Pinpaka Ngamsom - The role of online media in Thailand May 2010 - conference 14 May 2011 Manila

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    The role of online media in Thailands May 2010

    crackdown : advantage and obstacle

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    2010.05.19 Cry but no surrender; said red shirt

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    Twitter user in Thailand

    April 2010 : 317,339 twitter user in Thailand

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    Facebook user in Thailand

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    Facebook user

    in Thailand

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    Naked for Life on 18 May 2010

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    Red Shirts Unseen on March 2010

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    Bangkok Big Cleaning Day

    On 23 May 2010

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    Bangkok Big Cleaning Day

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    Prachatai.com

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    16 May 2010

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    Characteristic

    Interactive

    Empowering ordinary people

    Opening space for marginalized people

    Reducing the dominance of mainstream

    media and the state in controlling the flow of

    information

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    Not restricted in time and space

    Anonymous

    Costly access

    Connot be blocked

    Not accepted as media

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    Challenges

    1. Allow diverse information, particularly

    when mainstream media is subject to self

    censorship

    2. Rapid

    3. Beyond territory

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    Obstacles

    1. Lack of narrative, can be misuse by other

    2. Censorship

    - Computer Crime Act

    - Emergency Decree

    - Article 112 (Criminal Act)- Lese Majeste

    3 Free of charge for content access.