Our Intended Timeline

Timeline:

Week 5

1st April - Prepare brief and collaborative contract
        Delegate tasks to group members

Week 6

4th April - Research on articles
         Arrange and set interviews.

Week 7

11th April - Group meeting to check progress and tackle potential problems
          Research on articles
          Arrange and set interviews.

Easter Break

Conduct interviews with various people in the media industry in Singapore.
Conduct interviews with people in Australia.

Week 8

25th April - Begin compiling research, draw inferences from research

Week 9

2nd May - Have first draft prepared, check with Jessica and attain feedback
4th May - Meet to edit first draft.

Week 10

9th May - 2nd Draft
13th May - 3rd Draft

Week 11

17th May - 4th Draft
20th May - 5th Draft, Final Draft.

Week 12 &13

27th May - Finalize FINAL DRAFT.
1st June - Presentation, FINAL COLLABORATION!

Interview questions for Terry Johal

Some Interview Questions

However, If the interviewee has had publications or productions that have been scrutinised by the government, we should make reference to the relevant material early on.
Here are some generic questions that we can ask everyone


1. Over the years many foreign commentators and a handful of local ones , have called to question the government’s overt involvement in media content development and censorship. In 2008, Reporters Without Borders ranked Singapore as 144th out of 173 surveyed countries in terms of freedom of the press. Is this a fair assertion? If so or not why?


2. The government in many instances does not deny regulating and controlling the various fields of the media. It argues that censorship of violence and sexual themes is necessary as the Singaporean populace is deeply conservative, and censorship of political, racial and religious content is necessary to avoid upsetting the balance of Singapore's delicate multi-racial society.
Some commentators such as gay rights activist Alex Au, on the other hand, argue that the true intention is to reinforce the continued political dominance of the ruling PAP through censorship and promoting the government’s social engineering efforts. What are your views on the rationale behind this degree of media control?


3. In order to justify media regulation and censorship in Singapore, the government often makes reference to the conservatism of Singapore’s society.  How does Singapore’s society differ from those in other developed countries with less media restrictions?

4. How does the media regulatory system work with the judiciary to try to ensure the efficient  regulation of the media industry here?

5. In cases where publications and productions both foreign and local have been censored or outright prohibited, the authorities have often cited the crossing of boundaries set about by OB markers. Could you elaborate on how these markers were envisioned?


6. Censorship in Singapore can be defined along both political and social lines. These lines are clearly defined by out of bound markers (OB) set about by the MDA. Have these OB markers been changing over the past 10 years? And if so, how are they changing?

7. In a paper written by Dr. Peng Hwa Ang and Ms. Berlinda Nadarajan, it was stated that ‘The Internet poses a problem for the censorship guidelines as it conflates the distinctions between public and private consumption.’ What other sort of problems are faced with regards to censorship of new media content on the Internet?

8. In your own expert opinion, could you share with us what direction you see Singapore’s media heading toward? What can we hope to expect in terms of changes of censorship guidelines?

Stuff Concerning Group Dynamics

Group Goals

1.            To operate effectively and efficiently through constant communication on Facebook and group email account.

2.            As future media practitioners, we feel it is essential to determine the procedural and ethical realities of working in Singapore media industry. Thus, our research will go beyond this project.

3.            To develop our skills as collaborative workers, as such skills will be highly essential in any work place.

4.            To successfully compartmentalize the knowledge and information we have acquired in a form that is palatable to the general reading public.

5.            To take this research beyond the project and possibly allow the world to read our views.

Responsibilities

1.            Every member of this group has their own responsibilities to fulfill and shall stick to deadlines.

2.            Every member has to be considerate towards each other’s workflow so as not to have things done at the last minute.

3.            Peace, humility, compassion, empathy and love shall be enforced in this group.

Dispute Resolution Procedure

1.            Every dispute shall be handled with a group meeting at a bar over beers, cigarettes followed by a group hug.