Losing Control
Freedom of the Press in Asia
Edited by: Louise Williams, Roland RichPlease read Conditions of use before downloading the formats.
Description
‘A free press is not a luxury. A free press is at the absolute core of equitable development’ according to World Bank President James Wolfensohn. A free press is also the key to transparency and good governance and is an indispensable feature of a democracy. So how does Asia rate? In Losing Control, leading journalists analyse the state of play in all the countries of North Asia and Southeast Asia. From the herd journalism of Japan to the Stalinist system of North Korea, Losing Control provides an inside look at journalism and freedom of the press in each country. One conclusion—a combination of new technology and greater democracy is breaking the shackles that once constrained the press in Asia.
‘Brings together Asia’s best and brightest observers of the press.’
Hamish McDonald, Foreign Editor, The Sydney Morning Herald
‘A rare insiders’ view exposing the real dynamics behind social and political change in Asia.’
Evan Williams, Foreign Correspondent, ABC TV
‘A timely and necessary contribution to the debate over the quality of freedom in Asia.’
Geoffrey Barker, The Australian Financial Review
Details
- ISBN (print):
- 9781925021431
- ISBN (online):
- 9781925021448
- Publication date:
- Jan 2014
- Note:
- First published by Asia Pacific Press
- Imprint:
- ANU Press
- DOI:
- http://doi.org/10.22459/LCFPA.01.2014
- Disciplines:
- Social Sciences: Other, Politics & International Studies
- Countries:
- East Asia: China, Hong Kong, Japan, North Korea, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan; Southeast Asia: Brunei, Burma/Myanmar, Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam
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- Preliminary pages (PDF, 383KB)
- Contributors (PDF, 204KB)
- Preface – Press freedom in Asia: an uneven terrain (PDF, 279KB) – Amanda Doronila doi
- Censors – At work, censors out of work (PDF, 752KB) – Louise Williams doi
- Brunei, Burma, Cambodia, Laos, Mongolia – A few rays of light (PDF, 1.1MB) – Roland Rich doi
- China – State power versus the Internet (PDF, 1.1MB) – Willy Wo-Lap Lam doi
- Hong Kong – A handover of freedom (PDF, 796KB) – Chris Yeung doi
- Indonesia – Dancing in the dark (PDF, 1.0MB) – Andreas Harsono doi
- Japan – The warmth of the herd (PDF, 1.1MB) – Walter Hamilton doi
- Malaysia – In the grip of the government (PDF, 1.2MB) – Kean Wong doi
- North Korea – A black chapter (PDF, 430KB) – Krzysztof Darewicz doi
- Philippines – Free as a mocking bird (PDF, 1.1MB) – Sheila S. Coronel doi
- Singapore – Information lockdown, business as usual (PDF, 1.1MB) – Garry Rodan doi
- South Korea – Fear is a hard habit to break (PDF, 956KB) – Roger du Mars doi
- Taiwan – All politics, no privacy (PDF, 530KB) – Ma-Li Yang and Dennis Engbarth doi
- Thailand – A troubled path to a hopeful future (PDF, 1.1MB) – Kavi Chongkittavorn doi
- Vietnam – Propaganda is not a dirty word (PDF, 1.0MB) – Peter Mares doi
- Abbreviations (PDF, 116KB)
- References (PDF, 602KB)
- Index (PDF, 303KB)
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