Virtual Thailand
Subtitle: the media and cultural politics in Thailand, Malaysia and Singapore
By: Glen Lewis
Series: Rethinking Southeast Asia; Rethinking Southeast Asia
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2006
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Number of pages: 227
ISBN-13: 9780203016107
Subjects: Politics and government; Mass media and culture; SOCIAL SCIENCE; Mass media; Media Studies; Cultural policy
Description: Incorporating political economy and media theory, Lewis provides a unique insight into globalization in Southeast Asia, analyzing the role of communications and media in regional cultural politics.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [184]-221) and index.

Description based on print version record.
Table of contents: title: Rethinking Southeast Asia; Contents; List of Plates and tables; Plates; Tables; Preface; Acknowledgements; Acronyms and abbreviations; International; Southeast Asia; Introduction; 1 Singapore, KL and Bangkok as rival communications centres; Communications regionalism and techno-nationalism; Singapore: the price of being an 'intelligent island'; Kuala Lumpur: the Malaysian Multimedia Super Corridor; Bangkok: a capital of consumer desire; The limits to techno-nationalism; 2 Development and democratization; Singapore, Malaysia and the crisis