Focuses on the impact of government policies on the diverse media in Malaysia. Patterns of mass media; History of postwar crises contributed to increasing official controls and restraints on a culturally pluralistic system of mass communication; Race riots between Malays and non-Malays. [Download]
Media control in Malaysia is almost as old as the existence of mass media in the country. Malaysia falls under the category of democracy variously called “quasi-democracy”, “authoritarian-democracy”, or “Asian democracy”. The government is firmly controlled by the ruling coalition, Barisan National (National Front), for half a century. The ruling party has over the years … Read more
No force in recent memory has so effectively compelled Malaysians to consider head-on, the knotty issues afflicting the country, especially those that have arguably been swept under the rug for far too long. Opinion Asia, 24 Aug 2007 [Download]