QotW8: Democracy & Internet & Blog
About ‘Singapore Politics’
Title: Singapore Politics
URL: http://singaporegovt.blogspot.com
Owner: Thrasymachus
Occupation: Citizen Blogger
Blog’s Date of Birth: June 27, 2005
Technorati Rank: 139, 300 (58 links from 31 blogs)
This is one blog that many of my friends have used for this assignment. Maybe perhaps because when you search for “politics” together with “blog” in Yahoo! Search, you will find this blog returned as the first few results of your search. Perhaps, the Technorati Rank for this Singapore Politics blog will increase dramatically.
This blogger, Thrasymachus, took a very neutral view about the politics in Singapore. It gives me the feeling that this blog could tell me more about the political scene in Singapore, instead of discrediting or bad mouthing. This blogger acts like a commentator about the political scene in Singapore, having views on their career and political life. This blog is very interesting. I wonder how much time this blogger has took to research and analyze about what ever that is in Singapore political scene.
Democracy & Internet & Blog
“The government will continue to set political agendas and rules of engagement in the face of the new media, and will not be dictated by online petitions or polls,” said Dr Vivian Balakrisnan at the Foreign Correspondents Association lunch on the government’s approach to the new media (Majid, 2007).
Now, the government wants to control our freedom of speech in the cyberspace. The Second Minister for Information, Communications and the Arts added that the government would not hesitate to prosecute those who post seditious or racially offensive content in cyberspace.
How is democracy’s going to be achieved when every part of our life is controlled by our government? We have to watch what we say or else, we will be prosecuted. But sometimes, things work in the way as in the more you do not wish to comment about some things, the more you will experience the certain matter appearing in front of you. Giving you the adrenaline and the guts to voice out your opinion, especially now, you could simply achieve that by switching on your computer, logging on to blogger and start rattling on what you have to say.
The role of traditional media, such as television, magazines and newspapers, in modern democracy is increasingly problematic, and serious questions have arisen about its capacity as a site for political criticism or rational debate (Thornton, 2002). Then, how about the new media, such as the Internet and its blog? Modern democracy would be much more problematic than the traditional one and more serious questions, criticism would arise, given the easy accessibility of the Internet.
One view that I personally agree with Dr Vivian Balakrishnan is what he has to say about the present amount of offensive and untrue material in cyberspace, that there is no need, nor it is practical, to pursue each and every transgression (Majid, 2007). In fact, there are way too many comments about that. But how is the government going to filter and pursue what the government deems as racially offensive or seditious. From what I know, there are way too many videos and clips made about racism. How is the government stopping that?
In conclusion, democracy in the internet is definitely something that is really hard to achieve, nevertheless, blogs. A blog is like a personal diary. It holds comments about our true self and our views on our life. Sometimes, it is just not that people like to raise racism comments, it is just about the way people are.
Reference
Majid, H.A. (2007, March 22). Government sets rules of engagement in face of new media. Channel NewsAsia. Retrieved March 24, 2007 from http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/265682/1/.html
Thornton, A. (2002, October). Does Internet Create Democracy. Retrieved March 23, 2007 from http://www.zip.com.au/%7Eathornto/thesis_2002_alinta_thornton.doc
Title: Singapore Politics
URL: http://singaporegovt.blogspot.com
Owner: Thrasymachus
Occupation: Citizen Blogger
Blog’s Date of Birth: June 27, 2005
Technorati Rank: 139, 300 (58 links from 31 blogs)
This is one blog that many of my friends have used for this assignment. Maybe perhaps because when you search for “politics” together with “blog” in Yahoo! Search, you will find this blog returned as the first few results of your search. Perhaps, the Technorati Rank for this Singapore Politics blog will increase dramatically.
This blogger, Thrasymachus, took a very neutral view about the politics in Singapore. It gives me the feeling that this blog could tell me more about the political scene in Singapore, instead of discrediting or bad mouthing. This blogger acts like a commentator about the political scene in Singapore, having views on their career and political life. This blog is very interesting. I wonder how much time this blogger has took to research and analyze about what ever that is in Singapore political scene.
Democracy & Internet & Blog
“The government will continue to set political agendas and rules of engagement in the face of the new media, and will not be dictated by online petitions or polls,” said Dr Vivian Balakrisnan at the Foreign Correspondents Association lunch on the government’s approach to the new media (Majid, 2007).
Now, the government wants to control our freedom of speech in the cyberspace. The Second Minister for Information, Communications and the Arts added that the government would not hesitate to prosecute those who post seditious or racially offensive content in cyberspace.
How is democracy’s going to be achieved when every part of our life is controlled by our government? We have to watch what we say or else, we will be prosecuted. But sometimes, things work in the way as in the more you do not wish to comment about some things, the more you will experience the certain matter appearing in front of you. Giving you the adrenaline and the guts to voice out your opinion, especially now, you could simply achieve that by switching on your computer, logging on to blogger and start rattling on what you have to say.
The role of traditional media, such as television, magazines and newspapers, in modern democracy is increasingly problematic, and serious questions have arisen about its capacity as a site for political criticism or rational debate (Thornton, 2002). Then, how about the new media, such as the Internet and its blog? Modern democracy would be much more problematic than the traditional one and more serious questions, criticism would arise, given the easy accessibility of the Internet.
One view that I personally agree with Dr Vivian Balakrishnan is what he has to say about the present amount of offensive and untrue material in cyberspace, that there is no need, nor it is practical, to pursue each and every transgression (Majid, 2007). In fact, there are way too many comments about that. But how is the government going to filter and pursue what the government deems as racially offensive or seditious. From what I know, there are way too many videos and clips made about racism. How is the government stopping that?
In conclusion, democracy in the internet is definitely something that is really hard to achieve, nevertheless, blogs. A blog is like a personal diary. It holds comments about our true self and our views on our life. Sometimes, it is just not that people like to raise racism comments, it is just about the way people are.
Reference
Majid, H.A. (2007, March 22). Government sets rules of engagement in face of new media. Channel NewsAsia. Retrieved March 24, 2007 from http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/265682/1/.html
Thornton, A. (2002, October). Does Internet Create Democracy. Retrieved March 23, 2007 from http://www.zip.com.au/%7Eathornto/thesis_2002_alinta_thornton.doc
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