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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Main Author:	Shuaib, Farid Sufian
Format:	Conference or Workshop Item
Language:	English English
Published:	2010
Subjects:	H61.8 Communication of information H96 Public policy (General), Policy sciences K Law (General)
Online Access:	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

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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 Conference or Workshop Item 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)
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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.
format	Conference or Workshop Item
author	Shuaib, Farid Sufian
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title	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_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
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Controlling political communication in the blogosphere: Business as usual in Malaysia

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