The Smartphone as the “Weapon of the Weak”: Assessing the Role of Communication Technologies in Malaysia's Regime Change
This paper examines the role of new communication technologies in the regime change of Malaysia's 2018 elections. I argue that growing Internet penetration in semi-rural areas of Malaysia's Peninsula “heartlands” allow for new forms of campaign message to be spread in unique and compelling...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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SAGE Publishing
2018-12-01
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| Series: | Journal of Current Southeast Asian Affairs |
| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1177/186810341803700302 |