1st Edition

Communication Policy & Planning In Singapore

By Eddie C. Y. Kuo, Peter S.J. Chen Copyright 1983

    First published in 1983. This study of communication policy and planning the 1st of its kind in Singapore is an attempt to explore and analyze the following areas: communication systems; communication policy; national level policy planning; institutional level communication planning; and project level communication planning. Following an introductory chapter the chapters of this report sketch the sociodemographic characteristics of Singapore society and the history politics government and economy; describe the component systems of the communication network in Singapore today; present an analysis of the use of major types of mass media by the population broken down by demographic characteristics such as ethnicity age and sex; examine the guiding communication policies on which the present communication systems are built and operated; focuse on the structure of general policymaking and planning at the national level in Singapore; consider communication planning at the institutional level using Radio Television Singapore (RTS) as a case study; discuss project level planning; and make some generalizations on communication policy and planning in Singapore.

    Chapter 1 Introduction Chapter 2 Singapore Society, Chapter 3 Components of Communication Systems, Chapter 4 Media Habits and Information Needs: An Audience Analysis, Chapter 5 Communication Policies and Laws, Chapter 6 Social Policy Planning in Singapore, Chapter 7 Communication Planning at the Institutional Level: Case Study of Radio Television Singapore, Chapter 8 Communication Planning at the Project Level: Case Study of Family Planning Communication, Chapter 9 Summary and Conclusion

    Biography

    Eddie C.Y. Kuo, Peter S.J.Chen