Presentation slides

Hey guys,

Here are the slides of our presentation:

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Thanks to Aili for sending us the final copy!

Cheers,
Andre

Laura's reference

hey guys, i've sent my reference to your email. I tried to post it here, but i dont know why the system just automatically delete all the website links. my office has some trouble recently. sorry about that!

Andre's References

Hi everyone,


Here are the references for the material I used in the actual presentation:


Banyan 2011, 'A win-win election?', The Economist, 8 May, accessed 20 May 2011,<http://www.economist.com/blogs/banyan/2011/05/singapores_election>.

Ming, MST 2009, 'The 3 tiers of censorship in Singapore', sgBlogs, weblog post, 5 November, accessed 20 May 2011, <http://sgblogs.com/entry/tiers-censorship-singapore/366849>.

Tribal DD & Brandtology 2011, 'It's Party Time!', accessed 20 May 2011, <http://sgpartyti.me/>.

Best of luck for your assignments!

Andre

Synge's References

Hi guys,

Here's my references for the presentation.  They are the ones which have been actually mentioned in the presentation.

Banerjee, I 2004, ‘Cyber democracy in Asia: issues, challenges and prospects’ in Asian cyberactivism: freedom of expression & media censorship, Bangkok: Friedich Naumann Foundation, pp.32-59

Gomez, J & Gan, S 2004, Asian cyberactivism: freedom of expression & media censorship, Bangkok: Friedrich Naumann Foundation, pp. xvi-xxviii

Kristol, I 1995, ‘Pornography, Obscenity and the case for censorship’,
< http://www-personal.umich.edu/~wbutler/kristol.html>

MacAskill, E 2010, ‘Oakland riots after verdict in police shooting of Oscar Grant’, Guardian, <http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/jul/09/oakland-riots-oscar-grant-shooting-verdict>

Wish we all great marks!

Cheers,

Synge

Speech for my part

Hi guys, here's what I've written for my part so far. I'll keep adding stuff to my slides and cut out parts in my speech to get it down to 2 minutes, but I'm including Malaysia (because I'm a Malaysian citizen and I can speak from experience) and leaving out Japan (because the Meiji Restoration, Allied Occupation, etc. is too much to cover in 2 minutes):


"Hi everyone, I'm Andre and I'll be wrapping up this presentation by presenting some examples of compromises and moderation before a conclusion.

We have argued how censorship is necessary for peace and order for governments to function, and how it can sometimes be used to suppress differences of opinion or hide the truth.

We would like to believe in a middle-ground, neither Draconian totalitarianism or unbridled anarchy. For that, we can look to several examples.

I'm Malaysian and my country doesn't have Internet restrictions, well not officially, anyway. The incumbent Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak repeated his promise of continuing former PM Dr Mahathir Mohamed's legacy of net neutrality. Unfortunately, that didn't stop the online news site Malaysiakini from being the subject of investigation by the Malaysian Communication and Multimedia Communication for controversial videos of a protest over the construction of a Hindu temple.

Or its avid propensity of the censoring of film. Anyone remembers Zoolander? That corny Ben Stiller comedy? It was banned in Malaysia because the protagonist was brainwashed to assassinate a fictional PM of Malaysia. I can frankly say that the government didn't share the film's sense of ironic humour.

I have also lived in Singapore, and there are 3 tiers of censorship. Parliament legislation, government bodies, and self-censorship. While a lot of democracy advocates have criticised Singapore's press freedom, especially because it encourages self-suppression, it actually served a useful function back in the days when there were communist and anarchist elements that were trying to divide the country.

Of course, now that Singapore is a modern country, there could be room for improvement. And there has been; the recent general election is an example. Due to the power of social networking, the opposition parties, which has largely been marginalized by the ruling party now have a greater presence than the more submissive mainstream media.

In conclusion, we are advocating a 'middle path' of government censorship. Incendiary or provocative elements should not be allowed to thrive. But neither should we discriminate against contrarian opinions. It is ultimately up to the leaders to decide what is best for the country, and we, in turn, have the responsibility of encouraging civil discourses."

Remember our final rehearsal on Monday! Thanks to Laura for booking the library room.

- Andre

The Cut Down of Synge's Part

Hi guys,

I've cut down my speech to three mins.  There will be no gambling things for the positive presenting, and I added much more facts and figures in it. so... now the structure is ...

1. Brief Intro (show contents)
2. Pornography
3. Issues promoting hatred of ethnic and religious groups (US and OZ examples)
4. Political Content
5. Wikileak as an counter example

Synge

Comment to 'Laura's reversed version' & 'Aili's Part'

Don't know why but the comment function is not working today, so I'm writing a new post.

Great plan, Laura! You may have to time your Assange clip to make sure it doesn't take up too much time. Also, perhaps you can use examples like Cuba and Russia for communist regimes that rely on freedom of information suppression. Otherwise, I think you have covered your points very well! :)

I also like your part, Aili. You've written yours out so fast already! I think you should mention the countries each of us are covering, just list it briefly, but otherwise it's good!

I think we should use an explainer like the brief recommended, to make our presentation more interesting. I've found one for my part: http://sgpartyti.me/

Andre

Laura's reversed version

hi everybody good early morning~

my new structure would be like:

"So I’m taking the other side towards government censorship. It’s fundamentally bad"

First of all, it’s against freedom of speech.

supported by the Australian internet filtering example.

Secondly, people are entitled to government transparency.

supported by wikileaks of US cable example, including an interview of Assange on TED (a very short vedio clip)

Thirdly, it intrudes into people’s privacy.

supported by an example of Chinese government scaning private Yahoo! email account

Then a one-sentence conclusion.

how's that sound? please let me know :)

Aili's Part

Hey guys,

I've done the first draft of my part. Please have a look and tell me if you have any suggestions. Thx!

(BTW, it took me 1.45 minutes to READ these stuffs.)


Intro:

Hello everyone, my name is Aili. Here's our group -- Synge, Laura, and Andre. Today we are going to talk about ‘media censorship’.

As new media (i.e. online and mobile media) is set to take center stage nowadays, governments has taking greater control over the media, and thus media censorship is becoming a more and more popular topic.

The main purpose in censorship is using it as a tool to filter out those unnecessary and misleading information which might cause problems. There are many ways to enforce censorship, such as by withholding information or banning information. In ancient China, the emperor Qin Shi Huang censored Confucianism by burning thousands of scholars out. From past history, censorship does seem to have some form of success at maintaining the society stability.

However, with the development of the society, people nowadays need more freedom, including the freedom of speech, freedom of press, freedom of getting information, etc. Besides, it is almost impossible to carry out censorship in the new media. Many many information are accessed and transmitted each day by millions and millions of people worldwide and hence it is impossible to censor out information. For example, the Chinese government has blocked Facebook, Youtube and Twitter, but people still can use some software to access these websites in China.

So whether censorship is good or not and whether we need media censorship in the future is a huge debate. Today, Synge and Laura are going to have a debate on both sides in regarding to this topic, while Andre is going to make a conclusion on it.

Now, I’m going to pass it to Synge.

Guys, please feel free to tell me if you have any advices. Thanks!

Aili

Room for Thursday Meeting

Hey guys,

I've booked a room for our Thursday meeting, let's meet at 2 p.m. in main library.

c u

Synge

Next Meeting

Hey guys,

I'll be given the shift for next week this evening.  It should be on Monday or Thursday.  Shall we have a meet on weekdays next week? Just for checking the content.  And we could have a rehearsal on Friday afternoon or Saturday whenever.

I'll text you once I got my shift.

Cheers,

Synge

the time for our presentation is out!

guys, hav u checked ur zmail? our presentation is in week12! thank god it buys us, well probably just me, some more time to prepare.

thx aili and synge for the info! we rock it!

things are going crazy in the end of this seme!!!

Laura

Comment to 'the GOOD part'

hey Synge,

I don't know why I can't comment on your post 'the GOOD part', I tried twice, but still failed, so I just leave the comment here.

I think your structure is pretty good. and maybe you could also mention the violent issue if there's enough time. A common example is the extremely violent video games that children are addicted to – tend to increase the aggressive tendencies in children (http://www.buzzle.com/articles/media-censorship-why-is-censorship-good.html).


Thanks,
Aili

resources -- pros and cons of censorship

1. Dear Synge, below is the research result from Kids USA Survey, hope it will help (btw, the lanuage here refers to the 'bad lanuage').

2. Synge & Laura, http://www.buzzle.com/articles/pros-and-cons-of-censorship.html lists lots of pros and cons of censorship, maybe it could help on some points.

Aili

the GOOD part

Hi guys,

It's Synge.  I've wrote a draft for the GOOD part of media censorship.  Here's the outline.

1.Brief Intro
2.What has been censored?
    Pornography
    Gambling
    Stories about hatred of ethnic and religious groups
    Political content
3. A world without censorship (example of Wikileaks)

I've also made a PPT for my part, I'll give Aili a copy for the whole work.
What do you think about the structure of the GOOD part?  Give me some advice:)

The MIDDLE PATH part & Conclusion

Hi guys, I'll be discussing the 'middle path' or 'on the fence' position, whereby I will advocate a moderate form of government censorship which is neither totalitarian or liberal.

I'll be choosing Singapore as an example because I have lived there and it's one of the few countries I can describe from personal experience.

Here's the article I will be using as the basis of my structure: http://sgblogs.com/entry/tiers-censorship-singapore/366849

Singapore basically has a three tier structure of censorship: Parliament legislation, regulatory bodies, and self-censorship. I will discuss more at our Group Meeting this Saturday, 14th of May at 12 pm. :)

Cheers,
Andre

Cases

Hi there,

It's Synge, I've done some research on the Government Censorship of Media during the holidays, thinking about the cases we may use for our work.  I came up with some Chinese cases, and finally found the Milk Scandal will be a proper resource for the Chinese part.  The 2nd reading of 8th week covers some details about the case, and analyses in a academic frame, which will be a nice reference.
I'm also researching on some specific cases for the Australian part.  Since the cartoon idea we talked about last week might be a little bit broad, a specific case study will be better for a 2mins presentation.

Is the Milk Scandal ok with our work? And have you guys got any interesting stories for the OZ part?