Cherian GEORGE, Prof

Research Output

Research output per year 1996 2015 2016 2017 2019 2021 2022 2024

• 37 Journal article
• 36 Chapter
• 12 Book or report
• 9 Conference paper
• 11 More
  • 4 Entry for encyclopedia/dictionary
  • 4 Editorial
  • 2 Review article
  • 1 Other contribution

Research output per year

Research output per year

Search results

• 2024

  Performative censorship: Why some free speech conflicts should be taken seriously but not literally

  George, C., Apr 2024, In: Media, Culture and Society. 46, 3, p. 607-623 17 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › peer-review

  • censorship 100%
  • dispute 69%
  • crusade 61%
  • cartoon 51%
  • escalation 47%
  1 Citation (Scopus)
• 2023

  Left or Right, Reactionary Anti-Liberal Media Are Worth Closer Study

  George, C., Dec 2023, In: Journalism and Communication Monographs. 25, 4, p. 365-369 5 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › peer-review

  Open Access

• The State of Academic Freedom in Singapore’s World-Beating Universities

  George, C., Chong, J. I. & Ang, S., Jan 2023, New Threats to Academic Freedom in Asia. Gueorguiev, D. D. (ed.). 1st ed. Michigan: Association for Asian Studies, p. 69-100 32 p. (Asia Shorts).

  Research output: Chapter in book/report/conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review

  Open Access
• 2022

  Analytical and normative frameworks for studying religious nationalism

  George, C., 30 May 2022. 4 p.

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Conference paper › peer-review

  Open Access

• Digital Media Capture in Asia and Its Implications for the Concept of ‘Press Freedom’

  George, C., 29 May 2022.

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Conference paper › peer-review

• If Political Communication is Western in all but name, why not just rename it? The case for provincialising the field

  George, C., 27 May 2022. 7 p.

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Conference paper

  Open Access

  • political communication 100%
  • respect 69%
  • provincialism 49%
  • grouping 27%
  • society 19%

• Is ICA Too Liberal? or Not Liberal Enough?

  GEORGE, C., 30 May 2022.

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Conference paper › peer-review

• Media freedom in Asia: challenges from below

  George, C. & Youm, K. H., 4 May 2022, In: Asian Journal of Communication. 32, 3, p. 194-199 6 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial

  Open Access

  • Glare 100%
  • Economics 47%
  • Official corruption 30%
  • ample evidence 25%
  • human rights abuse 22%
  3 Citations (Scopus)

• Plugging Gaps in the Global Research Agenda Requires Provincialising Western Disinformation Studies

  GEORGE, C., 28 May 2022.

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Conference paper › peer-review

• Propaganda

  GEORGE, C., 28 Mar 2022, AcademiaSG.

  Research output: Other contribution

  Open Access

  • propaganda 100%
  • communications 37%
  • discourse 24%
  • Group 13%

• The Ghosts of Newspapers Past: Public Interest Journalism as Movement

  Zeng, Y. & George, C., Jan 2022, In: International Journal of Communication. 16, p. 2060-2079 20 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • public interest 100%
  • journalism 98%
  • newspaper 82%
  • news 74%
  • Free press 48%
• 2021

  Academic Freedom in Singapore: Survey Report

  GEORGE, C., 18 Aug 2021, Singapore: AcademiaSG. 40 p.

  Research output: Book/Report › Book or report

  Open Access

  • academic freedom 100%
  • Singapore 71%
  • Vietnam 19%
  • South Korea 17%
  • ranking 17%

• All the news that’s fit to print. Except for cartoons. Those things are scary

  GEORGE, C., 30 Dec 2021, Newswork and Precarity. Chadha, K. & Steiner, L. (eds.). 1st ed. London: Routledge, p. 97-110 14 p.

  Research output: Chapter in book/report/conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review

  • cartoon 100%
  • news 61%
  • current affairs 59%
  • professional ethics 50%
  • journalism 40%

• Cartoon Controversies as a Window on Ethical Disputes

  George, C., 27 May 2021.

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Conference paper › peer-review

• Dark side of people power: Populism and the news media

  George, C., 15 Sept 2021, News in Asia. Chippendale NSW, Australia: Judith Nielsen Institute

  Research output: Chapter in book/report/conference proceeding › Chapter

  Open Access

  • populism 100%
  • tolerance 80%
  • news 65%
  • instinct 56%
  • journalist 40%

• Hate Propaganda

  George, C., 23 Mar 2021, The Routledge Companion to Media Disinformation and Populism. Tumber, H. & Waisbord, S. (eds.). 1st ed. London: Routledge, 12 p.

  Research output: Chapter in book/report/conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

  • hate 100%
  • propaganda 92%
  • Holocaust 16%
  • censorship 16%
  • persuasion 14%
  3 Citations (Scopus)

  213 Downloads (Pure)

• Ka-Boom! Academic and Cartoonist Combine Forces in Genre-Crossing Book

  George, C., 27 May 2021.

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Conference paper › peer-review

• Navigating conflicts of interest: Ethical policies of 12 exemplary Asian media organisations

  George, C., Zeng, Y. & Mazumdar, S., Jun 2021, In: Journalism. 22, 6, p. 1279-1295 17 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › peer-review

  • ethical policy 100%
  • Conflict of Interest 85%
  • conflict of interest 73%
  • media ethics 52%
  • news 49%
  5 Citations (Scopus)

• Red Lines: Political Cartoons and the Struggle against Censorship

  George, C. & Liew, S., 31 Aug 2021, Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press. 448 p. (Information Policy)

  Research output: Book/Report › Book or report › peer-review

  • cartoon 100%
  • censorship 96%
  • legal scholars 24%
  • market 23%
  • fan 22%

• What Global Censorship Studies Tell us About Hong Kong’s Media Future

  George, C., Feb 2021, In: Global Media Journal. German Edition. 10, 2, p. 1-13 13 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • censorship 100%
  • Hong Kong 71%
  • experience society 45%
  • Securities law 38%
  • administrative regions 37%
• 2020

  Air-Conditioned Nation Revisited: Essays on Singapore Politics

  George, C., Mar 2020, Ethos Books. 320 p.

  Research output: Book/Report › Book or report › peer-review

  • Singapore 100%
  • air 86%
  • politics 60%
  • political culture 29%
  • anniversary 28%

• PAP v. PAP: The Party’s Struggle to Adapt to a Changing Singapore

  George, C. & Low, D., Sept 2020, Singapore: Cherian George and Donald Low. 162 p.

  Research output: Book/Report › Book or report

  • Singapore 100%
  • determinants 77%
  • democracy 73%

• The Scourge of Disinformation-Assisted Hate Propaganda

  George, C., 15 Feb 2020, Fake News: Understanding Media and Misinformation in the Digital Age. Massachusetts: MIT Press, p. 145-152 8 p.

  Research output: Chapter in book/report/conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review

  Open Access

  File
  44 Downloads (Pure)
• 2019

  [Book Review] Fanaticism, Racism, and Rage Online: Corrupting the Digital Sphere

  George, C., 1 Apr 2019, In: European Journal of Communication. 34, 2, p. 211-213 3 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article

• Aligning Media Policy with Executive Dominance

  GEORGE, C., 7 Feb 2019, The Limits of Authoritarian Governance in Singapore's Developmental State. Rahim, L. Z. & Barr, M. D. (eds.). 1st ed. Singapore: Palgrave Macmillan, p. 219-232 14 p.

  Research output: Chapter in book/report/conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review

  • media policy 100%
  • Singapore 68%
  • political speech 51%
  • Third Way 49%
  • nationalization 47%
  1 Citation (Scopus)

• Asian Journalism

  GEORGE, C., 29 Apr 2019, The International Encyclopedia of Journalism Studies. Vos, T. P. & Hanusch, F. (eds.). John Wiley & Sons Ltd., p. 1-13 13 p.

  Research output: Chapter in book/report/conference proceeding › Entry for encyclopedia/dictionary › peer-review

  • journalism 100%
  • news exchange 39%
  • broadcaster 24%
  • religious group 23%
  • information exchange 23%

• Brokering dialogue in the midst of a culture war

  George, C., 3 Apr 2019, In: Media Asia. 46, 1-2, p. 53-62 10 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial

  Open Access

  • Social Justice 100%
  • Culture Wars 99%
  • Campus 86%
  • Armed Conflicts 85%
  • Race Relations 70%

• From Europe to Asia: Disinformation in an Imported Disinformation Debate

  George, C., Jul 2019.

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Conference paper › peer-review

• Journalism and authoritarian resilience

  George, C., 20 Jun 2019, The Handbook of Journalism Studies. 2 ed. Routledge, p. 538-554 17 p. (ICA Handbook Series).

  Research output: Chapter in book/report/conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review

  5 Citations (Scopus)

• Journalism in a climate of hate

  George, C., 1 Jan 2019, In: Journalism. 20, 1, p. 106-109 4 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › peer-review

  Open Access

  File
  2 Citations (Scopus)

  18 Downloads (Pure)

• Media and Power in Southeast Asia

  George, C. & Venkiteswaran, G., 12 Aug 2019, Cambridge University Press. (Elements in Politics and Society in Southeast Asia)

  Research output: Book/Report › Book or report › peer-review

• Singapore’s Emerging Informal Public Sphere

  GEORGE, C., Mar 2019, Insights on Singapore's Politics and Governance from Leading Thinkers: From the Institute of Policy Studies' Singapore Perspectives. United States: World Scientific Publishing, p. 1-12 12 p.

  Research output: Chapter in book/report/conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review

  Open Access
  1 Citation (Scopus)

• Singapore’s online falsehoods bill will deepen a culture of self-censorship

  George, C., 26 Apr 2019, In: New Mandala.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article

  Open Access

• Singapore’s online falsehoods law: banking on tradition at a time of transition

  GEORGE, C., Jul 2019. 7 p.

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Conference paper › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Banking law 100%
  • Singapore 54%
  • manipulation 53%
  • act 39%
  • bill 27%
• 2018

  Disinformation and hate campaigns

  George, C., Oct 2018, In: Asian Jurist. 3, p. 26-33 8 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article

  Open Access

• Editorial judgments about what is really important will not be swayed by what is trending

  George, C., Jan 2018, In: Media Asia. 45, 1-2, p. 52-54 3 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › peer-review

• Independent political journalism through new media and old values

  GEORGE, C., Jan 2018, In: Media Asia. 45, 1-2, p. 38-40 3 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › peer-review
  3 Citations (Scopus)

• Islands of integrity in an ocean of commercial compromises

  George, C., Jan 2018, In: Media Asia. 45, 1-2, p. 1-3 3 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial

  Open Access

• Journalism, Censorship, and Press Freedom

  George, C., 22 May 2018, Journalism. Vos, T. P. (ed.). De Gruyter Mouton, p. 473-491 19 p. (Handbooks of Communication Science; vol. 19).

  Research output: Chapter in book/report/conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review

  • censorship 100%
  • journalism 83%
  • freedom of press 68%
  • journalistic diversity 37%
  • public journalism 35%
  5 Citations (Scopus)

• Playing the long game means protecting credibility

  George, C., Jan 2018, In: Media Asia. 45, 1-2, p. 41-43 3 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › peer-review
• 2017

  Academic interests

  George, C., 2017, Singapore, incomplete: Reflections on a first world nation’s arrested political development. Singapore: Woodsville News, p. 152-159 8 p.

  Research output: Chapter in book/report/conference proceeding › Chapter

  Open Access

  File
  24 Downloads (Pure)

• Calibrated coercion

  George, C., 2017, Singapore, incomplete: Reflections on a first world nation’s arrested political development. Singapore: Woodsville News, p. 115-122 8 p.

  Research output: Chapter in book/report/conference proceeding › Chapter

  Open Access

  File
  25 Downloads (Pure)

• Communicating with power

  George, C. (ed.), 2017, Peter Lang Publishing. (ICA International Communication Association. Annual Conference Theme Book Series)

  Research output: Book/Report › Book or report

• Dealing with demagoguery and hate propaganda in an age of unreason

  George, C., 2017, Communicating with power. New York: Peter Lang Publishing, p. 215-232 18 p. (ICA International Communication Association. Annual Conference Theme Book Series).

  Research output: Chapter in book/report/conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review

• Dreaded defamation

  George, C., 2017, Singapore, incomplete: Reflections on a first world nation’s arrested political development. Singapore: Woodsville News, p. 130-144 15 p.

  Research output: Chapter in book/report/conference proceeding › Chapter

  Open Access

  File
  33 Downloads (Pure)

• Hate Spin: The Twin Political Strategies of Religious Incitement and Offense-Taking

  George, C., May 2017, In: Communication Theory. 27, 2, p. 156-175 20 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

  • Political Strategy 100%
  • hate 98%
  • political strategy 96%
  • Hate 89%
  • Offence 87%
  10 Citations (Scopus)

  106 Downloads (Pure)

• Holding the press

  George, C., 2017, Singapore, incomplete: Reflections on a first world nation’s arrested political development. Singapore: Woodsville News, p. 137-144 8 p.

  Research output: Chapter in book/report/conference proceeding › Chapter

  Open Access

  File
  18 Downloads (Pure)

• Justice and equality

  George, C., 2017, Singapore, incomplete: Reflections on a first world nation’s arrested political development. Singapore: Woodsville News, p. 8-14 7 p.

  Research output: Chapter in book/report/conference proceeding › Chapter

  Open Access

  File
  20 Downloads (Pure)

• Neoliberal “good governance” in lieu of rights: Lee kuan yew’s singapore experiment

  GEORGE, C., 1 Jan 2017, Speech and Society in Turbulent Times: Freedom of Expression in Comparative Perspective. New York: Cambridge University Press, p. 114-130 17 p.

  Research output: Chapter in book/report/conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review

  • good governance 100%
  • Singapore 82%
  • democracy 60%
  • experiment 53%
  • housing quality 41%
  2 Citations (Scopus)

• Reputational risk

  George, C., 2017, Singapore, incomplete: Reflections on a first world nation’s arrested political development. Singapore: Woodsville News, p. 160-166 7 p.

  Research output: Chapter in book/report/conference proceeding › Chapter

  Open Access

  File
  16 Downloads (Pure)