The Politics of Southeast Asia's New Media

by William Atkins

The past decade has seen a major structural shift in broadcasting in Southeast Asia, with the development of digital satellite and cable broadcasting. This shift has impacted upon some of the most information-sensitive governments in the world: Singapore, Malaysia and, until recently, Indonesia. Atkins traces this development in five countries, showing that the challenge to authoritarian regimes, anticipated by modern theorists as a result of the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0700715169
• ISBN13: 9780700715169
• Release Date: December 2001
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 1.12 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.5" x 9.4"