C.V. OF DR. PENG HWA ANG

A.  Particulars (current as of September 3 2002)

 

Office: School of Communication Studies

            Nanyang Technological University

            31 Nanyang Link

            Singapore 637710

 

Phone (Voice): +65-6790-6109

              (Fax):  +65-6791-5214

 

Email: TPHANG @ NTU.EDU.SG

 

Current Position:  Vice-Dean

     Associate 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 and Sankaran Ramanathan. (2000). (Eds.) Communication Education and Media Training Needs in ASEAN. AMIC, Singapore.

 

2.     Goonesekera, Anura and Ang Peng Hwa. (1999). (Eds.) Information Highways: Policy and Regulation in the Construction of Global Infrastructure in ASEAN. (1999). AMIC, Singapore.

 

3.     Ang, Peng Hwa and Yeo Tiong Min. (1998). Mass Media Laws and Regulations in Singapore. AMIC, Singapore.

 

 

Book Chapters

 

1.     Ang, Peng Hwa. (2002). Medien in Singapur. (Translation into German from “Media in Singapore”.) In Uwe Hasebrink and Wolfgang Shulz (Eds.) Internationales Handbuch Medien, (Baden-Baden, Germany: Hans Bredow Institut and Nomos Verlaggesellschaft). 920-930.

 

2.     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, (Delft, Netherlands: Delft University Press). 249-253.

 

3.     Ang, Peng Hwa. (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. (AMIC: Singapore). 80-89.

 

4.     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, (New Delhi: Sage). 159-182.

 

5.     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, (Singapore: Institute of Southeast Asian Studies). 243-268.

 

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

 

7.     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, (New Delhi: Sage). 232-255.

 

8.     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. (Göteborg, Sweden: The UNESCO International Clearinghouse on Children and Violence on the Screen at Nordicom). 279-293.

 

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

 

10.  (With Tuen-Yu Lau). (1998). “The Pacific Rim”, In (ed.) 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.

 

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

 

Publications (Peer-Reviewed)

 

1.     (With Pui See Tang.) Diffusion of IT in Singapore Schools. (forthcoming). New Media and Society.

 

2.     Ang, Peng Hwa. (2001). The Role of Self-Regulation of Privacy on The Internet. Journal of Interactive Advertising. Volume 1, Number 2. Available online at: http://www.jiad.org/vol1/no2/ang/

 

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

 

4.     Ang, Peng Hwa and Berlinda Nadarajan. (1996). Censorship and the Internet: a Singapore Perspective. CACM, June. Vol. 39, No. 6. 72-78.

 

5.     Gunther, Albert C. and Ang Peng Hwa. (1996). Public Perceptions of Television Influence and Opinions About Censorship in Singapore. International Journal of Public Opinion Research, Vol. 18 No. 3. 248-265.  Reprinted in Children and Violence on the Screen, U. Carlsson & C. von Feilitzen (Eds.). Goteborg, Sweden: Nordicom, (2000).

 

Publications (Invited)

1.     Censorship and the Internet. (2002). In Allen Kent (Ed.) Encyclopaedia of Library and Information Science, Vol. 65, Supplement 28, (Marcel Dekker, New York). 12-22.

 

2.     Why The Internet  Will Make Asia Freer. (2001). Harvard Asia Quarterly. Summer V:3. 48. Available at: http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~asiactr/haq/200103/index.htm

 

3.     Asia’s Piece of the Pie: Asia’s entry into “Dot-Com” Universe. (2000). Harvard Asia Pacific Review. Summer. Available at:  http://hcs.harvard.edu/~hapr/summer00tech/pie.html.

 

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

 

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

 

 

Trade Publications

 

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

 

2.     Bug Hunt: Policing Asia’s Internet. (2000). Asian Wall Street Journal. September 7. 8

 

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

 

4.     Why Asia Is Losing The Cyberspace Race. (1999). Asian Wall Street Journal. April 14. 10. http://www.medialaw.com.sg/awsj.jpg.

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

8.     (With Berlinda Nadarajan.) (1995). Censorship and the Internet: A Singapore Perspective. Internet Association of Japan News. (Translated into Japanese.) October. 14-22.

 

9.     Singapore Broadcast Scene. (1995). Media Digest, Hong Kong. August.10-12.

 

 

Others

 

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

 

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

 

3.     Book review. (1994). 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.     Self-Regulation the Internet: A Case Study of Cyberlaw in Singapore. Paper presented at the 52nd Annual Conference of the International Communication Association Annual Conference, Seoul, July (2002).

 

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

 

3.     (With Berlinda Nadarajan). 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. August (1999).

 

4.     (With Berlinda Nadarajan). 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. June (1999).

 

5.     (With Lau Tuen-Yu.)  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 conference. Chicago, August (1997).

 

6.     (With Albert Gunther.) 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 Annual Conference. Montreal, Canada. June (1997).

 

7.     (With Berlinda Nadarajan.) Issues in the Regulation of Internet Quality of Service. Paper presented at the Internet Society Annual Conference. Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. June (1997). http://www.isoc.org/isoc/whatis/conferences/inet/97/proceedings/B1/B1_1.HTM

 

8.     How Countries Are Regulating Internet Content. Paper presented at the Internet Society Annual Conference. Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. June (1997). http://www.isoc.org/isoc/whatis/conferences/inet/97/proceedings/B1/B1_3.HTM

 

9.     (With Loh Chee Meng.) Internet Development in Asia. Paper presented at the Internet Society Annual Conference. Montreal, Canada. June (1996). http://www.isoc.org/isoc/whatis/conferences/inet/96/proceedings/h1/h1_1.htm

 

10.  (With Berlinda Nadarajan.) Censorship and the Internet: a Singapore Perspective. Paper presented at the Internet Society Annual Conference. Honolulu. June (1995). http://info.isoc.org:80/HMP/PAPER/132/txt/paper.txt

 

11.  (With Albert Gunther.) Public Perceptions of Television Influence and Opinions about Censorship in Singapore. Paper presented at the 46th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association. Chicago. May (1995).

 

12.  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, July, (1994).

 

13.  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 (1993).

 

14.  So What's New: A Critique of the "New" Paradigm of Development. Co-authored with Shikha Dalmia. Paper presented at the  43rd Annual Conference of the International Communication Association , Washington, D.C., U.S.A., May (1993). Top paper. Intercultural and Development Communication Division.

 

15.  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, U.S.A., May (1992).

 

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

 

17.  Singapore Ponders Privatization. Panel presentation at the  41st Annual Conference of the International Communication Association , Chicago, U.S.A., May (1991).

 

18.  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, U.S.A., May (1991).

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

 

Conference Papers (Invited)

 

1.     Will Copyright Hamper Creativity? 2002. Copyright Forum. Intellectual Property Office of Singapore and Singapore Academy of Law. Singapore. April.

 

2.     Legal & Regulatory Hurdles to E-commerce in Singapore. 2002. Inaugural Symposium Technology Law and Development Group. Singapore. April.

 

3.     Singapore Media Laws. 2001. Regional Consultation on Research and Survey of Media Laws. Konrad Adenauer Foundation. Bangkok, Thailand. July.

 

4.     International Developments and Models: Implications for Australia. 2001. Organised by the Communications Law Centre. Privacy Conference. Melbourne, Australia. June.

 

5.     Strategies For Protecting Privacy In A Networked World. 2001. Keynote address. Privacy Conference. Organised by the Communications Law Centre. Melbourne, Australia. June.

 

6.     Towards A Code of Self-Regulation of Internet Content. 2001. Asia Pacific Internet Conference on Operating Technologies. Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. March.

 

7.     (With Ryota Ono). Communication Education and Training in ASEAN: An Overview. 1999. Paper presented at Communication Education and Media Needs in ASEAN, Singapore, November.

 

8.     ISP Self-Regulation: Why and Why Not? 1999. Presentation at the Child Pornography Conference. Vienna. October.

 

9.     Asia-Pacific Perspective on Content Rating. 1999. EU Internet Content Rating For Europe (INCORE) Project: First Expert Meeting. Brussels, Belgium. May.

 

10.  Supervising the Internet. 1998. Paper presented at the Workshop in Media Regulations for New Times. Bangkok, April.

 

11.  Education and Journalism in Singapore: Retrospect and Prospect. 1998. Asian Institute for Development Communication. Paper presented at the Conference on Education and Training of Journalists in ASEAN Countries. Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. August.

 

12.  Content Regulation Of The Internet: An Update. 1998. Asia-Pacific Regional Expert Meeting on Legal Framework of Cyberspace. Paper presented at the Conference organised by Korean National Commission for UNESCO. Seoul, Korea. September 8-10.

 

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

 

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

 

15.  Control and Censorship in the Information Age: A Singapore Perspective. 1995. Paper presented at a workshop on Chances and Risks of the Information Society: Its Social and Economic Effects in Europe and Southeast Asia. Jointly organised by the School of Communication Studies, Nanyang Technological University and Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung. September.

 

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

 

17.   (With Shikha Dalmia.) So What’s New: A Critique of the “New” Paradigm of Development. (Revised Version). 1993. Universiti Sains Malaysia and World Association for Christian Communication. Paper presented at the  International Conference On Communication And Development In Post-modern Era: Re-Evaluating The Freirean Legacy , Penang, Malaysia, December.

 

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

 

19.  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, June.

 

 

Panel Discussions (Invited)

 

 

1.     Panellist, 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, July (2002)

 

 

 

2.     Presenter, “Training - The Journalist And The Hype”. News World Conference. July 31 to August 2 2002. Singapore.

 

 

3.     Presenter, Media Regulation: More or Less. 2002. 11th AMIC Annual Conference. June 17-19 2002 Perth, Australia.

 

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

 

5.     Presenter, Information Technology (IT) and Services in Asia: the Case of Singapore. 2001.

6.     17th World Communications Forum, Awaji Island, Japan, 29  to 30 November.

 

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

 

8.     Convenor, The Impact of Internet Content Regulation On The Internet. 2001. Internet Society Annual Conference. Stockholm, Sweden. June.

 

 

 

9.     Discussant, Internet Content: Reconciling On-Line and Off-Line Rules. 2001. 10th Annual AMIC Conference. Manila, Philippines.

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11.  Discussant, New Age Radio. 2000. Singapore. Institute of Advertising, Singapore.How Can We Create A Market of Radio Listeners”. 16 August.

 

 

 

 

 

12.  Convenor, Censorship Around the World. 2000. 22nd IAMCR General Assembly and Conference. Singapore. July 17-22.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

13.  Discussant, The Role of Tertiary Institutions in Cyber Learning. 2000.  Institute of E-Commerce Conference. CommerceNet Singapore. Singapore. 29-30 May.

 

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

 

15.  Discussant. Wiring The World: International Perspectives On National/Global Information Infrastructure Developments. 47th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association Annual Conference. Montreal, Canada. June. 1997

 

E. External Lectures

 

1.     Michigan State University, Department of Telecommunication, undergraduate guest lecture on “The Creative Destruction of The Current Telecommunication System by the Internet”. November, 2000.

 

2.     Harvard University, Law School. Master’s seminar. Guest speaker on internet and censorship. October, 2000.

 

3.     London School of Economics, Department of Sociology, master’s seminar. Speaker on “The Metering of Telecommunication.” January, 2001.

 

4.     Self Regulation Update. Advertising Law and Intellectual Property. Lexis Nexis Butterworth. March 5, 2002. Singapore.

 

5.     Temasek Polytechnic, Certificate in Editing and Editorial Management. Guest lecturer on “Legal Issues in Publishing”. April 2002.

 

 

F. Research Grants Obtained

 

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

 

2.     Improving the Validity of Online Surveys: An Exploratory Test. 2001. Nanyang Technological University. Academic Research Fund. S$3,000.

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

 

 

G. Conferences Organised

 

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

 

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

 

3.     Member, Organising Committee, ITS 2002 Biennial Conference. Seoul, Korea.

 

H. Professional Services

 

1.     Reviewer for New Media & Society, 1998—current.

 

2.     Reviewer for Press & Politics, 1998.

 

3.     Reviewer for Journalism Studies, 1999—2001.

 

4.     Reviewer for Asia Pacific Media Educator, 2001.

 

5.     Reviewer for Telematics and Informatics, 2001.

 

6.     Reviewer for Journal of International Communication, 2001.

 

 

 

I. Fellowships

 

1.     Fulbright Award. 2000.

 

2.     Fellow, Harvard Information Infrastructure Project,