<body><script type="text/javascript"> function setAttributeOnload(object, attribute, val) { if(window.addEventListener) { window.addEventListener('load', function(){ object[attribute] = val; }, false); } else { window.attachEvent('onload', function(){ object[attribute] = val; }); } } </script> <div id="navbar-iframe-container"></div> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://apis.google.com/js/platform.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript"> gapi.load("gapi.iframes:gapi.iframes.style.bubble", function() { if (gapi.iframes && gapi.iframes.getContext) { gapi.iframes.getContext().openChild({ url: 'https://www.blogger.com/navbar/3527418620495088198?origin\x3dhttps://michyoon.blogspot.com', where: document.getElementById("navbar-iframe-container"), id: "navbar-iframe" }); } }); </script>
Michelle Oon ♥
"It's Belief that gets us there. Keep dreaming till the dream comes true"

Biography

Photobucket

The name is Michelle Oon, also known as Michy Oon. Believe that everything is possible and each and everything that you and I do has hope in it. Never lose hope, because it is what that keeps you moving on and striving for success.

“What doesn’t kills you will only make you stronger”.


QuotesTime

"If you want to Dream,
Dream BIG
Otherwise there's no point in dreaming at all"
(Angelyn Looi 2010)


"Don't make someone
a priority in your life
when you are only an option in theirs"


"The difference between can and cannot
are only three letters
Three letters that determine your life's direction."


Dreams &desires

Do you believe in dreams coming true...?

CEO of my own company
Graduate from UNISA
Travelling to US
iPod Touch
Being happy everyday
Successful !


Tagboard


Linksboard

Meet the people ♥ Click to check it out

CNN The Star Al- Jazeera Malaysia Kini
Malaysia Today Kenny Sia

Pastentries

Are you sure you want to turn back the time and read about my past?

♥ August 2010
♥ September 2010
♥ November 2010


Creditorials

NEVER REMOVE THIS SECTION!

Layout Designer:
♥chocodiiction-lovesxoxo*
Others:
♥ ♥ ♥


Saturday, November 6, 2010



Politicians: Twitter much?

Politicians are now turning to Twitter because of its mobility and speed. Fans of these politicians are able to get instant updates on what their politicians think and their thoughts on a particular issue. As such, mass media such as televisions, newspapers and radios are not able to provide such inclusive news, which are from the minds of these politicians themselves. Furthermore, Twitter helps politicians to connect to their voters instantly, and it allows short status update, unlike long winded blogs.On the other hand, politicians such as Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim uses twitter to counter attack the claims against him whereby the opposition attempts to demonize him through the mass media which is linked to the government (Zahiid 2010).

Source The Daily Anwar Ibrahim

In this new era, as mentioned in my previous blog post, readers are no more considered as readers, they have already evolved into ‘produser’. Even politicians themselves are a ‘produsers’; they are involved in produsage which is “the collaborative and continuous building and extending of existing content in pursuit of further improvement” (Snurb 2007). A recent issue happened created a controversy between 988 Chinese radio station host Jamaluddin Ibrahim and Deputy Education Minister Datuk Dr Wee Ka Siong when Selangor State Assembly Speaker Teng Chang Khim mentioned on his tweet which says – ‘“Jamal asks why wks* sends his 2 children to international school?” (Tan 2010). In this situation, Teng might have heard Jamal said and tweeted it which leads to the controversy.

In my opinion, although Twitter is a vast and fast media, but one must be extra careful when tweeting. Erwin (n.d.) notes that ‘to ensure that messages are conveyed in a sensitive fashion, all communicators and writers must be aware of the cultural and social contexts in which information is received’. Just a tiny little mistake and it can cause a huge controversy. Readers are now ‘produser’,which means they are able take for granted what they politicians have to say, retweet it and change in to another new text. Therefore, politicians must be extra careful when saying something or they could lose their current status.

*wks refer to Datuk Dr Wee Ka Siong

(354 words)

References

Erwin G.J. n.d., Writing to Global Audience, Society for Technical Communication, viewed on 3rd November 2010, http://www.stc.org/confproceed/2001/PDFs/STC48-000022.PDF

Snurb 2007, Produsage: A Working Definition, Produsage.org, viewed on 23rd September 2010, http://produsage.org/produsage

Tan, SC 2010, Wee: My kids not in international school, theStar Online, viewed on 5th November 2010, http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2010/9/28/nation/7116115&sec=nation

Zahiid, SJ 2010, Blogging is so yesterday, politicians turn to Twitter, The Malaysian Insider.

♥Michy Oon
2:13 AM