The Media and ASEAN Transitions: Defamation Law, Journalism and Public Debate in Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore

本项目将考察东南亚国家联盟三个核心成员国——印度尼西亚、马来西亚和新加坡的诽谤法、新闻和公共辩论。在独立媒体言论对贸易、安全和发展具有重要价值的时代，诽谤这一法律问题对澳大利亚和地区媒体改善公共和私营部门治理、促进国内和地区理解的潜力至关重要。当跨国诽谤责任的风险增加时，它将有助于澳大利亚媒体对该地区三个关键国家的报道，并实质性地发展诽谤法对媒体内容影响的学术理解。

This project will examine defamation law, journalism and public debate in three core members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations: Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore. It will focus on a legal issue, defamation, which is central to the Australian and regional media's potential for improving public and private sector governance, and promoting domestic and regional understanding, at a time when independent media speech has great value in relation to trade, security and development. When risks of transnational defamation liability are increasing, it will assist the Australian media's coverage of three pivotal countries in the region and substantially develop the academic understanding of defamation law's effects on media content.