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January 2006
Contentious Journalism & the Internet: Towards Democratic Discourse in Malaysia & Singapore



17/03/2005
Ordering Chaos: Regulating the Internet

SIRC Associates in the Media

27 December 2005 SIRC Associate Marko Skoric and Nikki Draper were interviewed by Radio Singapore International (RSI) on the impact and implications of media and technological convergence.

09 December 2005 SIRC Associate Benjamin Detenber was interviewed by the STI Podcaster on whether the local and foreign media had hyped up the news on the execution of Nguyen Tuong Van, the first Australian to be hanged for drug trafficking in Singapore. Click here to listen to the interview.

05 December 2005 BLOGJAM: On Monday, December 5, at noon US Pacific time, SIRC Director Ang Peng Hwa participated in a live online discussion, along with Perry De Havilland of Samizdata, Franklin Cudjoe of Imani Ghana and new media guru Dan Gillmor. Moderated by US News & World Report's Michael Barone. You can see the discussion here.

04 December 2005 SIRC Executive Director Randolph Kluver and SIRC Associate Mark Cenite commented on the blogging landscape of Singapore to the Electric New Paper. You may read their comments here.

07 November 2005 SIRC Associates, Lee Waipeng, Shahiraa Shahul Hameed, and Trevor Tan had their article entitled, "Polychronicity, the Internet, and the Mass Media: A Singapore Study" published in the special issue (Volume 11 Issue 1, October 2005) of the Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication.

18 October 2005 SIRC Director, Randolph Kluver and SIRC Associate, Mark Cenitie commented in Digital Life on erotic blogs that are fast gaining popularity in the local blogging scene.

16 October 2005 SIRC Associate Mark Cenite was interviewed on News Radio 93.8FM on the legal implications of bloggers in Singapore and whether there's a need to set up a code of ethics for bloggers.

14 October 2005 SIRC Director Ang Peng Hwa shared his views and thoughts about racism in an article entitled, " Social Disapproval Better Way to Deal with Racist Remarks that was published in The Straits Times.

10 October 2005 SIRC Director, Ang Peng Hwa was cited in The Straits Times article entitled, " Blogs: Please Tread Cautiously".

24 September 2005
SIRC Associate Mark Cenite was interviewed by The Straits Times on the government's action against three people who posted racist comments on the Internet.

15 September 2005
SIRC Executive Director Randolph Kluver was interviewed by The Straits Times on possible government's restrictions on the gaming scene in Singapore.

15 September 2005
SIRC Executive Director Randolph Kluver was interviewed by Channel News Asia on the media coverage of Hurricane Katrina, one of America's worst natural disasters.

03 September 2005
The Straits Times published an article written by SIRC professor Eddie Kuo, entitled, "Life in a Digital Age: See Dis-believing".

18 August 2005
A study conducted by SIRC Associate Marko Skoric and Dmitri Williams from the University of Illinois on the video gaming and its impact on society was cited in the Washington Post

06 August 2005
A study conducted by SIRC Associate Marko Skoric and Dmitri Williams from the University of Illinois on the video gaming and its impact on society was cited in the Economist.

02 August 2005
SIRC Executive Director Randolph Kluver was interviewed by RS1 English Radio on the reasons behind the increase in the popularity of video blogging.

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This page is last updated in March 2006
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For information, contact the individual faculty members or the executive director at sirc@ntu.edu.sg.


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