Straits Times, yes. But, what is clearly shown is that whenever
a crisis, it is a good chance to frighten / threat voters that say:
"See, now crisis liao. Only me (PAP) can successfully bring the
tide over ....." which translates to superb performance.
All just PAP propaganda.
Entire state media is all PAP propaganda.
Everything in TV, print, radio - all is controlled and
manipulated by PAP to control society. To turn a human being into a
robotic depoliticised person that will accept PAP autocratic
rule.
To accept a prison as a home.
This book explores this inherent contradiction present in most
facets of Singaporean media, cultural and political discourses, and
identifies the key regulatory strategies and technologies that the
ruling People Action Party (PAP) employs to
regulate Singapore media and culture, and thus govern the thoughts
and conduct of Singaporeans.
It establishes the conceptual links between government and the
practice of cultural policy, arguing that contemporary
cultural policy in Singapore has been designed to
shape citizens into accepting and participating in the rationales
of government. Outlining the historical
development of cultural policy, including the recent expansion of
cultural regulatory and administrative practices into the ‘creative
industries’, Terence Lee analyzes the attempts by the Singaporean
authorities to engage with civil society, the
ways in which the media is used to market the PAP’s policies and
leadership and the implications of the internet for the practice of
governmental control.
Overall, The Media, Cultural Control and Government in
Singapore offers an original approach towards the
rethinking of the relationship between media, culture and politics
in Singapore, demonstrating that the many
contradictory discourses around Singapore only make sense once the
politics and government of the media and culture are
understood.
http://www.amazon.com/Cultural-Control-Government-Singapore-Culture/dp/0415413303/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1286700063&sr=1-1
http://www.amazon.com/Political-Economy-Control-Singapore-Anthonys/dp/0312158653/ref=sr_1_27?ie=UTF8&qid=1286699979&sr=8-27
http://www.amazon.com/Political-Theory-Tyranny-Singapore-ebook/dp/B000OYEZ4Y/ref=sr_1_32?ie=UTF8&qid=1286699979&sr=8-32
