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It is not surprising that many people perceive social media to be a contributor of “noise” to the media landscape. Is the voice of people really getting louder only now? I do not think so.
Singaporeans were not necessarily more docile in the past. It is the ubiquity of the internet, along with the rise of social media, which has allowed the perennial opinions, including those of the government, to be heard through new platforms. As each generation becomes better educated, more will utilize social media. Whatever chatter and rumours which used to float around coffee shops and markets or exchanged between taxi drivers and passengers can now be heard online. The government can go to new media to listen to the ground and gauge the sentiment.
- http://journalism.sg/2011/10/20/adapt-to-new-media-but-dont-over-react-pap-baey-tells-government/
He appears to be the only one to make sense at the moment, whether from the front or back benches.
Singaporeans were not necessarily more docile in the past. It is the ubiquity of the internet, along with the rise of social media, which has allowed the perennial opinions, including those of the government, to be heard through new platforms. As each generation becomes better educated, more will utilize social media. Whatever chatter and rumours which used to float around coffee shops and markets or exchanged between taxi drivers and passengers can now be heard online. The government can go to new media to listen to the ground and gauge the sentiment.
- http://journalism.sg/2011/10/20/adapt-to-new-media-but-dont-over-react-pap-baey-tells-government/
He appears to be the only one to make sense at the moment, whether from the front or back benches.
