Fake news and elections in southeast Asia : impact on democracy and human rights /

This book offers a regional analysis of the impact of fake news, misinformation, malinformation and disinformation, on electoral democracy and freedom of expression in southeast Asia, which has taken place in the midst of a global health pandemic. The book maps the impact of social media and the int...

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Other Authors: Ramcharan, Robin (Editor), Gomez, James (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London ; New York : Routledge, [2023].
Series:Routledge contemporary southeast Asia series.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Fake News and Elections in Southeast Asia / James Gomez and Robin Ramcharan
  • Shaping the Fake News Discourse: Laws, Electoral Arenas and The Emergence of Truth as a Public Interest / Lasse Schudlt
  • Fake News in Cambodia: A Pretext for Preventive Political Repression / Marc Pinol Rovira
  • Fake News and Violence Against Women in Indonesia's Elections / Nukila Evanty and Fenny Yunita
  • Najib Tun Razak, 1mdb, Social Media, and the Fall of Barisan Nasional in the 14th General Election / Azeem Fazwan Farouk and Azrina Husin
  • Fake In The Mainstream: The Media, The Military And Myanmar's Elections / Kenneth Houston
  • Fake News and Elections in Myanmar / Hunter Marston
  • Fake News and State Violence: How Duterte Hijacked the Election and Democracy in The Philippines / Wataru Kusaka
  • Singapore's Anti-Fake News Law: Grabbing the Election by Using Falsehoods to Discredit the Opposition / Roy Yi Ling Ngerng
  • Thailand's 2019 General Election: Anti-Fake News Practices and the Securitisation of Media Spaces / Wasin Punthong and Attasit Pankaew
  • Political Criticism as Fake News: How Brunei, Laos and Vietnam Suppress Democracy / James Gomez and Yawee Butrkrawee
  • Conclusion
  • The Future of Democratic Elections in Southeast Asia / James Gomez and Robin Ramcharan.