ASIA’s MediA INNOVATORS VOL.2 BY STEPHEN QUINN AND KIM KIERANS Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung Singapore Media Programme Asia Asia’s Media Innovators Vol.2 By Stephen Quinn and Kim Kierans Copyright © 2010 by the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung, Singapore Publisher Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung 34 Bukit Pasoh Road Singapore 089848 Tel: +65 6603 6181 Fax: +65 6603 6180 Email:
[email protected] www.kas.de/mediaasia All rights reserved Manuscript offers, review copies, exchange journals, and requests for subscription are to be sent to the publisher. The responsibility for facts, opinions and cross references to external sources in this publication rests exclusively with the author and his interpretation do not necessarily reflect the views of the policy of Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung. Layout and Design Hotfusion 7 Kallang Place #04-02 Singapore 339153 www.hotfusion.com.sg Contents 7 | Foreword 11 | Chapter 1: The uncontested rise of social media in Asia 25 | Chapter 2: Asia’s mobile phone innovations 37 | Chapter 3: Citizen-aided news in the Philippines 49 | Chapter 4: Blogging as an alternative media in Vietnam 61 | Chapter 5: Singapore’s razor-sharp Internet television network 71 | Chapter 6: Twittering the news in Australia 83 | Chapter 7: Cambodia — a land of opportunity 97 | Chapter 8: Phuket website continues journalism’s noblest traditions 109 | Chapter 9: Digital innovations in Malaysia 121 | Chapter 10: A mobile phone future for India and China 135 | About the authors Foreword Commercial publishing companies, as well as non-profit organizations like the German Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS), always appreciate if a publication is “sold out” within a short period of time.