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.

 

8.      Book review. Meheroo Jussawalla (Ed.) Global Telecommunications Policies: The Challenge of Change. (Contributions in Economics and Economic History No. 148) Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press. Asian Journal of Communication. Vol. 4 No. 2. 148-152.

 

D. Conference Papers (Reviewed)

1.      Wang, Guozhen and Peng Hwa Ang. (2006, August). The Principal-Agent Problem in Chinese State-Owned Media. Paper presented at the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication Annual Conference, San Francisco, USA.

 

2.      Wang, Guozhen and Peng Hwa Ang. (2006, July). Promises and Problems of Civil Society in Internet Governance: Lessons from China. Paper presented at the 4th annual Internet in China conference, Singapore.

 

3.      Chen, Xiaoyan and Peng Hwa Ang. (2006, June). Defamation Litigation and the Press in China: An Empirical Account in Chengdu. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the International Communication Association, Dresden, Germany.

 

4.      Chen, Xiaoyan and Peng Hwa Ang. (2006, June). Defamation and the Press in China: An Overview of Court Published Cases. Paper presented at “Modernisation, Modernity and the Media in China” conference, London, UK.

 

5.      Chen, Xiaoyan, & Ang, Peng Hwa (2005, June). Internet police in China: Scope, regulation and myth. Paper presented at 3rd Chinese Internet Conference, East Lansing, Michigan, USA.

 

6.      Liau, Albert, Angelina Khoo and Peng Hwa Ang. (2004, September). Singaporean Parents’ Awareness of their Adolescents’ Internet Use. European South-East Asian Conference. Paris, France.

 

7.      Detenber, B. and Ang Peng Hwa. (2003). The Influence of Demographics, Self-Construal and Perceptual Biases. Paper accepted for presentation at the annual conference of the International Association of Media and Communication Research Conference, Taipei. Taiwan. (Conference cancelled because of SARS.)

 

8.      Ang, Peng Hwa. (2003, May). Critical Looks: How and Why China is Regulating the Internet. Paper presented at the China and the Internet: Technology, Economy and Society in Transition. Los Angeles, USA.

 

9.      Ang, Peng Hwa. (2003, May). The Limits and Possibilities of Self-Regulation of Cyberspace. Paper presented at the 53nd Annual Conference of the International Communication Association, San Diego, USA.

 

10.  Lee, Brian and Peng Hwa Ang. (2003, May). The Validity of Online Surveys: A Case Study from Singapore. Paper presented at the 53nd Annual Conference of the International Communication Association, San Diego, USA.

 

11.  Ang, Peng Hwa. (2002, July). Self-Regulation the Internet: A Case Study of Cyberlaw in Singapore. Paper presented at the 52nd Annual Conference of the International Communication Association, Seoul, Korea.

 

12.  Ang, Peng Hwa and Jim Dewar. (2001, June). Parallels and Paradigms: Comparisons of the Internet with the Printing Press. Paper presented at the Internet Society Annual Conference, Stockholm, Sweden.

 

13.  Ang, Peng Hwa and Berlinda Nadarajan. (1999, August). Credibility and Journalism on the Internet: How Online Newspapers Handle Errors and Corrections. Paper presented at the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication Annual Conference, New Orleans, USA.

 

14.  Ang, Peng Hwa and Berlinda Nadarajan. (1999, June). Correction Policies of Online Publications: Setting the Record Straight in the Bazaar of Ideas. Paper presented at the Internet Society Annual Conference, San Jose, California, USA.

 

15.  Lau, Tuen-Yu and Peng Hwa Ang. (1997, August). Use of the Industrial Organization Model in Examining TV Economics in the Asia Pacific Region. Paper presented at the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication Annual Conference, Chicago, USA.

 

16.  Ang, Peng Hwa and Albert Gunther. (1997, June). Toward a framework for the development of community standards of censorship: a case study of Singapore. Paper presented at the 47th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association, Montreal, Canada.

 

17.  Ang, Peng Hwa and Berlinda Nadarajan. (1997, June). Issues in the Regulation of Internet Quality of Service. Paper presented at the Internet Society Annual Conference, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Retrieved September 30, 2002 from: http://www.isoc.org/isoc/whatis/conferences/inet/97/proceedings/B1/B1_1.HTM

 

18.  Ang, Peng Hwa. (1997, June). How Countries Are Regulating Internet Content. Paper presented at the Internet Society Annual Conference, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Retrieved September 30, 2002 from: http://www.isoc.org/isoc/whatis/conferences/inet/97/proceedings/B1/B1_3.HTM 

 

19.  Ang, Peng Hwa and Loh, Chee Meng. (1996, June). Internet Development in Asia. Paper presented at the Internet Society Annual Conference, Montreal, Canada. Retrieved September 30, 2002 from: http://www.isoc.org/isoc/whatis/conferences/inet/96/proceedings/h1/h1_1.htm

 

20.  Ang, Peng Hwa and Berlinda Nadarajan. (1995, June). Censorship and the Internet: a Singapore Perspective. Paper presented at the Internet Society Annual Conference, Honolulu, USA. Retrieved September 30, 2002 from: http://info.isoc.org:80/HMP/PAPER/132/txt/paper.txt

 

21.  Gunther, Albert and Peng Hwa Ang. (1995, May). Public Perceptions of Television Influence and Opinions about Censorship in Singapore. Paper presented at the 46th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association, Chicago, USA.

 

22.  Ang, Peng Hwa. (1995, July). The Causal Relationship Between International Telecommunications and Economic Development: Cause for Reanalysis? Paper presented at the 44th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association, Sydney, Australia.

 

23.  (1993). Trade and Telecommunication Flows in a Major Trading Centre: The Case of Singapore. Panel presentation at the 43rd Annual Conference of the International Communication Association, Washington, D.C., U.S.A., May.

 

24.  Ang, Peng Hwa and Shikha Dalmia. (1993). So What’s New: A Critique of the “New” Paradigm of Development. Paper presented at the 43rd Annual Conference of the International Communication Association, Washington, D.C., U.S.A., May. Top paper. Intercultural and Development Communication Division.

 

25.  Ang, Peng Hwa. (1992, May). Alternate Paths of Development from the Periphery: Singapore’s Disk Drive Initiative. Panel presentation at the 42nd Annual Conference of the International Communication Association, Miami, USA.

 

26.  (1992, January). Telecommunication Hubs: The Role for Telecommunication in Regional Development and Cooperation. Paper presented at Pacific Telecommunications Council Conference, Hawaii, USA.

 

27. (1991, May). Singapore Ponders Privatization. Panel presentation at the  41st Annual Conference of the International Communication Association, Chicago, USA.

 

28.  (1991, May). The Market Structure of US Mass Market Consumer Videotex Services and Some Implications for Policy. Paper presented at the  41st Annual Conference of the International Communication Association, Chicago, USA.

 

29.  (1991, August). The Impact of Telecommunications on Developing Countries. Paper presented at the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication Annual Conference, Boston, USA.

 

30.  (1990, June). A Proposed Free Speech Model for the Electronic Bulletin Board. Paper presented at the 40th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association, Dublin, Ireland.

 

31.  (1990, June). Copyrightability of Computer Screen Displays for Databases. Paper presented at the 40th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association, Dublin, Ireland.

 

Conference Papers (Invited)

1.      Ang, Peng Hwa and Randolph Kluver.( 2006, February). Cinderella without a Fairy Godmother: A Perspective on the Institutional Ecology of Social Research on Information and Communication Technologies from Singapore. Information, Communication and New Media Studies: Networking a Multidisciplinary Field. Workshop organized by Oxford Internet Institute and Social Science Research. Oxford, UK.

 

2.      Chen, Xiaoyan, & Ang, Peng Hwa. (2005, September).From feibang zhi mu to yulun jiandu: Public official’s reputational right and freedom of expression. Paper presented at the Fourth Conference of Media & Communication in Chinese Civilization, Hong Kong, China.

 

3.      Ang, Peng Hwa. (2005, July). Emerging Cyber Trends and its Impact in Singapore. Youth.Net: Developing Cyber Wellness. National Youth Council. July.

 

4.      Kluver, Randolph and Peng Hwa Ang. (2004, October). Legal Issues for Online Journalism in Singapore. IT Community and New Media Journalism in Asia: Legal Problems and Perspectives Conference. Hanoi.

 

5.      Ang, Peng Hwa.  (2004, July). The Dark Side of the Internet: the Abuse and Misuse of the Internet and What Can Be Done. Internet Communication in Intelligent Societies. Conference organized by the School of Journalism and Communication, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, SAR.

 

6.      (2004, June). Liability for Third-Party Content on the Internet. 13th AMIC Annual Conference. Bangkok, Thailand.

 

7.      (2004, April). The Role of Media in Times of Conflict. Asia Media Summit. Fourth News World Asia Conference. Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

 

8.      (2004, January). Information Flow and Control and Their Consequences in Countering the 21st Century Threats of Terrorism. Asia in Search of a New Order. Fourth Asian Network of Economic Policy Research Conference (ANEPR IV). Conference organised by the Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry (RIETI). Tokyo, Japan.

 

9.      (2003, September). E-Regulations in Asia: The Internet and a Freer Asia. Democratic Transitions? – Will the Internet Bring About More Democracy and Better Governance? Workshop organised by the Nordic Institute of Asian Studies, Aalborg University, The Digital North Denmark, Images of Asia, MODINET and the Danish Association for International Co-operation. Aalborg University, Denmark

 

10.  (2003, June). The Social and Cultural Impact of the Internet in ASEAN: An Overview. ASEAN Information Seminar: Social and Cultural Impact of the Internet in ASEAN. Seminar organised by the Public Relations Academy. Singapore.

 

11.  (2003, March). Expanding Horizons in Germany, Europe and Asia: Media Literacy. Rethinking Media Policy in the Internet Age. Workshop organised by the Bertelsmann Foundation and Asia-Europe Foundation. Singapore.

 

12.  (2002, April). Will Copyright Hamper Creativity? Copyright Forum. Conference organised by the Intellectual Property Office of Singapore and Singapore Academy of Law. Singapore.

 

13.  (2002, April). Legal & Regulatory Hurdles to E-commerce in Singapore. Inaugural Symposium. Symposium organised by the Technology Law and Development Group, Singapore Academy of Law, Singapore.

 

14.  (2001, July). Singapore Media Laws. Regional Consultation on Research and Survey of Media Laws. Symposium organised by the Konrad Adenauer Foundation in Bangkok, Thailand.

 

15.  (2001, June). Strategies For Protecting Privacy In A Networked World. Privacy: A Key Issue in the 21st Century. Keynote address. Conference organised by the Communications Law Centre, Victoria University. Melbourne, Australia.

 

16.  (2001, June). International Developments and Models: Implications for Australia. Privacy: A Key Issue in the 21st Century. Conference organised by the Communications Law Centre, Victoria University. Melbourne, Australia.

 

17.  (2001, March). Towards A Code of Self-Regulation of Internet Content. 2001. Annual Conference of the Asia Pacific Internet Conference on Operating Technologies, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

 

18.  Ono, Ryota and Ang, Peng Hwa. (1999, November). Communication Education and Training in ASEAN: An Overview. 1999. Communication Education and Media Needs in ASEAN. Conference jointly organised by the School of Communication Studies, Nanyang Technological University and Asian Media Information and Communication Centre held in Singapore.

 

19.  Ang, Peng Hwa.(1999, October). ISP Self-Regulation: Why and Why Not? Combating Child Pornography On The Internet. Conference organised by the European Union in Vienna, Austria.

 

20.  (1999, May).Asia-Pacific Perspective on Content Rating. EU Internet Content Rating For Europe (INCORE) Project: First Expert Meeting. Conference organised by the European Union in Brussels, Belgium.

 

21.  (1998, April). Supervising the Internet. 1998. Workshop in Media Regulations for New Times. Conference organised by Asian Mass Communication Research and Information Centre in Bangkok, Thailand.

 

22.  (1998, August). Education and Journalism in Singapore: Retrospect and Prospect. Conference on Education and Training of Journalists in ASEAN Countries.  Conference organised by the Asian Institute for Development Communication in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

 

23.  (1998, September). Content Regulation Of The Internet: An Update. Asia-Pacific Regional Expert Meeting on Legal Framework of Cyberspace. Korean National Commission for UNESCO. Seoul, Korea.

 

24.  (1997, June). How Countries Regulate Internet Content. Paper presented at the Pan-Asian Networking Group funded by the International Development Research Centre, Canada, held at Ulaan Bataar. Mongolia.

 

25.  (1996, August). Free Expression on the Internet: Limits and Possibilities. Paper presented at The 8th MacBride Round Table on Communication. Seoul, Korea.

 

26.  (1995, September). Control and Censorship in the Information Age: A Singapore Perspective. 1995. Chances and Risks of the Information Society: Its Social and Economic Effects in Europe and Southeast Asia. Workshop jointly organised by the School of Communication Studies, Nanyang Technological University and Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung in Singapore.

 

27.  (1995, March). Impact of Digital Libraries on Society. Digital Libraries Conference & Multimedia Workshop. Organised by the National Computer Board and the Ministry of Information and the Arts in Singapore.

 

28.  Ang, Peng Hwa and Shikha Dalmia. (1993, December). So What’s New: A Critique of the “New” Paradigm of Development. (Revised Version). International Conference On Communication And Development In Post-modern Era: Re-Evaluating The Freirean Legacy. Symposium organised by Universiti Sains Malaysia and World Association for Christian Communication in Penang, Malaysia.

 

29.  Ang, Peng Hwa. (1993, June). The Causal Relationship Between International Telecommunications and Economic Development: Cause for Reanalysis? Paper presented at the  Conference on Communication, Technology and Development Alternatives  for Asia organised by Asian Mass Communication Research and Information Centre in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

 

30.  (1993, June). Causality Between Trade and Telecommunication Flows in Singapore. 1993. Paper presented at the Conference on Telecommunications in Greater China organised by the Centre of Asian Studies, Hong Kong University, Hong Kong.

 

Selected Presentations and Panel Discussions

 

1.      Moderator. (2006 October). “Theorizing Internet Governance: State of the Art.”  Global Internet Governance Academic Network (GIGANet) Symposium before the Internet Governance Forum. Athens, Greece.

 

2.      Moderator. (2006, September). Key Issues Facing Today’s Regulators. 37th Annual Conference. International Institute of Communications. Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

 

3.      Participant. (2006, March). Collaborative and Networked Approaches to Global Communications Policy Research and Reform. Bellagio Study and Conference Centre. Lake Como, Italy.

 

4.      Presenter. (2006, February). Organisational and Institutional Elements for the Internet Governance Forum: A Very Modest Proposal. Internet Governance: The Way Forward. Diplo. Malta.

 

5.      Chairman. (2005, December). Balancing the Agenda. International Media and Environment Summit. Newsworld Nature. Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia.

 

6.      Presenter. (2005, November). The Possibility of International Cooperation for Internet Regulation. Hypernetwork 2005 Beppu Bay Meeting. Institute for Hypernetwork Society. Beppu Bay, Japan.

 

7.      Presenter. (2005, July). Censorship and Content Regulation of the Internet. Summer Doctoral Programme. Oxford Internet Institute. Beijing, China.

 

8.      Presenter. (2005, July). Internet Governance. Summer Doctoral Programme. Oxford Internet Institute. Beijing, China.

 

9.      Presenter. (2005, July).  Media, Governance and Political Communication: Structures and Processes. 14th AMIC Annual Conference. Beijing, China.

 

10.  Presenter. (2005, June). New Technologies, Innovation, Cultural Evolution and Public Policy. Cultural New Media Days. A conference organised by the Canadian Department of Heritage at the Canadian Pavilion, Expo’05, Aichi, Japan.

 

11.  Presenter. (2005, April). Communication Education in the Digital Age. Symposium organised by Hongkong Baptist University. Hongkong.

 

12.  Presenter. (2004, September). Imagine: Media in Asia. Young Leaders’ Forum. Organised by Konrad Adenauer Foundation. Singapore.

 

13.  Ang Peng Hwa and Chen Xiaoyan. (2004, May). Perceptions of Terrorism in Western and Asian Media. Presentation at 5th Asian-European Editors’ Forum organised by the Konrad-Adenauer Stiftung. Bangkok, Thailand.

 

14.  Presenter. (2003, December). New Technology and Media Education in a Globalising World: The Case of Singapore. Colloquium on Preparing The Next Generation Of Asian Journalists: Challenges Of Globalizations And New Technologies. Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

 

15.  Presenter. (2003, August). Media Freedom and Media Responsibility: When National Interests Are At Stake. NewsWorld Asia Seminar. Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

 

16.  Convenor. (2003, June). Crossing the Digital Divide: Beyond Access into Culture. Panel to be held at the 53nd Annual Conference of the International Communication Association Annual Conference. San Diego, USA. (Peer reviewed).

 

17.  Speaker. (2002, July 31 to August 2). Training - The Journalist and the Hype. News World Conference. Singapore.

 

18.  Panellist. (2002, July). Media Law Education in Singapore. In panel on “Education in Mass Communication Law in Asia”. 52nd Annual Conference of the International Communication Association Annual Conference. Seoul, Korea. (Peer reviewed).

 

19.  Presenter. (2002, January 25). Regulating for Privacy? Strategic Implications of Developments in Information Technology. International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS). Singapore.

 

20.  20. Presenter. (2001, November 29-30). Information Technology (IT) and Services in Asia: the Case of Singapore. 17th World Communications Forum, Awaji Island, Japan.

 

21.  21. Discussant. (2001, October 28-30). E-Commerce in Asia. 2nd Asia Pacific Conference on E-Commerce. East-West Center. Honolulu, Hawaii.

 

  22.  22. Convenor. (2001, June). The Impact of Internet Content Regulation On The Internet. Internet Society Annual Conference. Stockholm, Sweden. (Peer reviewed).

 

23.  Convenor. (2000, July 17-22). Censorship Around the World. 22nd IAMCR General Assembly and Conference. Singapore. (Peer reviewed).

 

24.  Chairperson. (1999, September 10-11). Self-Rating and Filtering. Internet Content Summit, Munich, Germany.

 

E. Workshops and Other Presentations on Internet Governance

 

1.      With John Palfrey, Harvard Law School, Asia’s Information Society. 17 August 2007. Harvard Project for Asian and International Relations: Academic and Business Conferences 2007.  Beijing: China.

 

2.      Media Law Advocacy Programme. 9-10 July 2006. Programme in Comparative Media Law and Policy. Oxford University.

 

3.      Internet Governance: New Political and Regulatory Frameworks for Global Network Communication. ICA 2006 Pre-Conference. Co-organiser with Wolfgang Kleinwächter. Dresden, Germany. 15-18 June 2006.

 

4.      Internet Governance: What is it and Why You Should be Bothered? Presentation at Knowledge and Information Communication Technology for Development (KICT4D) 2005, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. 21-23 June 2005.

 

5.      Workshop on Internet Governance at the High Level Asia-Pacific Conference for the World Summit on the Information Society, Tehran, Iran. 31 May to 2 June 2005.

 

6.      Half-time at WGIG: What’s Up? Presentation to the South and South-West Asia Conference on Follow-up to the First Phase and Preparations for Second Phase of the World Summit on the Information Society. Kathmandu, Nepal. 1-3 March 2005.

 

7.      Updates About WGIG. Southeast and East Asia Conference on Preparations for WSIS II. Bali, Indonesia. 1-3 February 2005.

 

F. Keynote Addresses

1.      The UN and Internet Governance: Fears, Hopes and Possibilities. Sixth Annual Conference of the Association of Internet Researchers. October 6-9, 2005. Chicago, USA.

 

2.      Some Trends of Digital Technology and Their Impact on Children. Digital Genesis: Internet Safety and E-Trend for the Minor. Conference organised by Cyber Angel’s Pick, Taiwan I-Link Community Services Association, Center of Digital Culture Action, National Chengchi University and College of Communication, National Chengchi University. March 25-26, 2005, Taipei, Taiwan.

 

3.      Social and Cultural Impact of the Internet in ASEAN. ASEAN Information Seminar Series: Social and Cultural Impact of the Internet in ASEAN.  Organised by the Public Relations Academy and sponsored by ASEAN-COCI (Committee on Culture and Information), June 12 2003, Singapore.

 

G. External Lectures

 

1.      Symbiosis Institute of Media and Communication. (2007 Aug 23). New Media: Communication Opportunities and Legal Issues. Lecture to 200 graduate students.

 

2.      University of Washington, Department of Communication. (2007 Jan 25). The Emerging Framework for Internet Governance. Lecture via Skype to Master’s course in Digital Media Global Policy, Law and Ethics.

 

3.      Hamilton College. (2006 Oct 26). Who’s Really Out To Control The Internet? UN vs USA Internet Governance. Talk sponsored by Arthur Levitt Center, Dean of the Faculty and the Department of Communication.

 

4.      University of Texas, Austin. (2006 Oct 23). Internet Governance, the Rise and Rise of Media in Asia, and Other Research Agendas in Your Future. Department of Radio, Television and Film.

 

5.      National Cheng Chi University, Taiwan. (2006 Oct 11) Internet Governance: What Is It and Where Is It Going? (via Skype) to a class on “International Communication Policies And Regulations” by Georgette Wang.

 

6.      University of Southern California. Results from PrepCom 3. Colloquium presented at the Annenberg School for Communication. October 17, 2005.

 

7.      University of Colorado. Internet Governance and the UN. Colloquium presented at the School of Journalism and Mass Communication. October 12, 2005.

 

8.      University of Illinois. Champions and Runners-up in Internet Governance. Colloquium presented at the Department of Speech Communication Colloquium Series. October 5, 2005.

 

9.      University at Buffalo. The UN Working Group on Internet Governance: An Insider’s Perspective. Colloquium presented at the School of Informatics and Baldy Center for Law and Social Policy. October 3, 2005.

 

10.  Oxford Internet Institute. Beijing, China. (2005, July 20). Internet Governance: The State of Play. Summer Doctoral Programme.

 

11.  Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan. (2005, May 25). An Insider's View of the Working Group on Internet Governance

 

12.  Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida, USA. (2004, September 14 and 15). Liability for Third-Party Content and Modes and Framework for Regulating the Internet.

 

13.  Manipal Institute of Communication (MIC), Manipal, India. (2003, April 1). How To and How Far To Regulate the Internet.

 

14.  Mudra Institute of Communication, Ahmedabad (MICA), India. (2003, March 29). The Possibilities and Limits of Regulating the Internet.

 

15.  Universiti Sains Malaysia. (2003, December). Series of lectures about Internet regulation. School of Communication.

 

16.  University of Copenhagen. (2003, September 23). Internet Censorship and Regulation in Asia. Seminar: Internet Governance and Democracy in Asia. Center for Media and Democracy in the Network Society (MODINET).

 

17.  University of Washington. (2003, May 28). Internet Content Control and Privacy Issues in Singapore. Southeast Asia Center and Department of Communication.

 

18.  Fudan University. (2002, November 14 and 15). International Content Regulation of the Internet and Self-Regulation and the Internet. School of Journalism.

 

19.  Oxford University. (2001, February 12). The myths of Internet content non-regulation. Seminar series at the Centre for Socio-Legal Studies. Wolfson College.

 

20.  London School of Economics. (2001, January). Policy Implications in the Metering of Telecommunications. Presentation in master’s seminar in Globalisation, Regulation and Public Policy, Department of Sociology.

 

21.  Michigan State University. (2000, November). The Creative Destruction of The Current Telecommunication System by the Internet. Department of Telecommunication, undergraduate guest lecture.

 

22.  Curtin University. (2000, October). Invited speaker. Content Regulation of the Internet. School of Media and Information.

 

23.  Harvard University. (2000, November 13). The Myth of Internet (Non)-Regulation. Seminar series. Harvard Information Infrastructure Project, Kennedy School of Government.

 

24.  Harvard University. (2000, October). Internet and Censorship. Guest speaker at Jonathan Zittrain’s Master’s seminar on Internet & Society: The Technologies and Politics of Control. Law School.

 

H. Research Grants Obtained

1.      Government Intervention, Technological Convergence, and Market Competition: Assessing the Multimedia, Regulation Model in Malaysia. 2006. S$3,000. RCC 2/2006

 

2.      Legal and Regulatory Hurdles to E-Commerce in Singapore. 2002. Singapore Academy of Law. $1,000

 

3.      The Validity of Online Surveys. 2001. Nanyang Technological University. Academic Research Fund. S$5,000.

 

4.      A Survey of Perceptions of and Attitudes towards Censorship in Singapore. 2000. Nanyang Technological University. Academic Research Fund. S$3,000.

 

5.      Code of Practice for Internet Content Self-Regulation. 2000/1. Asia and Pacific Internet Association. US$10,000

 

6.      Communication Education and Media Needs in ASEAN, 1998/9. ASEAN-COCI. US$85,000.

 

7.      Information Highway: Policy and Regulation in the Construction of Global Infrastructure in ASEAN, Singapore Nov 25-27, 1998. ASEAN-COCI. US$75,000.

 

8.      Towards a Theory of Censorship. 1994. Singapore Broadcasting Corporation. S$30,000.

 

I. Conferences Organised

1.      Co-organiser, Gate keepers in a Digital Asian-European Media Landscape: The rising structural power of Internet search engines. 28 February – 1 March 2008. A workshop funded by the Asia-Europe Foundation (ASEF) and the Asia Alliance, Singapore.

 

2.      Facilitator, The State of Play V – Building the Global Metaverse 2007.  August  19-20, 2007. Organised by New York Law School in conjunction with Trinity University, Harvard Law School, Yale Law School and Nanyang Technological University (CAPTEL, Nanyang Business School and SiRC, Wee Kim Wee School of Communication & Information),

 

3.      Deputy Chairman, IAMCR Local Organising Committee 2000. July 17-22, 2000. Singapore.

 

4.      Co-organiser, Parallels and Paradigm: the Internet and the Printing Press. Santa Monica, October 5-6, 2000.

 

 

J. Fellowships, Awards and Other Recognition

1.      Public Service Medal. 2007. Awarded by the Singapore Government for co-chairing the Consumer Protection Fair Trading Taskforce to update consumer protection laws.

 

2.      Who’s Who in the World. Marquis Who’s Who. 2005.

 

3.      Member, United Nation’s Working Group on Internet Governance. 2004 to 2005.

 

4.      Senior Fellow, Intellectual Property Academy. Singapore. 2003

 

5.      Honorary Fellow, Center for Global Communications (GLOCOM), International University of Japan. July 2001 to July 2007.

 

6.      Visiting Fellow. Program in Comparative Media Law and Policy, Centre for Socio-Legal Studies, University of Oxford. January to February, 2001.

 

7.      Fulbright Award. 2000.

 

8.      Fellow, Harvard Information Infrastructure Project, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University. September to December, 2000

 

9.      Top Paper. Top paper. Intercultural and Development Communication Division. Ang, Peng Hwa and Shikha Dalmia. (1993). So What’s New: A Critique of the “New” Paradigm of Development. Paper presented at the 43rd Annual Conference of the International Communication Association, Washington, D.C., U.S.A., May.

 

K. Graduate Research Supervised

1.      The Evolution of Defamation Law in China by Chen Xiaoyan, PhD completed 2008.

 

2.      Internet Marketing Behaviour of Consumers in Malaysia and Singapore by Brian Lee, PhD completed 2007.

 

3.      Analysis of Media Use of Online News Media & Offline Newspapers by Jiang Yayun, M. Comm. Studies, completed 2002.

 

4.      Internet Commerce and Policy in Singapore—Towards Building a Technopolis by Lora Lee, M. Comm. Studies, completed 2002.

 

5.      The Diffusion of IT in Singapore Schools: A Process Framework by Tang Pui See, M. Comm. Studies, completed 1999.

 

L. Extra-Curricular Activities (Current)

  1.  

Member, Advisory Council for the Impact on the Impact of New Media on Society (AIMS) Working Group

2007
  1.  

Vice President, Central Committee of Consumers Association of Singapore

2006
  1.  

Member, Governing Council, Mudra Institute of Communications, Ahmedabad, India

2005
  1.  

Member, Board of Governors, Intellectual Property Academy

2005
  1.  

Chairman, Asian Media Information and Communication Centre

2004

  1.  

Regional Editor, Journal of Global Media and Communication

2004
  1.  

Member, Editorial Board, Asian Journal of Communication

2004
  1.  

Member, Editorial Board, Journal of Interactive Advertising

2000
  1.  

Member, International Advisory Board, New Media & Society, Sage

1998
  1.  

Legal Advisor, Advertising Standards Authority of Singapore

1996

  1.  

Life Member, International Communication Association, USA

1995

 

M. Extra-Curricular Activities (Past)

1.              

Inaugural Chair, Global Internet Governance Academic Network (GigaNet)

2007 - 2008

2.              

Advisor, Research Cluster, Arts, Culture and the Information Society, Institute of Policy Studies

2005-2007

3.              

Member, Nominating Committee, International Communication Association

2005 - 2007

4.              

President, Fulbright Association of Singapore

2004 - 2007

5.              

Member, National Internet Advisory Committee, Legal Sub-Committee, Singapore

1997 - 2006

6.              

Member, International Advisory Council and Board, Internet Content Rating Association

2000 - 2005

7.              

Vice-President, Fulbright Association

2003 - 2004

8.              

Member, Knowledge and Inquiry (KI) and General Paper (GP) Syllabus Review Committee, Ministry of Education

2003 - 2004

9.              

Secretary, Fulbright Association

2002 - 2003

10.              

Member, Censorship Review Committee, Ministry of Information, Communication and the Arts

2002 - 2003

11.              

Member, Technology Law Development Group, Singapore Academy of Law

2000 - 2001

12.        

Member, Editorial Board, Electronic Journal of Communication, International

1996 - 2001

13.        

Member,  Editorial Board,  Journalism Studies,  Routledge

1999 - 2002

14.        

Resource Person, Government Parliamentary Committee, Communications, Singapore

1996 - 2001

15.        

Member, Expert Network Group on Internet Self-Regulation organised by the Bertelsmann Foundation

1999 - 2001