Media and Power in Southeast Asia (Elements in Politics and Society in Southeast Asia)

"This study of Southeast Asian media and politics explores issues of global relevance pertaining to journalism's relationship with political power. It argues that the development of free, independent, and plural media has been complicated by trends towards commercialisation, digital platforms, and identity-based politics. These forces interact with state power in complex ways, opening up political space and pluralising discourse, but without necessarily producing structural change. The Element has sections on the democratic transitions of Indonesia, Myanmar and Malaysia; authoritarian resilience in Singapore; media ownership patterns in non-communist Southeast Asia; intolerance in Indonesia and Myanmar; and digital disruptions in Vietnam and Malaysia."-- Back cover Cover Title page Copyright page Media and Power in Southeast Asia Contents 1 Southeast Asia’s Contested Media Space 1.1 Media Freedom, Independence, Pluralism, and Safety 1.2 Media Organisations 1.3 Norms and Values 1.4 Parsing the Media-and-Democracy Question 2 Media and Democratic Transitions 2.1 Media and Democracy 2.2 Media’s Role in Southeast Asian Transitions 2.3 Legal Reforms 2.4 Media Adaptations 2.4.1 Role of Civil Society 3 Authoritarian Resilience and Media 3.1 Singapore’s Media System 3.2 Calibrated Coercion 3.3 Differential Censorship 3.4 Beyond Singapore 3.5 Rethinking Media and Power 4 Big Business and Media 4.1 Political Economy of Media 4.2 Oligarchs, Cronies, and State Patrons in Southeast Asia 4.2.1 Competition and Capture in Indonesia and Philippines 4.2.2 Backsliding in Thailand and Cambodia 4.2.3 Overcoming Cronyism in Malaysia and Myanmar 4.3 Disruptions and Continuities 5 Media and Intolerance 5.1 Anti-Muslim Hate in Myanmar 5.2 Hard-Line Muslim Intolerance in Indonesia 5.3 Dark Side of People Power 6 Digital Media Disruptions 6.1 Vietnam’s Selective Embrace of the Internet 6.2 Malaysia’s Brittle No Censorship Guarantee 6.3 The Future of Media and Politics in Southeast Asia Bibliography Acknowledgements Explores issues of global relevance around journalism's relationship with political power using Southeast Asian states. Argues that development of free, independent, and plural media has been complicated by commercialisation, the Internet, and identity-based politics. These open up political space and pluralise discourse, but do not necessarily produce change.