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?
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?
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