The past decade has seen a major structural shift in broadcasting in Southeast Asia, with the development of digital satellite and cable broadcasting - often involving major international media corporations, such as the BBC, Ted Tuner's Tuner Broadcasting and Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation. This shift has impacted upon some of the most information-sensitive governments in the world: Singapore, Malaysia and, until recently, Indonesia. The Politics of Southeast Asia's New Media traces the development in five countries, showing that there has not been, contrary to expectations, a collapse of state control or an erosion of national borders as a result of the globalization of news and information. Instead, state control continues in new, more subtle forms. A new commercial elite, Southeast Asia's own mini-moguls, act as gatekeepers for state interests, as partners to global media companies. The challenge to authoritarian regimes anticipated by modern theorists is not materializing. This book offers a comprehensive account of the political economy of Southeast Asia's media industries. It will prove to be a valuable tool for company executives, policy-makers, media organisations and scholars wishing to gain an understanding of the relationships between media policy, economic development and democracy in the new media environment.
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