Tensions between the Government and the governed in exercising communications rights in Malaysia: The case of online speech

As citizen of the emerging global order, Malaysian – be it the government or the governed – has embraced information communication technology. The government embarks in ambitious project of the Multimedia Super Corridor (MSC) which helps to propel broadband penetration among Malaysian to 56 percent....

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Main Author:	Shuaib, Farid Sufian
Format:	Conference or Workshop Item
Language:	English English English
Published:	2011
Subjects:	H61.8 Communication of information H96 Public policy (General), Policy sciences K Law (General)
Online Access:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/17045/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/17045/1/Farid_Tensions_between_the_Government_and_the_Governed_July2011.pdf http://irep.iium.edu.my/17045/8/IAMCR_Istanbul_Programme.pdf http://irep.iium.edu.my/17045/9/IAMCR_InvitationLetter-Farid_Sufian_Shuaib.pdf

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spelling	iium-170452013-07-02T02:47:31Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/17045/ Tensions between the Government and the governed in exercising communications rights in Malaysia: The case of online speech Shuaib, Farid Sufian H61.8 Communication of information H96 Public policy (General), Policy sciences K Law (General) As citizen of the emerging global order, Malaysian – be it the government or the governed – has embraced information communication technology. The government embarks in ambitious project of the Multimedia Super Corridor (MSC) which helps to propel broadband penetration among Malaysian to 56 percent. In ensuring adoption among Malaysian and supports of international industrial players, the government had given the guarantee that there is no censorship in the internet. However, security and public order imperative had compelled the government to reign over internet users for postings and activities the government considered to be detrimental to security and public order such as posting that may incite racial hatred. For the net citizens, such steps amounting to the government reneging on their guarantee of no censorship particularly on political communication. This paper looks at limitations on rights for Malaysian to be involved in the online global communication and criticisms against the limitations. The paper then looks at the need of the net citizens to also consider their duties and ethics in communicating online as a middle path between rights to political communications and duties to communicate responsibly. 2011 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/17045/1/Farid_Tensions_between_the_Government_and_the_Governed_July2011.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/17045/8/IAMCR_Istanbul_Programme.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/17045/9/IAMCR_InvitationLetter-Farid_Sufian_Shuaib.pdf Shuaib, Farid Sufian (2011) Tensions between the Government and the governed in exercising communications rights in Malaysia: The case of online speech. In: Conference of the International Association of Media and Communication Research (IAMCR 2011): Cities, Connectivity and Creativity, 13-17 July 2011, Kadir Has University, Istanbul, Turkey. (Unpublished)
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description	As citizen of the emerging global order, Malaysian – be it the government or the governed – has embraced information communication technology. The government embarks in ambitious project of the Multimedia Super Corridor (MSC) which helps to propel broadband penetration among Malaysian to 56 percent. In ensuring adoption among Malaysian and supports of international industrial players, the government had given the guarantee that there is no censorship in the internet. However, security and public order imperative had compelled the government to reign over internet users for postings and activities the government considered to be detrimental to security and public order such as posting that may incite racial hatred. For the net citizens, such steps amounting to the government reneging on their guarantee of no censorship particularly on political communication. This paper looks at limitations on rights for Malaysian to be involved in the online global communication and criticisms against the limitations. The paper then looks at the need of the net citizens to also consider their duties and ethics in communicating online as a middle path between rights to political communications and duties to communicate responsibly.
format	Conference or Workshop Item
author	Shuaib, Farid Sufian
author_facet	Shuaib, Farid Sufian
author_sort	Shuaib, Farid Sufian
title	Tensions between the Government and the governed in exercising communications rights in Malaysia: The case of online speech
title_short	Tensions between the Government and the governed in exercising communications rights in Malaysia: The case of online speech
title_full	Tensions between the Government and the governed in exercising communications rights in Malaysia: The case of online speech
title_fullStr	Tensions between the Government and the governed in exercising communications rights in Malaysia: The case of online speech
title_full_unstemmed	Tensions between the Government and the governed in exercising communications rights in Malaysia: The case of online speech
title_sort	tensions between the government and the governed in exercising communications rights in malaysia: the case of online speech
publishDate	2011
url	http://irep.iium.edu.my/17045/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/17045/1/Farid_Tensions_between_the_Government_and_the_Governed_July2011.pdf http://irep.iium.edu.my/17045/8/IAMCR_Istanbul_Programme.pdf http://irep.iium.edu.my/17045/9/IAMCR_InvitationLetter-Farid_Sufian_Shuaib.pdf
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