Virtual Thailand: The Media and Cultural Politics in Thailand, Malaysia and SingaporeWritten by an established expert on Thailand, this is one of the first books to fully investigate the Thai media’s role during the Thaksin government’s first term. Incorporating political economy and media theory, the book provides a unique insight into globalization in Southeast Asia, analyzing the role of communications and media in regional cultural politics. Examining the period from the mid 1990s, Lewis makes a sustained comparison between Thailand and its neighbouring countries in relation to the media, business, politics and popular culture. Covering issues including business development, tourism, the Thai movie industry and the war on terror, the book argues that globalization as it relates to media, can be patterned on Thai experiences. |
Contents
Singapore KL and Bangkok as rival communications centres | 7 |
a capital of consumer desire | 22 |
why did it happen who was to blame what is to be done? | 40 |
The media and environmental politics | 53 |
social order and the war on terror | 71 |
the war on drugs and the Chuwit sideshow | 82 |
Media reform and civil society | 89 |
Media business and the National Broadcasting | 98 |
sun sand and SARS | 130 |
Terrorism and disorder in Southeast Asia | 136 |
Tourism terrorism and collective memory | 144 |
Alternative routes to transnationalization | 153 |
phii versus phra | 164 |
Cultural tensions in Thai movies | 172 |
a sample of Thai movies pre2000 to 2004 | 181 |
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