The Newsletter 89 Summer 2021

News from Southeast Asia

Su-Ann Oh

Social media, activist movements, and state power in Southeast Asia

Regional editor Su-Ann Oh presents four articles of members of the Media, Technology and Society Programme at ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute, which address the question: how is the formal sphere of politics being shaped by social media and activist groups in Southeast Asia?

Social media, activist movements, and state power in Southeast Asia
Introduction by Su-Ann OH
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How Vietnam’s Online Censorship Revolves Around Crackdown on Anti-State Content
By Dien Nguyen An Luong
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Digital Media: An Emerging Barometer of Public Opinion in Malaysia 
By Pauline Pooi Yin Leong
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Digital Youth and Rhizomatic Protest Movements
By Yatun Sastramidjaja
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The Milk Tea Alliance and China’s Soft Power Problem in Southeast Asia
By Quinton Temby
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