This book explores these issues with reference to Malaysia and Singapore. It analyses how journalists monitor governments and cover elections, discussing what difference journalism makes; it examines citizen journalism, and the constraints on it, often self-imposed constraints; and it assesses how governments control the media, including outlining the development and current application of legal restrictions.

Andrew T. Kenyon is Professor of Law at the University of Melbourne, Australia.

Tim Majoribanks is Professor in the La Trobe Business School at La Trobe University, Australia.

Amanda Whiting is Associate Director of the Asian Law Centre at the University of Melbourne, Australia.

Introduction: Making Spaces for Speech 1. Media Governmentality in Singapore 2. Why Singapore Journalists don't Press for Legal Reform 3. Malaysiakini's Citizen Journalists: Navigating Local and National Identities Online 4. Seeking Democracy in Malaysia: New Media, Traditional Media and the State 5. Defaming Politicians, Scandalising the Courts: A Look at Recent Developments in Singapore 6. Media Professionals' Perceptions of Defamation and other Constraints upon News Reporting in Malaysia and Singapore 7. Moulding a 'Rational' Electoral Contest Regime Singapore-Style 8. New Media and General Elections: Online Citizen Journalism in Malaysia and Singapore