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what has happened?
Nowadays, people are eager to posting and updating
status about the issues happened in Malaysia. It attracts the readers to share
ideas, thoughts and debate for showing public interest.
There is one case
happened in year 2009, where it was involved this online journalism to create
racism and unhappiness among Malaysian. The case first started when
Attorney-General announced that a death of a suspect
in police custody was classified as murder.
It became controversy when the
suspect, Gopal, 22, been told died five days after being arrested by police at
Subang Jaya in the same year. Many people especially his family claim that
Gopal was tortured while he was investigated by the police.
This case set of the emotional and anger responses by
Indian community. They claimed that Gopal was tortured because of the
discrimination and racism. To prove that as true, the family sent the
memorandum to Inspector-General for demanding a second autopsy while some
protesters gathered and holding up banners.
Meanwhile, the photos of Gopal’s dead body showed
bruises and cuts been distributed over the Internet. This situation has
increased emotional thoughts towards was happened.
For your information, the suspect was a car thief that
involved in many cases of stolen luxurious car. He is also a suspect of many
cases of rape, however, his victims are unwilling to come forward and make a
police report.
He had led the police to the location where the stolen
cars were secretly kept. However, that was the only evidence that he showed to
the police. Gopal failed to tell other evidences to the investigative police
officers. The evidence showed that he was not alone. There is a syndicate
behind Gopal as well.
For me, the suspect been torturing by police officers
during his custody is necessary. It is because, there is a way where the
suspect will told the information needed by the police. The police has a right
to do so as well as the police followed the ethics and rules.
The case of Gopal, we can’t blindly blame the police
only. During his time in cell, there are another five others gangsters been
prisoned together with him. There is possibility that, Gopal and another five
gangsters have a fight in the cell.
I totally agreed that what is police officers do while
investigate the suspect and tortured them are basic by
only to threaten suspect. That is the way to make the suspect agreed to share
the information.
cyber-balkanisation
Internet become a part of our daily life.
Cyber-balkanisation as a new age form of group through new media; Internet.
Evolution of cyber-balkanisation is a form of more and more niche and focused
groups of people through any kind of social networking platform on the
Internet.
A citizen of journalism is a part of cyber-balkanisation.
He acted as a journalist, posted article or updating status that can give harm
towards the society and the government.
There are many cases related to cyber-balkanisation in Malaysia. The
latest case was involved a Malaysian couple who upload a picture of Ramadan
controversial greeting (bak kut teh) on Facebook page. Alvin Tan, 25 and Vivian
Lee 24, pleaded not guilty to uploading and publishing a seditious publication.
Both of them were charged under subsection 4 (1) (c) of the Sedition Act 1948
which punishable under subsection 4 (1) of the same act.
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| A couple who been charged by posting their controversial photo on Facebook |
Other than that, cyber-balkanisation lead to increasing
of social problem. The Internet gives information that what they want. Just key
in a word then the information will pop-ups by million articles related to that
word. Just say what kind of info that you want to read or see, you can get it
in just one click. For instance, pornography or fire arm such as gun and bomb.
all you can do is access through the Internet.
Try to imagine, majority of visitors are teenagers age 7
to 25 year old. They are the generation whom eager to know or search something
new related to their interest in the website. Moreover, a website has a very
own customization towards what they want according to their interest.
The government should more focus and alert to what is
happening in cyber world. The government should react as same as countries such
as Iran and China which blocked a website; Google to be access by their people.
Even though it is not a good solution but at least they are trying and can
minimize the problem from been too aggressive.
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| example of updating status on Facebook to create controversy |
Politic in Malaysia also been runoff by
cyber-balkanisation. It gives chaos to the country especially towards society.
For example, the case of Adam Adli, a student who first start his seditious
statement against the government. The action was he freely updated status after
his friend been beaten by policemen during the assembly at Universiti Perguruan
Sultan Idris (UPSI). Nevertheless, his friend was not really dying as what he
stated on his Twitter’s account.
From the view, we can conclude that new media gives power
to the users to attract visitors to believe and react. The Internet is not been
used as what the users want. People should not simply believe on what been
published in the Internet. Try to gain knowledge and added information by
investigate and make some small research towards to the information.
internet and online journalism in Italy
This video can give us the rough
ideas about what is internet and online journalism..
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implication of online journalism
Rapid growths on citizen journalism
nowadays become worst day by day. What is mean by citizen journalism is anyone
in the world trying to pull out them by posting video or own opinion to social
networking or any website or weblogs towards what happen around them.
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