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COM 350 Age of InformationTRANSCRIPT
Information Audit
Chan Ruiyu RachelChia Wen Jie ChristopherSeet Chin Ming Serena Neo Wei Zhen
WHO
PM Lee Hsien Loong● Singaporean
politician● 3rd Prime Minister
of Singapore● Past ministerial
positions: Member of Parliament
Minister for Finance (2001 - 2007)Deputy Prime Minister (1990 - 2004)
SOURCES
Sources: What
Personal Social Media Handles
Traditional News Companies Websites
Foreign News Companies Websites
Singapore Citizen Journalism sites and blogs
Government Websites
Sources: Who Personal Social Media Handles: Twitter, Facebook, Instagram
Sources: Who Traditional News Companies Websites: Straits Times, Channel News Asia
Foreign News Companies Websites: BBC, NY Times
Sources: Who Singapore Citizen Journalism sites and blogs:The Real Singapore,The Heart Truths, Yawning Bread
Sources: Who Government websites:People’s Action Party [PAP], Prime Minister’s Office website
Types of information
Social Media● Personal Posts● Diplomatic / Business Trips● Social Relations● Public Service AnnouncementsTraditional Media: Personal Movement
UpdatesCitizen Journalism: Opinion Pieces /
Discussion
Types of information: Personal Posts
Types of information: Diplomatic Trips
Types of information: Social Relations
Types of information: PSAs
Types of information: Traditional Media VS. Citizen Journalism
Social Media: Instagram @leehsienloong
Social Media: Facebook PagePosts signing off with “-LHL”
are claimed to be personally posted by him
Highest level of new content regarding LHL, updated daily
Page Likes: 380KPeople Talking About
This: 39.2K
ATTENTION
Popular Posts
Popular Posts
Less Popular Posts
Less Popular Posts
Less Popular Posts
CONTROVERSY:
ROY NGERNG
May 2014: Roy Ngerng, blogger of The Heart Truths, wrote a blog post that alleged that PM Lee had misappropriated monies paid by Singaporeans to the Central Provident Fund (CPF)
Public response to lawsuit● Crowdfunding
$70,000 to support Roy Ngerng
● Story picked up by foreign news companies like Bloomberg as well
FB Success?
Page likes: approx. 380 k vs
Singaporean FB users: approx. 3.2 million
Approx. 11.8% penetration
FB Success?Do these comments look
normal?