From grassroots activism to disinformation : social media in Southeast Asia



Electronic Book 216.73.216.10 (0)

2021

From grassroots activism to disinformation : social media in Southeast Asia

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This book discusses the role that social media has played in Southeast Asia in the past two decades. It traces the emergence of social media discourse in Southeast Asia, the growing decline in internet freedom and the increasingly repressive and manipulative use of social media tools by governments.

Subjects

Social media--Political aspects--Southeast Asia Southeast Asia--Politics and government--21st century Communication--Political aspects--Southeast Asia Disinformation--Political aspects--Southeast Asia Communication in politics—Southeast Asia

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Politics and Government Communications

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Title
From grassroots activism to disinformation : social media in Southeast Asia
Subject
  • Social media--Political aspects--Southeast Asia
  • Southeast Asia--Politics and government--21st century
  • Communication--Political aspects--Southeast Asia
  • Disinformation--Political aspects--Southeast Asia
  • Communication in politics—Southeast Asia
Publisher
  • National Library Board Singapore, 2021
  • ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute, 2021
Contributors
  • ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute
  • Sinpeng, Aim, 1983-
  • Tapsell, Ross
Digital Description
application/pdf, ill.
Table of Contents
  • social media trends in Southeast Asia / Aim Sinpeng, Ross Tapsell -- 2. Curing "patient zero": reclaiming the digital public sphere in the Philippines / Pamela Combinido, Nicole Curato -- 3. The political campaign industry and the rise of disinformation in Indonesia / Muninggar Sri Saraswati -- 4. Disinformation as a response to the "opposition playground" in Malaysia / Niki Cheong -- 5. Social media, hate speech and fake news during Myanmar's political transition / Nyi Nyi Kyaw -- 6. Securitizing "fake news": policy responses to disinformation in Thailand / Janjira Sombatpoonsiri -- 7. Cambodia: From democratization of information to disinformation / Mun Vong, Aim Sinpeng -- 8. Social media's challenge to state information controls in Vietnam / Dien Luong -- 9. Social media and changes in political engagement in Singapore / Natalie Pang -- 10. Democratic backsliding and authoritarian resilience in Southeast Asia: The Role of Social Media / Marco Bünte.
Copyright
  • All rights reserved. ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute, 2020