Blogging and what it means to be Malaysian: the push and pull cultures

Blogging and what it means to be Malaysian: the push and pull cultures

Freedom of speech and expression is often contested in Malaysia. Because of strict laws, it becomes hard; and to some extent; dangerous for Malaysians to participate in open political expressions and discussions. The availability of new media technologies is challenging this forced custom. Blogs par...

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Main Author: Mohamed, Shafizan
Format: Conference or Workshop Item
Language:English
Published: KUALA LUMPUR INFRASTRUCTURE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE (KLIUC) 2011
Subjects:
H Social Sciences (General)
HT Communities. Classes. Races
JQ Political institutions Asia
Online Access:http://irep.iium.edu.my/59952/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/59952/
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spelling iium-599522017-12-13T03:05:32Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/59952/ Blogging and what it means to be Malaysian: the push and pull cultures Mohamed, Shafizan H Social Sciences (General) HT Communities. Classes. Races JQ Political institutions Asia Freedom of speech and expression is often contested in Malaysia. Because of strict laws, it becomes hard; and to some extent; dangerous for Malaysians to participate in open political expressions and discussions. The availability of new media technologies is challenging this forced custom. Blogs particularly enable everyday Malaysians to become interactive social activists and political actors. However, the relationship between blogging and democratic participation is not necessarily causal. Therefore, this paper contextualizes the historical, sociological and cultural precedence to the Malaysian blogging experience by delineating the different influences that might contribute to how Malaysians make sense and make do with this new found freedom. By applying James Lull’s (2006) conceptualization of the ‘pull and push culture’, I propose that the Malaysian blogging experience is influenced by the interconnection of three main conditions which include the bloggers’ perception and experience of: 1) citizenship, 2) media use and 3) the individualization of new media. KUALA LUMPUR INFRASTRUCTURE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE (KLIUC) 2011 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/59952/9/59952_BLOGGING%20AND%20WHAT%20IT%20MEANS_complete_new.pdf Mohamed, Shafizan (2011) Blogging and what it means to be Malaysian: the push and pull cultures. In: LANCOMM International Conference 2011, 19-20 October 2011, Palm Gardens, Putrajaya. https://sites.google.com/a/kliuc.edu.my/lancomm2011/home
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topic H Social Sciences (General)
HT Communities. Classes. Races
JQ Political institutions Asia
spellingShingle H Social Sciences (General)
HT Communities. Classes. Races
JQ Political institutions Asia
Mohamed, Shafizan
Blogging and what it means to be Malaysian: the push and pull cultures
description Freedom of speech and expression is often contested in Malaysia. Because of strict laws, it becomes hard; and to some extent; dangerous for Malaysians to participate in open political expressions and discussions. The availability of new media technologies is challenging this forced custom. Blogs particularly enable everyday Malaysians to become interactive social activists and political actors. However, the relationship between blogging and democratic participation is not necessarily causal. Therefore, this paper contextualizes the historical, sociological and cultural precedence to the Malaysian blogging experience by delineating the different influences that might contribute to how Malaysians make sense and make do with this new found freedom. By applying James Lull’s (2006) conceptualization of the ‘pull and push culture’, I propose that the Malaysian blogging experience is influenced by the interconnection of three main conditions which include the bloggers’ perception and experience of: 1) citizenship, 2) media use and 3) the individualization of new media.
format Conference or Workshop Item
author Mohamed, Shafizan
author_facet Mohamed, Shafizan
author_sort Mohamed, Shafizan
title Blogging and what it means to be Malaysian: the push and pull cultures
title_short Blogging and what it means to be Malaysian: the push and pull cultures
title_full Blogging and what it means to be Malaysian: the push and pull cultures
title_fullStr Blogging and what it means to be Malaysian: the push and pull cultures
title_full_unstemmed Blogging and what it means to be Malaysian: the push and pull cultures
title_sort blogging and what it means to be malaysian: the push and pull cultures
publisher KUALA LUMPUR INFRASTRUCTURE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE (KLIUC)
publishDate 2011
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/59952/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/59952/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/59952/9/59952_BLOGGING%20AND%20WHAT%20IT%20MEANS_complete_new.pdf
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