Communication Policy in Asia

Limited Democracy and the Public Sphere

Bibliographic Data

ID5904367
AuthorsDavid Birch (0000-0001-9233-9420, corresponding author)
Year1998
Volume86
Issue1
Pages87-102
Publication date1998-02-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueMedia International Australia (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1329-878X • E-ISSN: 2200-467X
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/1329878x9808600110
OpenAlexW2528198602
LanguageEN
Citations received6
References cited19

Communication policy in Asia has been, and is likely to remain, a highly exclusive, non-participatory, localised means of expressing and maintaining power and control. If it defines democracy, it defines a very different and limited one compared to the ideal envisioned, for example, by Habermas. This paper explores some of the issues involved, particularly with respect to communication policy studies in Asia, and argues for an approach to the development of communication studies and theory which is prepared to engage with the political and economic rather than just with the technical and social as is still the case with so many 'mass communication' approaches

Citizen journalism · Communication studies · Democracy · Ideal (ethics) · Political communication · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Power (physics) · Public policy · Public relations · Public sphere · Social science · Sociology · Cultural Industries and Urban Development · Globalization and Cultural Identity · Law · Media Studies and Communication

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