Preventing the press from engendering ethnic violence : press restraints and ethnic violence in Singapore
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Author(s)
Saleem, Saleena Begum
Advisor(s)
Chappell Lawson.
Date Issued
2005
Publisher
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Abstract
This thesis aims to find a solution to a commonly held problem of ethnic violence that is engendered by the press. Based on the premise that governmental influence on the press in the form of press restraints can prevent the recurrence of deadly ethnic violence, it argues for certain types of press restraints in societies that (1) are just emerging from ethnic conflict and (2) lack the societal norms and established institutions that stem from traditions of democracy, is formulated. Taking Singapore as a case study, it shows that race issues were progressively de-politicized from 1956 to 1972 as a consequence of governmental influence. The Singapore case is taken to illustrate the gains to be attained from press restraints, and also to point out some potential caveats that would need to be accounted for in policies regarding press restraints.
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Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Political Science, 2005.
Includes bibliographical references (leaves 129-137).
Subjects
Political Science.
MIT Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Political Science
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