BOOK PROJECT: HATE SPIN
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Hate Spin: The Manufacture of Religious Offence and its Threat to Democracy examines how both the giving and taking of religious offence is being used as a political strategy around the world. The book includes case studies from the world's three largest democracies: the Hindu right in India, the Christian right in the United States, and the Muslim right in Indonesia. My article on where regulation is going wrong has been published on FreeSpeechDebate.com. Some earlier interviews are found on my Hate Spin website.
My paper on "Lawmaking as Hate Spin", presented at the IAMCR conference in Montreal, can be downloaded here.
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In graphics: Click above to visit a Prezi presentation on hate spin.
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HONG KONG
COMMUNICATING WITH POWER: ICA 2016 CONFERENCE
I will be serving as the theme chair for the International Communication Association's 2016 Conference. I'd welcome feedback from ICA members on how the plenary sessions can best address the theme of "Communicating with Power". Visit the collaboration site to join in the discussion.
MEDIA ASIA INTERVIEW SERIES
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ON MEDIA FREEDOM AND INDEPENDENCE
The post-conference publication from the Asia Journalism Forum Sustainable Journalism seminar 2014 is available as an e-book here. For free hard copies please order here.
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MY WEBSITES
ORGANISATIONAL LINKS
INACTIVE SITES
Cherian.blogspot.com Earlier version of my Air-Conditioned Nation site.
Singaporemedia New media, politics and the law in Singapore. CalibratedCoercion Database of known state interventions in internet communication, 1996-2006. |
RECENTLY PUBLISHED
My article, "Legal landmines and OB markers: Survival strategies for alternative media", has been published in this volume looking at the media in Singapore's 2011 General Election: Battle for Hearts and Minds: New Media and Elections in Singapore, edited by Tan Tarn How, Arun Mahizhnan and Ang Peng Hwa (World Scientific, 2016).
My 2014 article, “Journalism and the Politics of Hate: Charting Ethical Responses to Religious Intolerance”, was published in the Journal of Mass Media Ethics 29 (2). The ethical responsibilities of news media when covering hate speech and other forms of religious intolerance will also feature in my current book project.
I collaborated with Hao Xiaoming and Wen Nainan for a chapter on "Social Media and Political Participation in Singapore", published in Social Media, Culture and Politics in Asia, a volume edited by Lars Willnat and Annette Aw and published by Peter Lang in 2014. Based on our survey of Singapore university students, we argue that young people's internet use does not suggest any great change in the country's political trajectory. They are more likely to engage in passive forms of political participation, like watching videos, than in actions requiring personal initiative such as posting comments or writing to politicians. Those who are more active are more inclined towards community service, like doing volunteer work for charities, than participation in overly political activities such as working for parties or signing petitions.
My book, Freedom From The Press: Journalism and State Power in Singapore, was published in May 2012. It is a study of the country's media controls. Visit my book site for more information.
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