2013
DOI: 10.22492/ijmcf.1.1.05
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Looking Back at Malaysia’s GE2008: An Internet Election and Its Democratic Aftermath

Abstract: Prior to 2008, alternative news sources were already established and exerted influence on the political process.

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“…Activists, non-governmental organizations, and grassroots organizers may be able to leverage alternative media outlets especially in young and growing democracies like Malaysia. More generally, our findings suggest that even though mainstream media may advance a biased view of social change efforts in favor of the ruling government, such media control may not always be effective in maintaining a regime's grip on power, especially when competing perspectives are presented on alternative media (Chinnasamy and Griffiths, 2013). As Malaysians broadly consumed both mainstream and alternative media outlets regardless of political leanings (see Nain, 2018), in the long term, it is possible that alternative media consumption may narrow the gap between government supporters and dissenters in terms of their openness to social change.…”
Section: Applied and Practical Contributionsmentioning
confidence: 75%
“…Activists, non-governmental organizations, and grassroots organizers may be able to leverage alternative media outlets especially in young and growing democracies like Malaysia. More generally, our findings suggest that even though mainstream media may advance a biased view of social change efforts in favor of the ruling government, such media control may not always be effective in maintaining a regime's grip on power, especially when competing perspectives are presented on alternative media (Chinnasamy and Griffiths, 2013). As Malaysians broadly consumed both mainstream and alternative media outlets regardless of political leanings (see Nain, 2018), in the long term, it is possible that alternative media consumption may narrow the gap between government supporters and dissenters in terms of their openness to social change.…”
Section: Applied and Practical Contributionsmentioning
confidence: 75%
“…Indeed much of the work on the development of the Internet in has focused on this "paradox" between a liberating technology and an authoritarian state. Cherian George (2006), Meredith Weiss (2012), Sara Chinnasamy andMary Griffiths (2013), John Postill (2014), Tan and Ibrahim (2008) and others have examined the political impact of the development of the Internet and other information and communications technologies in Malaysia, particularly their impact on political discourse, elections, and democratization. There is general agreement that relatively uncontrolled and uncensored domains of cyberspace (especially online media and new media) have triggered shifts in political discourse in Malaysia.…”
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confidence: 99%