Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of illustrations; Contributors; Acknowledgements; Introduction: Representation, cultural mediation and power in Malaysia; 1 Consumers, citizens and copycat television in Malaysia; 2 Packaging the PM: The art and ideology of political advertising; 3 The Dayak Festival as a media ritual of nation building; 4 Civil society use of media and ICT: A case study of the SOS Selangor campaign; 5 Running cyburbia: Internet and local governance in Subang Jaya; 6 Shame and the Fourth Wall: Some thoughts on an anthropology of the cinema
7 Through our own eyes: Independent documentary .lmmaking in Malaysia8 Reclaiming history: The politics of memory and trauma in the films of Amir Muhammad; 9 Facing the music: Music subcultures and "morality" in Malaysia; 10 Malaysiatropia: The art of Simryn Gill, Liew Kung Yu and Wong Hoy Cheong; Index
Summary
Presents a comprehensive analysis of the uses of media and communication technologies by different social actors in Malaysia. Drawing upon case studies - from films to political advertising - this book provides insights into the ways in which different media forms have negotiated with the dominant cultural representations of Malaysian society
