I was homing in on the thought that peeps like Jeff and Elizabeth were already credible, influential etc and maybe that’s why blogs were so effective for them, maybe even more than MSM would have been.

For example, Mr. Ooi’s blog has been around for a very long time and we saw Jeff in the real world as well, at events asking burning questions and so on and so forth. Any Malaysian who wanted to know more about local current events, could read him up. I know I have.

There’s no yardstick to say what’s credible what’s not.

But arguing whether blogs are credible won’t make a difference because most have in their minds that they are not.

I posted that the election shows how influential blogs have become and in you last paragraph supports it.

Personal yes. Blogger does a post, readers read. Some comment, some don’t.

But when readers comment, blogger respond. That’s make it personal too.

True, but this will be an unfair comparison. Unless you measure effectiveness of politicians’ messages when conveyed via MSM with effectiveness of politicians’ messages when conveyed via blogs.

“New media may not be deemed credible but this election has proven its influence. Influential enough to win votes at no monetary costs.”

I dont think new media should be deemed credible just because of what happened during this election. The rakyat already knew figures like Jeff Ooi, Elizabeth Wong etc. and reading them way before the elections. Malaysians wanted and still want to know more about them especially their views/stance towards certain issues.

New media was a medium to facilitate this, and a (future) politician conveying their message via blogs is able to make it more personal than if via MSM, I think. I’m not sure why… maybe because of it’s customisable nature etc etc

The post isn’t meant for politics.

The whole purpose is to look at how both aspects from media1.0 and media2.0 in the region.

Somehow it seems, media, be it MSM or social media, seem to always crawl back to politics.

Thanks for your comments.

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Great post! I am a researcher as well based in KL. It’s always great to touch base with someone who knows what they are talking about. I believe if you contact the Brotherhood Press or the Brotherhood of Mechanical Bicycles Lovers, You can actually get a 140 pg report FREE!!!!!! Yes they actually had something like 7 teams studying the Malaysian elections.

However, I believe you country (singapore) has restrictions on foreigners meddling or singing about politics, so that could be why this report is only avaliable in HK. You can contact them if you like..just a tip!

Reg

Meredith