Change in Southeast Asia
Asia Pacific Media Educator, 2002
... Asia, as the old century faded, families in Banda Aceh, Sumatra, watched coverage of the Engl... more ... Asia, as the old century faded, families in Banda Aceh, Sumatra, watched coverage of the English FA Cup final on ... has changed it has created remark-able wealth, with the ratio of global financial assets to annual world output soaring ... This new capitalism is ever more global. ...
This article draws on content and sentiment analysis of a sample of international English-languag... more This article draws on content and sentiment analysis of a sample of international English-language media reports to identify the core elements of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) strategic communications campaign conducted at the PyeongChang Winter Olympics, and to establish groundwork for an assessment of its effectiveness. Using the Olympics as a stage for strategic communications is as old as the games themselves. The article examines the structure and elements of a DPRK Strategic Communications campaign by locating it in historical and theoretical context, and shows how it bears the hallmarks of a carefully crafted and timed agenda-setting campaign. Subsequent to the games, the supreme leader of the DPRK, Kim Jong-un, met with President Moon Jae-in of South Korea, to discuss a full peace treaty and, in June 2018, met with President Trump of the United States. Irrespective of the ultimate outcome of these engagements, a month before the games such a meeting would ...
The Media and Political Change in Southeast Asia
, p. 66). Elsewhere, in South Asia, the Taliban ambassador to Pakistan was beginning his afternoo... more , p. 66). Elsewhere, in South Asia, the Taliban ambassador to Pakistan was beginning his afternoon briefing to the gathered international media corps in Islamabad, detailing the regime's latest take on the American bombing of Afghanistan. Meanwhile, in Southeast Asia, as the old century faded, families in Banda Aceh, Sumatra, watched coverage of the English FA Cup final on Malaysian television, beamed via satellite to their homes in the Indonesian province. The increasing ease with which the global news and entertainment products crossed national borders, the embrace of the media by one of the most archaic regimes in the region and AOL's move into the China market, represented only the latest in a long line of events underlining the growing importance and impact of the mass communication media in Asia. By the end of the twentieth century, governments across Southeast Asia, their legitimacy undermined by the Asian Financial Crisis, were being challenged by emerging opposition voices given full range by this new, aggressive and robust media. In the Philippines, The Center for Investigative Journalism, established in 1989 by Sheila Coronel, challenged corruption and cronyism in that country, and threatened to play a major role in unseating the country's President (Coronel 1999a). In Thailand, as elections approached in November 2000, a constitutionally mandated new National Broadcasting Commission threatened to unpick the Thai military's tight grip on the country's broadcasting industry (Crispin 2000), as traditional political elites witnessed their monopolistic hold on power threatened in a new global economy. In Indonesia, new media outlets flourished as the 32-year reign of President Suharto came to an end, and the coherence of the state was threatened by internecine violence and separatist movements
The Media and Political Change in Southeast Asia
Business and Human Rights in Asia, 2021
While governments have a duty to protect fundamental human rights, public-private partnership in ... more While governments have a duty to protect fundamental human rights, public-private partnership in developing smart cities may be defeating this duty. Countries around the world are embracing the "smart city" concept for local urban development as the management and sustainability of urban areas becomes one of the most critical challenges society faces today. And yet, life in the smart city is likely to provide the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights with its biggest test to date as Big Data, Artificial Intelligence (AI) and the Internet of Things (IoT) gather the citizens of these new urban environments in an electronic embrace setting them head-to-head with the state and the "Silicons". By 2050, it is estimated that almost 70 per cent of the world's populations will be in cities. Three million people migrate to cities every week J. Woodier (*)
Handbook of Terrorism and Counter Terrorism Post 9/11, 2019
Handbook of Terrorism and Counter Terrorism Post 9/11, 2019
The Copenhagen Journal of Asian Studies, 2006
The citizens of Singapore have been in thrall to the governing People's Action Party (PAP) an... more The citizens of Singapore have been in thrall to the governing People's Action Party (PAP) and its senior figure Lee Kuan Yew for almost 45 years. Served by a pliant media brought to heel by a combination of legislative and ownership controls, the PAP has been effective in limiting the space for debate while successfully conveying its own internal messaging aimed at securing the state and its own political longevity. It has done this by creating the image of a Singapore as a fortress Chinese-led stability and prosperity, ever under threat from more restive neighbours. But, in the face of the emerging threats to this control posed by new information technology and the exigencies of the global economy, the government has been forced to become increasingly ophisticated at managing perceptions and minimizing controversy. This paper will examine how the government has successfully met these challenges in a public relations triumph, effectively winning the battle for the hearts and mi...
The Media and Political Change in Southeast Asia
The Media and Political Change in Southeast Asia
published_or_final_versionComparative Asian StudiesMasterMaster of Art
The Media and Political Change in Southeast Asia
Asia Pacific Media Educator, 2002
... Asia, as the old century faded, families in Banda Aceh, Sumatra, watched coverage of the Engl... more ... Asia, as the old century faded, families in Banda Aceh, Sumatra, watched coverage of the English FA Cup final on ... has changed it has created remark-able wealth, with the ratio of global financial assets to annual world output soaring ... This new capitalism is ever more global. ...
This article draws on content and sentiment analysis of a sample of international English-languag... more This article draws on content and sentiment analysis of a sample of international English-language media reports to identify the core elements of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) strategic communications campaign conducted at the PyeongChang Winter Olympics, and to establish groundwork for an assessment of its effectiveness. Using the Olympics as a stage for strategic communications is as old as the games themselves. The article examines the structure and elements of a DPRK Strategic Communications campaign by locating it in historical and theoretical context, and shows how it bears the hallmarks of a carefully crafted and timed agenda-setting campaign. Subsequent to the games, the supreme leader of the DPRK, Kim Jong-un, met with President Moon Jae-in of South Korea, to discuss a full peace treaty and, in June 2018, met with President Trump of the United States. Irrespective of the ultimate outcome of these engagements, a month before the games such a meeting would ...