Dr Benjamin Loh Yew Hoong


Academic Qualification

  • Doctor of Philosophy, NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE, Singapore
  • Master of Arts (Media Studies), THE OHIO UNIVERSITY, United States
  • Master of Arts (Southeast Asian Studies), THE OHIO UNIVERSITY, United States
  • Bachelor of Computer Science (Software Engineering), UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA, Malaysia

Professional Qualification

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Areas of Expertise

  • Social Sciences, Media And Communications, Media studies

Research Interest

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Publications

2023
  • New Media in the Margins: Lived realities and experiences from the Malaysian peripheries - Book
  • Introduction - Book Chapter
  • Some Orang Asli Still Think Najib Is PM: Representations and Self-Representations of the Orang Asli in the Cameron Highlands By-election - Book Chapter
  • Confronting Malaysian Indian Stereotypes and State Neglect: The SuguPavithra Episode Within Mainstream National Discourse - Book Chapter
  • To share or not to share, The Star - Mass Media(Newspaper,Radio,Tv,Popular Magazine)
2022
  • Shame and shamelessness: Changing discourses in Najib Razak s social media campaign (SCOPUS-Indexed), SEARCH Journal - Article in Journals
  • Environment should be no laughing matter, The Vibes - Digital Media
  • Cyberbullying and callousness in our education system, Malaysiakini - Digital Media
  • Social Media Discourse in Malaysia on the Russia-Ukraine Conflict: Rationales for Pro-Russia Sentiments., ISEAS Perspectives - Digital Media
  • Dangers of big picture rhetoric in policymaking, The Vibes - Digital Media
2021
  • Celebrate Merdeka without normalising racism, Malaysiakini - Digital Media
  • Malaysia's insidious 'rape culture' must be eradicated, Nikkei Asia - Mass Media(Newspaper,Radio,Tv,Popular Magazine)
  • Penormalan Budaya rogol di media perlu dihentikan, Malaysiakini - Digital Media
  • Saving Malaysia through social media mobilisation, Malaysiakini - Digital Media
  • Malaysia's 'leaderless' protests spark political awakening, Nikkei Asia - Mass Media(Newspaper,Radio,Tv,Popular Magazine)
2020
  • Sabah State Elections: Sentiments and political warfare on social media, ISEAS Perspective - Digital Media
2019
  • Do you have a link? : The effects of piracy and online streaming services on the sharing practices of television content (SCOPUS-Indexed), SEARCH Journal of Media and Communication Research - Article in Journals
2017
  • The temporal window: explicit representation of future actions in improvisational performances - Article in Proceeding

Research

  • Media trust in Malaysia: Developing a media literacy framework to overcome cognitive dissonance of political polarisation of Malaysians across the political spectrum ,  Project Leader2023 to 2025, Taylor's University
  • Developing a Core-Peripheral Social Media Network Theory,  Project Leader2019 to 2022, National

Awards and Stewardship

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Paper Presented

  • Disinformation in Malaysia, Workshop Cybertroops in SEA: towards the comparative study of computational propaganda (WORKSHOP), INVITED SPEAKER , 19/04/2023 to 19/04/2023
  • Speakder - Session 5: Propaganda, Disinformation and the War of Narratives, The Russia-Ukraine War and Southeast Asia One Year On: Implications and Outlook (CONFERENCE), INVITED SPEAKER , 07/03/2023 to 08/03/2023
  • Forum discussant, Democracy in Asia and the Pacific 2023 Outlook forum (WORKSHOP), INVITED SEMINAR , 05/12/2022 to 06/12/2022
  • Main presenter, Democracy under Attack: Cybertroopers in Malaysia (SEMINAR), INVITED SPEAKER , 25/10/2022 to 25/10/2022
  • Invited presenter, Beijing s Media Influence in Southeast Asia (SEMINAR), ORAL PRESENTER , 29/09/2022 to 29/09/2022
  • Exploring and understanding Internet bubbles and how they deepen ethnic divides in Malaysia through digital ethnography, KITA Discourse Series 2021/3 (SEMINAR), INVITED SPEAKER , 26/11/2021 to 26/11/2021
  • Digital Ethnography in Humanities Research, Seminar Nasional Prodi Bahasa dan Sastra Inggris UNAIR (SEMINAR), INVITED SPEAKER , 25/11/2021 to 25/11/2021
  • FORUM RAPE CULTURE: STOP BLAMING THE VICTIM, Panelist (SEMINAR), INVITED SPEAKER , 09/01/2022 to 09/01/2022
  • Panelist, Bersih seminar: Voters supremacy - How to improve people s accessibility to vote during elections? (SEMINAR), INVITED SPEAKER , 09/08/2021 to 09/08/2021
  • The Voice of Malaysia, Human Rights in the Time of Covid-19: Lessons learned in Southeast Asia (SEMINAR), INVITED SPEAKER , 20/08/2021 to 20/08/2021