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Social Media and Politics

by Philip Behnke

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The book shows the role social networking plays in the political communication in Asia. In 13 chapters it describes how various online social communities and networks such as Twitter, Facebook and blogs, are being used as tools in general political communication in Asian countries – both in an active and passive way.

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Chapter 1:

Facebook and Twitter — Democratising participation in the Philippines

by Justine Espina-Letargo

Chapter 2:

Thaksin’s Twitter revolution — How the Red Shirts protests increase the use of social media in Thailand

by Alastair Carthew

Chapter 3:

India unwired — Why new media is not (yet) the message for political communication

by Anisha Bhaduri

Chapter 4:

Social networking in Cambodia in early stages

by Ky Soklim

Chapter 5:

The power of the blog in Vietnam

by Stephen Quinn

Chapter 6:

Hip or hype? Twitter and Australia’s 2010 federal election

by Stephen Quinn

Chapter 7:

From citizens to netizens — Social media and politics in Malaysia

by PA Fama and CM Tam

Chapter 8:

Social websites’ political benefits still far-off in Pakistan

by Taseer Dhuddi

Chapter 9:

The Internet has long arrived in Indonesia

by Max Lane

Chapter 10:

Microblogs in China — Micro-changing a society

by Zhai Zheng

Chapter 11:

Social outlet Twitter and its political impact in South Korea

by Ji-hyun Cho

Chapter 12:

Japan — The chattering nation

by Martin Kölling

Chapter 13:

Singapore, Politics, Freedom & New Media: A Personal Reflection

by Kirpal Singh


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