Mobile Communication and Online Falsehoods in Asia

Dr Carol Soon heads the Society and Culture Department at the Institute of Policy Studies at the National University of Singapore. She has published her research on digital participation, media regulation, and deliberative practices in several books and peer-reviewed journals. Carol is an associate director of the Asia Journalism Fellowship and the vice chair of Singapore’s Media Literacy Council. She was the 2015 recipient of the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy Research Excellence Award and the 2012 recipient of the Australian Endeavour Award.

• 1 Complexities in Falsehoods Management and Implications for Research and Practice.- Section A:Trends in the Proliferation of Online Falsehoods and MIMS.- 2 COVID-19 Falsehoods on WhatsApp: Challenges and Opportunities in Indonesia.- 3 The Unbelieving Minority: Singapore’s Anti-Falsehood Law and Vaccine Skepticism.- 4 Orders of Discourse and the Ecosystem of Rumor Management on WeChat.- 5 Understanding the Flow of Online Information and Misinformation in the Australian Chinese Diaspora.- 6 The Battle Between the Thai Government and Thai Netizens Over Mis/dis-information During COVID-19.- Section B:Impact of Online Falsehoods Transmitted via MIMS.- 7 Users, Technologies, and Regulations: A Sociotechnical Analysis of False Information on MIMS in Asia.-  8 No “Me” in Misinformation: The Role of Social Groups in the Spread of, and Fight Against, Fake News.