1st Edition
Internet Popular Culture and (Everyday) Politics Methodological & Ethical Critiques from Southeast Asia
INTRODUCTION – A Look at Internet Popular Culture and (Everyday) Politics in Southeast Asia Crystal Abidin and Natalie Pang 1. Exploring Methodological Issues in Studying Contentious Communication on Malaysian Social Media Pauline Pooi Yin Leong 2. Social Media-Circulated Underground Music and Politics: The Case of The Lamidet Society Muria Endah Sokowati and Fajar Junaedi 3. Pseudonymous Influencers and Horny "Alts" in the Philippines: Media Manipulation Be Media Manipulation beyond "Fake News" Jonathan Corpus Ong and Samuel I. Cabbuag 4. Studying Private Messaging Groups: Misinformation in WhatsApp Family Group Chats, and Research Regimes in Singapore(ans) Crystal Abidin and Natalie Pang CONCLUSION – Internet Research and the Way Forward Natalie Pang and Crystal Abidin
Biography
Crystal Abidin (PhD) is Professor of Internet Studies at Curtin University. She is Director of the Influencer Ethnography Research Lab and Founder of the TikTok Cultures Research Network. Crystal is a digital anthropologist focusing on social media pop cultures especially in the Asia Pacific region. Reach her at wishcrys.com.
Natalie Pang (PhD) is Head and Associate Professor in the Department of Communications and New Media, National University of Singapore. Her research lies at the intersection of technology and society, and her research projects are organised under the themes of digital citizenship, inclusion and well-being.
