Internet Politics and State Media Control
Candidate Weblogs in Malaysia
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2482375 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Rachel Gong (Stanford University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2011 |
| Volume | 54 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 307-328 |
| Publication date | 2011-09-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Sociological Perspectives (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0731-1214 • E-ISSN: 1533-8673 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1525/sop.2011.54.3.307 |
| OpenAlex | W2059565888 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 11 |
| References cited | 19 |
This article underscores the importance of online research in illuminating the social processes underlying Internet effects on politics. It is an empirical study of the effect of blogs on the 2008 general election in Malaysia. Using the population of electoral candidates in the 2008 general election (N = 471), the author estimates a logistic model predicting the effects of having a blog on winning a Parliamentary seat. The results show that opposition candidates benefit significantly more from having a blog than do non-opposition candidates, as blogging provides opportunities denied to them by Malaysia's state-controlled media. Bloggers are more than seven times as likely to win an election compared to non-bloggers, controlling for incumbency, party membership, and race. In addition to being an alternative avenue of information distribution, blogs' potential for building interpersonal relationships and their role as mobilization tools in media-controlling states are discussed using qualitative examples
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Seditious Spaces
Parsing the Power of "New Media" in Malaysia
Association of online political participation with social media usage, perceived information quality, political interest and political knowledge among Malaysian youth
Negotiating Media ‘Balance’ in Malaysia's 2013 General Election
Strategic Censorship in a Hybrid Authoritarian Regime? Differential Bias in Malaysia's Online and Print Media
Online Media and Political Participation
Sexy Media Dissidents
Media and Power in Southeast Asia
A Critical History of Internet Activism and Social Protest in Malaysia, 1998-2011
Google Trends of political parties in Europe
The Media Freedom Movement in Malaysia and the Electoral Authoritarian Regime
Cyberactivism
Communities in Cyberspace
Zero Comments
Tune in, Log on
Blogging and Hyperlinking
Weblogs, traditional sources online and political participation
Protest and Possibilities
Cross-ideological discussions among conservative and liberal bloggers
Election Outcomes
The Study of Information Technology and Civic Engagement
Bringing home the votes
Strengthening ethnic identity consciousness and the role of tactical voting in multi-racial Malaysia
Smart mobs
Sociability, Interpersonal Relations, and the Internet
Class, politics and race in modern Malaysia
A Statistical Model for Multiparty Electoral Data
The Social Calculus of Voting
Social Implications of the Internet
| Citations per year | 0.85 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2013 - 2024 (12) |
| Highly cited | No |