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Wee Kim Wee
School of Communication and Information
31 Nanyang Link
Singapore 637718
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Associate Professor Cherian George |
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Associate Professor |
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Division Head (JP) |
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Division of Journalism and Publishing
Wee Kim Wee School of Communication & Information |
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Nanyang Technological University
31 Nanyang Link
Singapore 637718 |
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Office: Room 02-45, SCI |
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Phone: (65) 6790 6453/5769 |
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Fax: (65) 6790 7526 |
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| Qualifications
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PhD (Stanford) |
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MSc (Columbia) |
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BA (Hons) (Cambridge) |
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Research, Teaching and Professional Experience |
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Dr George was a Journalist with The
Straits Times for 10 years, where he wrote mainly
on politics and media, and served as the paper's Editor
for art and photography. He twice won the company's feature
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He joined NTU in 2004, after a postdoctoral fellowship
at the National University of Singapore's Asia Research
Institute. His PhD research focused on internet-based
alternative journalism, and he continues to research the
alternative press as well as state-media dynamics in Singapore
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Dr George maintains an active involvement in the industry
and community service. He is engaged regularly as a trainer
for newspaper journalists, and publishes a monthly current
affairs newspaper for primary and secondary schools. His
first book, Singapore: The Air-Conditioned
Nation, was published in 2000. His second book,
Contentious Journalism and the Internet:
Democratising Discourse in Malaysia and Singapore,
will be published this year. |
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| Publications
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Faculty at the Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and
Information publish and present their work in many areas
of communication and information studies. The publications
and presentations range from communication law and policy,
media effects, public relations, organisational communication
and culture, advertising, gender studies to information
technology and knowledge management.
Books
George, C. (2005, forthcoming). Contentious Journalism
and the Internet: Democratizing Discourse in Malaysia
and Singapore. Singapore University Press.
George, C. (2000). Singapore: The Air-conditioned Nation.
Essays on the Politics of Comfort and Control, 1990-2000.
Singapore: Landmark Books.
Articles
George, C. (2005, forthcoming). Asian Journalisms: Neglected
Alternatives, in X. Hao & S.K. Datta-Ray (eds.) Issues
and Challenges in Asian Journalism. Singapore: Times Academic
Press.
George, C. (2004). Understanding the Internet's Political
Impact in Asia. Asian Journal of Social Science 32 (3).
George, C. (2003). The Internet's Political Impact and
the Penetration/Participation Paradox in Malaysia and
Singapore. Asia Research Institute Working Papers Series
14.
George, C. (2003). The Internet and the Narrow-Tailoring
Dilemma for Asian Democracies. Communication Review 6
(3).
George, C. (2002). Singapore: Media at the Mainstream
and the Margins, in Russell Heng (Ed.), Media Fortunes,
Changing Times: ASEAN States in Transition. Singapore:
Institute of South East Asian Studies.
Tay, S.S.C. & C. George (1996). Asian Media and Elections:
Frameworks in Human Rights and Media Systems. Asian Journal
of Communication 6 (2). |
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