Ex-NMP Siew Kum Hong upbeat about new media's role in politics
Bhavan Jaipragas
Former Nominated Member of Parliament Siew Kum Hong painted an optimistic picture for the future of the local new media sphere in a discussion held in Nanyang Technological University (NTU) last Thursday. Siew opined that socio-political websites such as The Online Citizen and Temasek Review had the potential to directly challenge their mainstream counterparts. He said this could be done if the websites invested in producing more original content, instead of remaining purely reactionary. Full Story






