410
Index
professional vs. nonprofessional bloggers in, 47
public sphere in, 69 – 70
race in, 49, 68 – 69, 324 – 325
registration requirements in, 46 – 48, 330 – 331
results at a glance for, 323
second-generation controls in, 45 – 48
sexist language in, 71 – 72
sexual norms of, 68 – 69
sodomy trial in, 43 – 44
third-generation controls in, 56 – 57
Malaysia Multimedia and Communications
Act, 70, 73
Malaysia Today, 46, 47, 70, 330
Malaysiakini, 44, 70, 328
Malaysian Communications and Multimedia
Commission (MCMC), 46, 47, 57, 58, 328
Malaysian Insider, 70
Malaysian sociopolitical blogosphere, 43 – 63,
327 – 329
age range in, 50
bias in, 52, 53
content fi ltration in, 54 – 55
defamation suits and, 46, 47
in elections, 44, 45
event-specifi c blogs in, 57
as fi fth estate, 48 – 49
“ fl ash mobs ” in, 48
government dialogue with, 58 – 59
inclusivity in, 52 – 53
information intake in, 54
information synthesis in, 55
link structure of, 55
MCMC proceedings against, 46, 47, 57,
328 – 329
norms of, 51 – 53
peer-production discourse of, 54 – 56
physical clustering of, 49 – 50
as political catalyst, 49
racial perspectives in, 49
real-world networks and, 50 – 51
regulatory backlash in, 44, 47 – 48, 55
responsibility in, 52, 53
size of, 50
social-psychological rewards of, 51
topicality in, 53
Malware, 28, 285 – 286
Manila, 2010 tourist hijacking in, 118 – 119
Markets, 67, 84
Media administration, 67
Mizzima News, 154, 157 – 166, 260
Mobile technologies, 24 – 25, 27, 36, 227
in China, 276 – 277, 284 – 285
fi ltering of, 230 – 231
in India, 202, 227
in Indonesia, 227
in Malaysia, 227
in Vietnam, 227
Multilingualism, 54
MyProcurement.com, 56
N
Narus, 34
Nation-state. See also specifi c countries
in Internet politics, 29 – 34, 178 – 182
National Alliance of Bloggers, 47 – 48
Nationalism, 69
Nepal, Internet shutdown in, 156
Networked authoritarianism, 191 – 192,
196 – 199
Networked nationalism, 179 – 180
of China, 180 – 182
Networking hierarchy, in Internet politics,
178 – 182
Nokia-Siemens, in Iran, 31
Norms, 84
abstract, 51 – 53
censorship and, 67, 68
concrete, 52, 53
in Malaysia, 51 – 53, 68 – 69
in Thailand, 101 – 103
North Atlantic Treaty Organization, 32
North Korea, 32, 230, 352 – 353, 357 – 358
Nose4News, 52
NSTP Corporation, 46, 47
NutGraph, The, 70
Malaysia (cont.)
Index
professional vs. nonprofessional bloggers in, 47
public sphere in, 69 – 70
race in, 49, 68 – 69, 324 – 325
registration requirements in, 46 – 48, 330 – 331
results at a glance for, 323
second-generation controls in, 45 – 48
sexist language in, 71 – 72
sexual norms of, 68 – 69
sodomy trial in, 43 – 44
third-generation controls in, 56 – 57
Malaysia Multimedia and Communications
Act, 70, 73
Malaysia Today, 46, 47, 70, 330
Malaysiakini, 44, 70, 328
Malaysian Communications and Multimedia
Commission (MCMC), 46, 47, 57, 58, 328
Malaysian Insider, 70
Malaysian sociopolitical blogosphere, 43 – 63,
327 – 329
age range in, 50
bias in, 52, 53
content fi ltration in, 54 – 55
defamation suits and, 46, 47
in elections, 44, 45
event-specifi c blogs in, 57
as fi fth estate, 48 – 49
“ fl ash mobs ” in, 48
government dialogue with, 58 – 59
inclusivity in, 52 – 53
information intake in, 54
information synthesis in, 55
link structure of, 55
MCMC proceedings against, 46, 47, 57,
328 – 329
norms of, 51 – 53
peer-production discourse of, 54 – 56
physical clustering of, 49 – 50
as political catalyst, 49
racial perspectives in, 49
real-world networks and, 50 – 51
regulatory backlash in, 44, 47 – 48, 55
responsibility in, 52, 53
size of, 50
social-psychological rewards of, 51
topicality in, 53
Malware, 28, 285 – 286
Manila, 2010 tourist hijacking in, 118 – 119
Markets, 67, 84
Media administration, 67
Mizzima News, 154, 157 – 166, 260
Mobile technologies, 24 – 25, 27, 36, 227
in China, 276 – 277, 284 – 285
fi ltering of, 230 – 231
in India, 202, 227
in Indonesia, 227
in Malaysia, 227
in Vietnam, 227
Multilingualism, 54
MyProcurement.com, 56
N
Narus, 34
Nation-state. See also specifi c countries
in Internet politics, 29 – 34, 178 – 182
National Alliance of Bloggers, 47 – 48
Nationalism, 69
Nepal, Internet shutdown in, 156
Networked authoritarianism, 191 – 192,
196 – 199
Networked nationalism, 179 – 180
of China, 180 – 182
Networking hierarchy, in Internet politics,
178 – 182
Nokia-Siemens, in Iran, 31
Norms, 84
abstract, 51 – 53
censorship and, 67, 68
concrete, 52, 53
in Malaysia, 51 – 53, 68 – 69
in Thailand, 101 – 103
North Atlantic Treaty Organization, 32
North Korea, 32, 230, 352 – 353, 357 – 358
Nose4News, 52
NSTP Corporation, 46, 47
NutGraph, The, 70
Malaysia (cont.)