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Record Nr.

UNINA9910791127903321

Autore

Lee Terence <1972-, >

Titolo

The media, cultural control, and government in Singapore / / Terence Lee

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2010

ISBN

1-136-97856-9

1-136-97857-7

1-282-62971-9

9786612629716

0-203-85271-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (209 p.)

Collana

Routledge media, culture and social change in Asia ; ; 20

Disciplina

302.23095957

Soggetti

Mass media - Singapore

Mass media policy - Singapore

Singapore Cultural policy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; 1 Amediated introduction: Culture and government in Singapore; 2 Governmentality and culture; 3 Cultural control, policy and creativity; 4 Gestural politics: Governing civil society; 5 The Internet, surveillance and technological auto-regulation; 6 Media governmentality; 7 Conclusion: Governing contradictions consistently; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This book explores this inherent contradiction present in most facets of Singaporean media, cultural and political discourses, and identifies the key regulatory strategies and technologies that the ruling People Action Party (PAP) employs to regulate Singapore media and culture, and thus govern the thoughts and conduct of Singaporeans.It establishes the conceptual links between government and the practice of cultural policy, arguing that contemporary cultural policy in Singapore has been designed to shape citizens into accepting and participating in the rationales of government. Outl