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Ex-NMP Siew Kum Hong upbeat about new media's role in politics

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Bhavan Jaipragas

February 5th, 2010

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

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Why social media is the next big thing

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The Business Times

January 26th, 2010

In a Nanyang Business School-Business Times roundtable discussion, information technology professors examine the rapid spread of social media and its implication for businesses, and try to find out if it is the next big thing. Full Story

Great Leap Backwards: National Library puts newspaper archives online

January 15th, 2010

Thanks to the National Library, the internet now gives you access to Singapore newspapers dating back to the early 19th century. The library's NewspaperSG service will make it dramatically easier to do historical research. Full Story

Singapore still lacks a functioning public sphere, says researcher

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Bhavan Jaipragas

January 13th, 2010

IPS researcher Tan Tarn How said that the AWARE saga showed that there is an unformed public sphere in Singapore – "a space where people can come together to talk about issues which are relevant to them in order to have an influence on government policy". Neither mainstream nor online media have been able to fulfill this role, he said. (Video included.) Full Story

Papers can't resist unverified Tiger Woods gossip from dubious sources

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Bhavan Jaipragas

December 18th, 2009

Under pressure to keep up with 24/7 news, Singapore's mainstream media have not been able to resist running Tiger Woods stories quoting the likes of the National Enquirer and TMZ.com – sources that are infamous for not caring about facts. Full Story

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