SINGAPORE’S socio-political blogs have grown in the quality of writing, but their reach remains limited compared to mainstream media, two Institute of Policy Studies (IPS) researchers said yesterday.Most Singaporeans still rely heavily on traditional media for news and views, IPS senior research fellow Tan Tarn How said in a presentation on developments in the local blogosphere.
He was speaking at a seminar attended by about 60 bloggers, academics and media professionals at the National University of Singapore’s Bukit Timah Campus.
Mr Tan compared the several thousand readers who tune in to socio-political websites The Online Citizen (TOC) and The Wayang Party Club to The Straits Times’ circulation of nearly 400,000 and its readership of 1.3 million.
He also cited a Gallup poll conducted in 2005 and 2006 in which 69 per cent of Singaporeans said they had confidence in their mainstream media, compared to 32 per cent in the United States.
Mr Tan said that until 12 to 18 months ago, bloggers who wrote on social and political issues did so mainly as commentators and armchair critics in an ‘echo chamber’ that had little impact offline.
More recently, however, bloggers from TOC and The Wayang Party Club have done more activism and original reporting.
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He was speaking at a seminar attended by about 60 bloggers, academics and media professionals at the National University of Singapore’s Bukit Timah Campus.
Mr Tan compared the several thousand readers who tune in to socio-political websites The Online Citizen (TOC) and The Wayang Party Club to The Straits Times’ circulation of nearly 400,000 and its readership of 1.3 million.
He also cited a Gallup poll conducted in 2005 and 2006 in which 69 per cent of Singaporeans said they had confidence in their mainstream media, compared to 32 per cent in the United States.
Mr Tan said that until 12 to 18 months ago, bloggers who wrote on social and political issues did so mainly as commentators and armchair critics in an ‘echo chamber’ that had little impact offline.
More recently, however, bloggers from TOC and The Wayang Party Club have done more activism and original reporting.
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http://wayangparty.com/?p=5928
