Tuesday, June 16, 2009
Reflection
Design layout that gained no acceptance
Picture speaks a thousand words
5. The last Supper, Google Image, last viewed 13th June 2009,
Classification of blogs, types of blogs and one blogging community
Obama slams New Yorker Cover
New Forms of Media Publishing
Alternative newspapers are playing a major role in today’s politics, where readers do not just generally rely on the mainstream media to be updated on the current political affairs in
Malaysia-Today.net has been the most viewed alternative online newspaper, where Raja Petra is the editor. His comments and opinions are highly appreciated, although it has been famously been landing him in hot soup.
He was arrested under ISA for defaming Islam, posting seditious opinions on now Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak on his affair and murder involvement of Mongolian Model/Interpreter Altuntuya.However, the issue of freedom of speech is still vastly debated today, where ethical publishing or cultural context is still very highly and closely monitored to not trigger any social unrest in society.
Nowadays, to be charged under the Internal Security Act(ISA) is a very easy thing, as when one crosses the boundary of voicing out one's opinion, which is deemed offensive and brings insult to the government, the King and Islam, it is therefore considered seditious.
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However, it is relevant that anyone should be aware of ethical issues while writing or reporting a news, to be sensitive towards other people's religion and believes. Moreover,ISA is a tool for monitoring, but has been badly misused by the authorities to shut people who are telling the truth.
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Reference
1. Raja Petra Image, Google image, last viewed 15th June 2009,
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Monday, June 15, 2009
Blogs as phenomenon and beneifts to community
Blogs have played a major role in the Malaysian political context, where politicians take advantage of the widespread of the Internet to keep in touch with voters. Our former prime minster Tun Dr Mahathir owns a blog, where he posts his opinions on current political situations, and Internet readers can access easily to his web and follow his blog.
Opposition party politician, Lim Kit Siang owns a blog, where he also blogs about his opinions on current affairs, bringing readers into a different opinion which is based on the opposition party's perspective.
As blogs are much easier and faster to access to, Internet users have turned to political blogs for updates in the political world.
This has really benefited the political world, because in this modern day era voters are also Internet users, therefore political parties can woo voters through their blogs.
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References
1. Technorati 2009, State of the Blogsphere, last viewed 15th June 2009,