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Alternative Media Bridging the Digital Divide in Malaysia: Case Study of Sarawakreport.org

Alternative Media Bridging the Digital Divide in Malaysia: Case Study of Sarawakreport.org

Kevin Fernandez, Sivamurugan Pandian, Mohamad Zaini Abu Bakar
Copyright: © 2014 |Pages: 13
ISBN13: 9781466660663|ISBN10: 146666066X|EISBN13: 9781466660670
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-6066-3.ch010
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Fernandez, Kevin, et al. "Alternative Media Bridging the Digital Divide in Malaysia: Case Study of Sarawakreport.org." Handbook of Research on Political Activism in the Information Age, edited by Ashu M. G. Solo, IGI Global, 2014, pp. 166-178. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-6066-3.ch010

APA

Fernandez, K., Pandian, S., & Abu Bakar, M. Z. (2014). Alternative Media Bridging the Digital Divide in Malaysia: Case Study of Sarawakreport.org. In A. Solo (Ed.), Handbook of Research on Political Activism in the Information Age (pp. 166-178). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-6066-3.ch010

Chicago

Fernandez, Kevin, Sivamurugan Pandian, and Mohamad Zaini Abu Bakar. "Alternative Media Bridging the Digital Divide in Malaysia: Case Study of Sarawakreport.org." In Handbook of Research on Political Activism in the Information Age, edited by Ashu M. G. Solo, 166-178. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2014. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-6066-3.ch010

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Abstract

This chapter analyzes the burgeoning role of new media in the Malaysian political sphere. The chapter descriptively analyzes the role of Sarawakreport.org, a blog formed by the former Prime Minister of the UK's (Gordon Brown's) sister in-law, Clare Rewcastle Brown, in an endeavor to challenge the Chief Minister of Sarawak in his incumbency. The government used its economical, coercive, and political power to repress the symbolic power of the new media, which transgresses boundaries, space, and time. This chapter concludes that the BN (Barisan Nasional) won its two-thirds majority legitimizing its control over Sarawak, but its loss of popular votes suggests the symbolic power is of concern for the ruling regime and legitimizing its rule seems to be a serious problem.

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