Media Research and Political Communication in Singapore

Abstract

In this chapter on Singapore’s authoritarian control of the media, Terence Lee and Lars Willnat seek to identify the tactics and strategies employed by the Singapore government to manage the media’s ability to engage in political communication. They provide a summary of recent research on political communication research in Singapore and consider why there is a perpetual dearth of critical studies on this subject. The chapter then looks at the mechanisms of media control in Singapore, beginning with traditional media and followed by digital media control