C.V. OF DR. PENG HWA ANG

A. Particulars

Office: Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information

Nanyang Technological University

31 Nanyang Link

Singapore 637718

Phone (Voice): +(65) 6790-6109

(Fax): +(65) 6791-5214

Email: TPHANG@NTU.EDU.SG

Current Position: Chair, Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information

Professor

B. Educational History

1. Michigan State University 1993

East Lansing, Michigan

Mass Media Ph.D.

2. University of Southern California 1988

Los Angeles, California

Annenberg School for Communication

Master's of Arts in Communication Management

3. Board of Legal Education, Singapore 1982

Postgraduate Practice Law Course

4. National University of Singapore 1982

Bachelor of Law

C. Publications

Books

1. Ang, Peng Hwa. (2005). Ordering Chaos: Regulating the Internet. Singapore: Thomson Learning.

2. Ang, Peng Hwa and Ramanathan, Sankaran. (Eds.) (2000). Communication Education and Media Training Needs in ASEAN. Singapore: Asian Media Information and Communication Centre.

3. Goonesekera, Anura and Ang, Peng Hwa. (Eds.). (1999). Information Highways: Policy and Regulation in the Construction of Global Infrastructure in ASEAN. Singapore: Asian Media Information and Communication Centre.

4. Ang, Peng Hwa and Yeo, Tiong Min. (1998). Mass Media Laws and Regulations in Singapore. Singapore: Asian Media Information and Communication Centre.

Book Chapters

1. Ang, Peng Hwa. (forthcoming). Medien in Singapur. (Translation into German from “Media in Singapore”.) In Internationales Handbuch Medien, (International Media Handbook: Press, Audiovisual Media and Online Services in Europe and throughout the World.) Baden-Baden, Germany: Hans Bredow Institut and Nomos Verlaggesellschaft.

2. Dewar, Jim and Peng Hwa Ang. (2007). The Cultural Consequences of Printing and the Internet. In Sabrina A. Baron, Eric Lindquist, and Eleanor Shevlin (eds.) Agent of Change: Print Culture Studies and the Legacy of Eisenstein. Amherst: University of Massachusetts Press. 365-377.

3. Ang, Peng Hwa. (2007). Framework for Regulating the Internet. In Indrajit Banerjee, (Ed.) The Internet and Governance in Asia: A Critical Reader. Singapore: AMIC.

4. (2007). The UN and Internet Governance: Fears, Hopes and Possibilities. In Mia Consalvo and Caroline Haythornwaite Internet Research Annual: Selected Papers from the Association of Internet Researchers Conference, 2005, Volume 4. 17-25. New York: Peter Lang Publishing.

5. (2004). Medien in Singapur. (Translation into German from “Media in Singapore”.) In Hans Bredow Internationales Handbuch Medien (International Media Handbook: Press, Audiovisual Media and Online Services in Europe and throughout the World.) (1024-1040). Baden-Baden, Germany: Hans Bredow Institut and Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft.

6. (2003). Cyberlaws and Policy Issues for Online News. In Madanmohan Rao, (Ed.) News Media and New Media: The Asia-Pacific Internet Handbook, Episode V (110-123). Singapore: Eastern Universities Press.

7. (2003). Singapore: The Role of Mass Media in National Development. In Kwadwo Anokwa, Carolyn A. Lin and Michael B. Salwen, (Eds.) International Communication: Concepts and Cases (pp. 207-210). Belmont, CA: Wadsworth/Thomson Learning.

8. Ang, Peng Hwa and Jim Dewar. (2002). Back to the Future of the Internet: the Printing Press. In Robin Mansell, Rohan Samarajiva and Amy Mahan, (Eds.) Networking Knowledge for Information Societies: Institutions and Intervention (pp. 249-253). Delft, Netherlands: Delft University Press.

9. Ang, Peng Hwa. (2002). Medien in Singapur. (Translation into German from “Media in Singapore”.) In Uwe Hasebrink and Wolfgang Shulz (Eds.) Internationales Handbuch Medien, (International Media Handbook: Press, Audiovisual Media and Online Services in Europe and throughout the World.) 920-930. Baden-Baden, Germany: Hans Bredow Institut and Nomos Verlaggesellschaft.

10. (2002). Media Ethics in Singapore: Pushing Self-Regulation in a Tightly Controlled Media Environment. In Venkat Iyer (Ed.) Media Ethics In Asia: Addressing the Dilemmas in the Information Age (pp.80-89). Singapore: AMIC.

11. Ang, Peng Hwa and Brian Lee. (2001). Singapore. In Sandy Rao and Bruce Klopfenstein, (Eds.) Cyber Path to Development: Issues and Challenges in South Asia (pp. 159-182) New Delhi: Sage.

12. Ang, Peng Hwa. (2001). The Media and The Flow of Information. In Derek da Cunha (Ed.) Singapore in the New Millennium: Challenges Facing the City-State (pp.243-268). Singapore: Institute of Southeast Asian Studies.

13. Kuo, Eddie and Peng Hwa Ang. (2000). Singapore. In Shelton Gunaratne (Ed.) Handbook of the Media in Asia (pp.402-428). New Delhi: Sage.

14. Loh, Chee Meng, Peng Hwa Ang and Mark Hukill (2000). Convergence Development in Singapore’s Digital Environment. In Mark Hukill, Ryota Ono and Chandrasekhar Vallath (eds). Electronic Communication Convergence: Policy Challenges in Asia (pp.232-255). New Delhi: Sage.

15. Gunther, Albert C. and Peng Hwa Ang. (2000). Censorship and The Third-Person Effect: A Study of Perception of Television Influence in Singapore. In Cecilia von Feilitzen & Ulla Carlsson (Eds) Children in the New Media Landscape: Games, Pornography, Perceptions (279-293). Göteborg, Sweden: The UNESCO International Clearinghouse on Children and Violence on the Screen at Nordicom.

16. Ang, Peng Hwa. (1999). Information Highways—Policy and Regulation: The Singapore Experience. In Anura Goonesekera and Ang Peng Hwa (Eds.), Information Highways: Policy and Regulation in the Construction of Global Infrastructure in ASEAN (pp. 317-329). AMIC, Singapore.

17. Lau, Tuen-Yu and Peng Hwa Ang. (1998). The Pacific Rim. In Alan B. Albarran and Sylvia M. Chan-Olmsted (Eds.), Global Media Economics: Commercialization, Concentration, and Integration of World Media Markets (pp.333-350). Ames, Iowa: Iowa State University Press.

18. Ang, Peng Hwa. (1993). The causal relationship between international telecommunications and economic development: cause for reanalysis. In Anura Goonsekera and Duncan Holaday (Eds.), Asian Communication Handbook (pp. 341-358). AMIC, Singapore.

Publications (Peer-Reviewed)

1. Chen, Xiaoyan and Peng Hwa Ang. (2008). Civil Defamation Law in China. Media and Arts Law Review. Vol. 13(1). 44-75.

2. (2008). Defamation Litigation and the Press in China. International Journal of Communications Law and Policy. Issue 12. Winter. 53-91. IJCLP Webdoc 4_12_2008. Available at http://www.ijclp.net/12_2_2008/pdf/chenang/pdf.

3. Liau, Albert Kienfie, Angeline Khoo, and Peng Hwa Ang. (2005). Factors Influencing Adolescent Engagement in Risky Internet Behavior. Cyberpsychology & Behavior. Vol. 8 (6). 513-520.

4. Kluver, Randolph and Ang Peng Hwa. (2004). Media Law and Information Technology in Singapore. Journal of Media Law, Ethics and Policy. 3(2). 15-26.

5. Ang, Peng Hwa, Qian Zhou and Yayun Jiang. (2003). Lessons in Broadband Adoption from Singapore. Journal of Interactive Advertising. [Online] Vol. 4 (1). Available at http://www.jiad.org/vol4/no1/ang/index.htm.

6. Sánchez, Milagros Rivera, and Peng Hwa Ang. (2003). Effective Regulators: A Response to the International Telecommunication Union’s Case Study on Singapore. Asia Pacific Law and Policy Journal. Vol. 4 (1). February. Available at http://www.hawaii.edu/aplpj/pdfs/v4-01-Sanchez.pdf.

7. Tang, Pui See and Peng Hwa Ang. (2002). The Diffusion of Information Technology in Singapore Schools: a Process Framework. New Media and Society. December. Vol. 4 (4). 457-478.

8. Ang, Peng Hwa. (2001). The Role of Self-Regulation of Privacy on The Internet. Journal of Interactive Advertising. [Online] Spring. 1, No. 2. Available at: http://www.jiad.org/vol1/no2/ang/.

9. Ang, Peng Hwa and Shikha Dalmia. (2000). Operational, Not Theoretical: A Critique of the Current Paradigm in Development Communication. Asian Journal of Communication. 10 (1) 18-32.

10. Ang, Peng Hwa and Berlinda Nadarajan. (1996, June). Censorship and the Internet: a Singapore Perspective. CACM, 39(6). 72-78.

11. Gunther, Albert C. and Peng Hwa Ang. (1996). Public Perceptions of Television Influence and Opinions About Censorship in Singapore. International Journal of Public Opinion Research, 18(3). 248-265. Reprinted as Gunther, Albert C. and Ang Peng Hwa. (2001). Censorship and the Third-Person Effect. A Study of Perception of Television Influence in Singapore. In U. Carlsson & C. von Feilitzen (Eds.), Children in the New Media Landscape, Goteborg, Sweden: Nordicom. (pp. 279-294). (Reprinted from International Journal of Public Opinion Research, 18(3). 248-265.)

Under Preparation

Books

1. Ang, Peng Hwa and Kevin Tan. Media Law in Singapore. Singapore: McGraw-Hill. (Under contract.)

Publications (Invited)

1. Ang, Peng Hwa. (2008 forthcoming). Censorship and the Internet. Encyclopaedia of Library and Information Science. Taylor and Francis: New York.

2. (2008). [Special Section on Academic Research and Communications Policy] The Academic and the Policy Maker. Social Science Research Council Special Feature. International Journal of Communication. [Online] 2:0. May 6. 450-453. Available at http://ijoc.org/ojs/index.php/ijoc/article/view/329/169.

3. (2006). E-Regulation in Asia: The Internet and a Freer Asia. In Jens Hoff (Comp.) Internet, Governance and Democracy: Democratic Transitions from Asian and European Perspectives. Nordic Institute of Asian Studies. NIAS Press. 65-70.

4. (2005). Self-Regulation of the Internet After ICANN. In William Drake (Ed.) Reforming Internet Governance: Perspectives from the Working Group on Internet Governance. UN ICT TaskForce Series 12. Secretariat of the UN ICT Task Force, Secretariat of the WGIG: Geneva.

5. (2005). Overview of the Role of Information Communication Technologies in Development Projects. Digital Reach. Tudor Rose: London.

6. (2005). A Model of Internet Rule Development: A Case Study of Liability for Third-Party Content. Media Asia. Vol. 31 No. 3AMIC: Singapore.

7. Ang, Peng Hwa. (2003) Censorship and the Internet. In Miriam A. Drake (Ed.) Encyclopaedia of Library and Information Science. (pp. 475-483.) Marcel Dekker: New York.

8. (2002). Legal & Regulatory Hurdles to E-commerce in Singapore. In Daniel Seng (Ed.) The Impact of the Regulatory Framework on E-Commerce in Singapore. Proceedings of the Inaugural Symposium, Technology Law and Development Group, Singapore Academy of Law, Singapore.

9. (2001). Why The Internet Will Make Asia Freer. Harvard Asia Quarterly. Summer V: 3. 48. Retrieved September 1, 2001, from: http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~asiactr/haq/200103/index.htm

10. (2000). Asia’s Piece of the Pie: Asia’s entry into “Dot-Com” Universe. Harvard Asia Pacific Review. Summer. Retrieved September 30, 2002 from: http://hcs.harvard.edu/~hapr/summer00_tech/pie.html.

11. (2000). Tension and Creativity: Singapore’s Media in Transition. In inform.educate.entertain@sg: Arts & Media in Singapore (pp.89-109). Ministry of Information and the Arts: Singapore.

12. (1999). Censorship and the Internet. In Allen Kent (Ed.) Encyclopaedia of Library and Information Science, Vol. 65, Supplement 28 (pp.12-22). Marcel Dekker, New York.

Trade Publications

1. Ang, Peng Hwa. (2008, July 29). Ignorance May Not Always Be Bliss. Straits Times.

2. (2007, June 15). Treading Water in the Deep End. Straits Times.

3. (2006, August 22). Sending Bloggers to School. Today.

4. (2005, October 14). Social Disapproval. Straits Times.

5. (2004, July). The Dark Side of the Internet: What Can Be Done. Radio Television Hong Kong. Media Digest. 14-15. Available at http://www.rthk.org.hk/mediadigest/20040715_76_119991.html.

6. Fu, Wayne and Peng Hwa Ang. (2004, February 11) Singapore’s TV Market—One Player or Two? Straits Times. Republished in BBC’s Monitoring Media (2004, February 11, 17:45) Singapore: Commentary views liberalization of TV market.

7. (2004, February 12) Newspaper Publishing in Singapore—One Player or Two? Straits Times.

8. Ang, Peng Hwa and Wayne Fu. (2003, September 8) Nationalise the Network to Lower Cable Rates. Straits Times.

9. Ang, Peng Hwa. (2003, January 2). Sanctions Give Teeth to Self-regulation. Business Times.

10. (2001, October/November). Has Privacy Stumped Confucius? Asia Pacific Banking Technology, pp. 30-32.

11. (2000, September 7). Policing Asia’s Internet. Asian Wall Street Journal, p.8.

12. (1999, July 14). Professionals Should Be Free To Advertise. Business Times.

13. (1999, April 14). Why Asia Is Losing The Cyberspace Race. Asian Wall Street Journal, p.10.

14. (1998, September 29). Why Self-Regulation Of Internet Is Not Enough. Business Times.

15. (1997, January 31). Malaysia’s Bold Move. Business Times.

16. (1995, November/December). Can Technology And Censorship Coexist In Singapore? On The Internet. pp. 28-33.

17. Ang, Peng Hwa and Berlinda Nadarajan. (1995, October). Censorship and the Internet: A Singapore Perspective. Internet Association of Japan News. (Translated into Japanese.). pp. 14-22.

18. Ang, Peng Hwa. (1995, August). Singapore Broadcast Scene. Media Digest, Hong Kong. pp. 10-12.

Others

1. Ang, Peng Hwa. (2007). Framework for Regulating the Internet in Iraq. (Response to pending legislation to be voted on in October 2007.) In Anja Wollenberg and Klaas Glenewinkel (Eds.). Media on the Move: A Reader on Iraqi Media and Media Law. Friederich Ebert Foundation: Amman, Jordan.

2. Pyjamas Media. (2005, December 5). Whose Internet Is It Anyway? A “blogjam” available at http://blogjam.pajamasmedia.com/archives/2005/12/whose_internet_is_it_anyway.php.

3. (2005, December 4). Choose now this day who to trust. Available at Pyjamas Media http://v10.pajamasmedia.com/site/articles/20051204angpenghwa .

4. (2007). Issues in Regulating Advertising. In William Wells, Sandra Moriaty, John Burnett and May Lwin. Advertising Principles and Effective IMC Practice. Pearson: Singapore. P.85

5. UN Working Group on Internet Governance. (2005). Final Report of the Working Group on Internet Governance. Geneva. June.

6. (1998). A Note On Free And Balanced Flow For The Internet. In Anura Goonsekera and Duncan Holaday (Eds.). Asian Communication Handbook (pp. 251-254). AMIC: Singapore.

7. (1998). Country Profile: Singapore Communication Scene. In Anura Goonsekera and Duncan Holaday (Eds.), Asian Communication Handbook (pp.159-170). AMIC: Singapore.