'This will be the WhatsApp election': Crypto-publics and digital citizenship in Malaysia's GE14 election
Abstract
This paper draws on data collected with Malaysian–Chinese activists and everyday citizens (aged 18–24) who used WhatsApp groups to discuss politically contentious views and actions between 2016 and 2018, prior to the GE14 election. The paper will reveal the extent to which WhatsApp enabled a ‘safe space’ for citizens to engage in political chat and activism in a context of government censorship and surveillance of more open social media...
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'This will be the WhatsApp election': Crypto-publics and digital citizenship in Malaysia's GE14 election
Published Date
Jan 5, 2020
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