Contents
Acknowledgments vii
Author Biographies ix
Foreword xiii
Part I: Access Contested: Theory and Analysis 1
1 Access Contested: Toward the Fourth Phase of Cyberspace Controls 3
Ronald Deibert, John Palfrey, Rafal Rohozinski, and Jonathan Zittrain
2 Contesting Cyberspace and the Coming Crisis of Authority 21
Ronald Deibert and Rafal Rohozinski
3 The Struggle for Digital Freedom of Speech: The Malaysian Sociopolitical
Blogosphere ’ s Experience 43
Vee Vian Thien
4 Sexing the Internet: Censorship, Surveillance, and the Body Politic(s) of
Malaysia 65
Heike Jensen, Jac sm Kee, Gayathry Venkiteswaran, and Sonia Randhawa
5 Internet Politics in Thailand after the 2006 Coup: Regulation by Code and a
Contested Ideological Terrain 83
Pirongrong Ramasoota
6 Competing Values Regarding Internet Use in “ Free ” Philippine Social
Institutions 115
Erwin A. Alampay, Joselito C. Olpoc, and Regina M. Hechanova
7 Interconnected Contests: Distributed Denial of Service Attacks and Other
Digital Control Measures in Asia 133
Hal Roberts, Ethan Zuckerman, and John Palfrey
8 Control and Resistance: Attacks on Burmese Opposition Media 153
Nart Villeneuve and Masashi Crete-Nishihata
Acknowledgments vii
Author Biographies ix
Foreword xiii
Part I: Access Contested: Theory and Analysis 1
1 Access Contested: Toward the Fourth Phase of Cyberspace Controls 3
Ronald Deibert, John Palfrey, Rafal Rohozinski, and Jonathan Zittrain
2 Contesting Cyberspace and the Coming Crisis of Authority 21
Ronald Deibert and Rafal Rohozinski
3 The Struggle for Digital Freedom of Speech: The Malaysian Sociopolitical
Blogosphere ’ s Experience 43
Vee Vian Thien
4 Sexing the Internet: Censorship, Surveillance, and the Body Politic(s) of
Malaysia 65
Heike Jensen, Jac sm Kee, Gayathry Venkiteswaran, and Sonia Randhawa
5 Internet Politics in Thailand after the 2006 Coup: Regulation by Code and a
Contested Ideological Terrain 83
Pirongrong Ramasoota
6 Competing Values Regarding Internet Use in “ Free ” Philippine Social
Institutions 115
Erwin A. Alampay, Joselito C. Olpoc, and Regina M. Hechanova
7 Interconnected Contests: Distributed Denial of Service Attacks and Other
Digital Control Measures in Asia 133
Hal Roberts, Ethan Zuckerman, and John Palfrey
8 Control and Resistance: Attacks on Burmese Opposition Media 153
Nart Villeneuve and Masashi Crete-Nishihata