Media regulation in Singapore : empirical study of the instruments of media policy and its efficiency with regard to the attainment of political objectives

• Main Author: Carsten, Gäbel
• Other Authors: Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information
• Format: Theses and Dissertations
• Language: Other
• Published: 2010
• Subjects: DRNTU::Social sciences::Mass media::Media law, ethics and policy
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/41146
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Singapore's government justifies the regulation and control of the media by drawing on the “Developmental Concept”, a variation of authoritarian media theory that delineates the role of the media in developing countries. Singapore's government regards the city-state to be a country which i...