Senior Lecturer
- School of Media & Communication
Faculty of Social Sciences & Leisure Management - benjaminyewhoong.loh@taylors.edu.my
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 Leader, 2023 to 2025, Taylor's University
- Developing a Core-Peripheral Social Media Network Theory, Project Leader, 2019 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