Political Regimes and the Media in East Asia: Continuities, Contradictions and Change (Media, Culture and Social Change in Asia)

Book Cover......Page 1
Title......Page 6
Copyright......Page 7
Contents......Page 8
Contributors......Page 10
Acknowledgements......Page 14
1 Mediating political transition in Asia......Page 16
2 ‘‘Chinese Party Publicity Inc.’’ conglomerated: The case of the Shenzhen Press Group......Page 26
3 The curse of the everyday: Politics of representation and new social semiotics in post-socialist China......Page 46
4 The emergence of polyphony in Chinese television documentaries......Page 64
5 Vietnamese cinema in the era of market liberalization......Page 85
6 ‘‘Not a rice-eating robot’’: Freedom to speak in Burma......Page 100
7 Revolutionary scripts: Shan insurgent media practice at the Thai–Burma border......Page 121
8 Thai media and the ‘‘Thaksin Ork pai’’ (get out!) movement......Page 137
9 Framing the fight against terror: Order versus liberty in Singapore and Malaysia......Page 154
10 Regime, media and the reconstruction of a fragile consensus in Malaysia......Page 171
11 Gestural politics: Mediating the ‘‘new’’ Singapore......Page 185
12 Media and politics in regional Indonesia: The case of Manado......Page 203
13 Out there: Citizens, audiences and the mediatization of the 2004 Indonesian election......Page 223
Index......Page 243