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

• Autore: Lee Terence <1972-, >
• Pubblicazione: Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2010
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (209 p.)
• Disciplina: 302.23095957
• Soggetto topico: Mass media - Singapore; Mass media policy - Singapore
• Soggetto geografico: Singapore Cultural policy
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: The media, cultural control, and government in Singapore
• ISBN: 1-136-97856-9; 1-136-97857-7; 1-282-62971-9; 9786612629716; 0-203-85271-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910458176603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Media, culture, and social change in Asia series ; ; 20.