The Networked Electorate: The Internet and the Quiet Democratic Revolution in Malaysia and Singapore

• Main Author: TANG, Hang Wu
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2009
• Subjects: internet; law; singapore; malaysia; e-Democracy; free speech; networked electorate; powerful echo chambers; Asian Studies; Election Law; Internet Law
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sol_research/1629; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/sol_research/article/3581/viewcontent/P_ID_53205_NetworkedElecorate.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

This paper is intended to be a contribution to the literature on claims of the democratising effect of the Internet. The paper begins by setting out the arguments and also critiques of claims of the democratising power of the Internet. In order to test the validity of these arguments, the author wil...