Global Internet Governance
Influences from Malaysia and Singapore
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'Internet governance remains in crisis, without a clear roadmap for the future –– so where do we turn? This brilliant and timely new book by Susan Leong and Terence Lee urges us to look beyond the fixation with US or China, or multistakeholderism or multilateralism as the default options. They propose a ‘hybrid model’ as the way forward, showing how this has unfolded, warts and all, in the dynamic Southeast Asian region in the cases of Singapore and Malaysia. Their rich and persuasive account underscores the importance of understanding actually-existing Internet governance as the foundation to decolonising, debugging, and reforming Internet governance for all. This book is indispensable reading for anyone concerned about the crossroads in communication and technology governance and policy today.'— Professor Gerard Goggin, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
This book addresses the complex issue of global Internet governance by focusing on its implementation in Malaysia and Singapore. The authors draw insights, identify, revisit and flesh out the discourses circulating since the 1990s and pitch them against global Internet governance concerns.
Readers of this book will understand how and why Malaysia and Singapore are important contributors to current concerns over Internet governance, provoked in part by China’s advocacy of internet sovereignty, and the American and global responses. Readers will also appreciate how and why the regulation of the Internet has been and will remain a site of contestation and control.
Susan Leong is Senior Lecturer with Monash University Malaysia. She is the author of New Media and the Nation in Malaysia: Malaysianet (2014) and Culture, Technology and Platforms: Chinese Digital Presence in the Asia Pacific (forthcoming).
Terence Lee is an Associate Professor in Communication and Media Studies and a Fellow of the Asia Research Centre at Murdoch University. He is the author/editor of several books including The Media, Cultural Control and Government in Singapore (2010), and Singapore: Negotiating State and Society, 1965-2015 (with Jason Lim, 2016).This book addresses the complex issue of global Internet governance by focusing on its implementation in Malaysia and Singapore. The authors draw insights, identify, revisit and flesh out the discourses circulating since the 1990s and pitch them against global internet governance concerns.
Internet governance, thought managed domestically/nationally, is a global issue. It is at the heart of how the internet works yet remains hidden within the 'black box' of governance language. While several scholars have entered the fray in recent years, especially in the past decade, very few of them are aware that the Malaysian and Singaporean governments have in fact been at the forefront of Internet regulatory strategies from the early 1990s. The book identifies, revisits and gives flesh to some of the discourses circulating in Southeast Asia at the time and pitches it against current governance concerns.
Readers of this book will understand how and why Malaysia and Singapore are important contributors to the issue of internet governance. This knowledge will inform a depth of understanding of why China is keenly seeking to stake its demands on internet governance and sovereignty, and likely American and global responses. Readers will also appreciate how and why the regulation of the Internet has been and will remain a site of contestation and control.
Addresses the complex issue of global Internet governance by focusing on its implementation in Malaysia and Singapore Identifies, revisits, and gives flesh to some of the discourses circulating in Southeast Asia at the time and pitches it against current governance concerns Helps readers understand how and why Malaysia and Singapore are important contributors to the issue of Internet governance
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'Putting aside all the technical jargon regarding the internet, the key question that worries governments, civil society and the citizens of the world generally is the question of its governance. This volume addresses this concern head-on. Its focus on the experiences of Malaysia and Singapore – two prominent Southeast Asian countries inextricably tied up with the technology – provides fresh insights into the debates surrounding internet oversight, accountability and legitimacy. This well-researched and theoretically-informed volume by prolific and experienced media academics, Susan Leong and Terence Lee, is timely, when the world is reeling from the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and the (in)accuracy of information provided. A time, indeed, when the governance of the internet is vital.'
- Professor Zaharom Nain, Nottingham University, Malaysia
'This book is a useful guide for countries caught in the middle of our contemporary information technology trade war. It outlines the history of two nations – Malaysia and Singapore – that escaped the binary trap of US-China Internet Governance: US-led multistakeholderism vs China-backed multilateralism. It proposes a hybrid model that is glocal, adaptive, and concurrently neoliberal and authoritarian. Susan Leong and Terence Lee review the historical situations and practices of Malaysia and Singapore over three decades by following a third path, a hybrid internet governance model, that seems particularly well-suited for a global post-pandemic future.'
- Associate Professor Weiyu Zhang, National University of Singapore
'Internet governance remains in crisis, without a clear roadmap for the future –– so where do we turn? This brilliant and timely new book by Susan Leong and Terence Lee urges us to look beyond the fixation with US or China, or multistakeholderism or multilateralism as the default options. They propose a ‘hybrid model’ as the way forward, showing howthis has unfolded, warts and all, in the dynamic Southeast Asian region in the cases of Singapore and Malaysia. Their rich and persuasive account underscores the importance of understanding actually-existing Internet governance as the foundation to decolonising, debugging, and reforming Internet governance for all. This book is indispensable reading for anyone concerned about the crossroads in communication and technology governance and policy today.'
- Professor Gerard Goggin, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
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