Publications

Academic publications

Internet & Media

Goh, S., & Soon, C. (2021). Singapore’s fake news law: Countering populists’ falsehoods and truth-making. In Tumber, H. & Waisbord, S. (Eds.), The Routledge Companion to Media Disinformation and Populism (pp. 459-469). Routledge.

Goh, S., & Soon, C. (2019). Governing the information ecosystem: Southeast Asia’s fight against political deceit. Public Integrity, 21, 523-536. https://doi.org/10.1080/10999922.2019.1603046.

Soon, C., & Goh, S. (2019). 5Cs to combat deliberate online falsehoods [Paper presentation]. 69th Annual International Communication Association Conference: Fake News Beyond Boundaries: Misinformation, Disinformation, and Challenges to Democracy in Asia, Washington, D.C.

Arts & Culture

Goh, S. (2020). Making Space for the Gods: Ethnographic Observations of Chinese House Temples in Singapore. Religions, 11(7), 349. https://doi.org/10.3390/rel11070349.

Lee, J., Goh, S., Lionetto, S. M., Tay, J., & Fox, A. (2018). Moving beyond the art-as-service paradigm: The evolution of arts and disability in Singapore. In Hadley, B. & McDonald, D. (Eds.), The Routledge Handbook of Disability Arts, Culture, and Media (pp. 100-113). Routledge.

Op-eds & Commentaries

Soon, C., Bala Krishnan, N., & Goh, S. (2022, Mar 17). Why are some people more immune to falsehoods and what can we learn from them?. TODAY Online.

Soon, C. & Goh, S. (2021, Feb 12). Let's build immunity against vaccine falsehoods. The Straits Times.

Soon, C. & Goh, S. (2021, Jan 17). Commentary: Singapore needs a new Smart Nation vision that doesn't leave any citizen behind. Channel NewsAsia.

Goh, S. (2020, July 6). Tweeting Singapore’s General Election 2020: The July 1st Political Debate. IPS Commons.

Soon, C., & Goh, S. (2019, April 4). Fake news law: Calibrated approach, but nimbleness needed. The Straits Times.

Goh, S., & Soon, C. (2018, March 24). Commentary: To tackle deliberate online falsehoods, look also to non-legislative efforts. Channel NewsAsia.

Soon, C., & Goh, S. (2018, March 21). 5Cs to fight online falsehoods. The Straits Times.

Goh, S. (2017, March 29). Fake news tells more than just lies. TODAY Online.

Policy & Event Reports

Media Features

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Internet & Media

Soon, C., Goh., S., & Bala Krishnan, N. (2022). Study on Singaporeans and False Information Phase 2 and Phase 3 — Immunity and Intervention. IPS Report.

Soon, C. & Goh, S. (2021). Singaporeans' Susceptibility to False Information. IPS Exchange Series No. 19.

Goh, S. (2019). Report on the IPS-MLC Workshop for a Better Internet. IPS Report.

Soon, C., & Goh, S. (2018). Fake news, false information and more: Countering human biases. IPS Working Paper No. 31.

Soon. C., & Goh, S. (2018). Written representation to the Parliamentary Select Committee on Deliberate Online Falsehoods.

Goh, S., & Samsudin, N. (2018). Report on the Asia Journalism Forum 2018: Power Shifts in Journalism: Impacts and Implications. IPS Report.

Soon, C., & Goh, S. (2017). What lies beneath the truth: A literature review on fake news, false information and more. IPS Report.

Yeo, V., & Goh, S. (2017). Report on the Asia Journalism Forum 2017: Reporting Facts and the Future of Journalism. IPS Report.

Arts & Culture

Tan, T. H., Goh, S. (2019). Of Bureaucracy and Creativity – Full Report on the IPS SAM Roundtable on Our SG Arts Plan. IPS Report.

Tan, T. H., & Goh, S. (2019). The art of measuring the arts: Full report on the IPS SAM Roundtable on Bang for the Funding Buck: KPIs and Capturing the Impact of the Arts. IPS Report.

Tan, T. H., & Goh, S. (2018). The art of funding the arts: Full report on the IPS SAM Roundtable on Whither Arts Funding. IPS Report.

Tan, T. H., & Goh, S. (2017). Do our cultural leaders “get” the arts?: Full report on the IPS-SAM Roundtable on The Future of Cultural Leadership in Singapore. IPS Report.

Tan, T. H., Goh, S., & Samsudin, N. (2017). Beyond ‘happy arts for happy people’: Full report on the IPS-SAM Roundtable on the Development of Community Arts in Singapore. IPS Report.

Media Features

COVID-19 vaccine misinformation

Guest, P., Firdaus, F., & Danan, T. (2021, July 28). “Fake news” laws are failing to stem Covid-19 misinformation in Southeast Asia. Rest of World.

Ng, J. S. (2021, June 12). The Big Read: Conspiracy theories, scientific misinterpretations, plain ignorance abound in Covid-19 infodemic. TODAY Online.

Study on Singaporeans' susceptibility to false information

Ng, J. S. (2022, February 23). S'poreans too passive over fake news, more education needed on calling out falsehoods: IPS study. TODAY Online.

Lim, M. Z. & Goh, Y. H. (2022, February 23). IPS study shows how savvy Singapore readers fact-check fake news articles. The Straits Times.

Ng, J. S. (2020, December 17). Study finds seniors, public flat dwellers more vulnerable to fake news, with two-thirds of respondents failing experiment. TODAY Online.

Ho, G. (2020, December 17). IPS study finds low digital literacy level in S'pore; 6 in 10 respondents believed false info. The Straits Times.

Yong, N. (2020, December 17). Elderly, those living in 1-3 room flats more susceptible to false info: IPS study. Yahoo Singapore.

Thiagarajan, S. (2020, December 17). IPS survey: Most S'poreans fall for falsehoods because they came from family & friends. Mothership.

Jamil, E. M. (2020, December 17). Penghuni flat lebih kecil lebih terpengaruh maklumat palsu. Berita Harian.

Select Committee on Deliberate Online Falsehoods

Kwang, K. (2018, September 20). Select Committee on deliberate online falsehoods: Tech giants need to be more accountable; new laws possible. Channel NewsAsia.

Tang, S. K. (2018, March 30). Select Committee concludes hearings on fake news after 8 sessions marked by tense exchanges. Channel NewsAsia.

Chua, A. (2018, March 24). The Big Read: In the war against fake news, public needs to get in the trenches. TODAY Online.

TODAY Online. (2018, March 24). Public hearings throw up wide-ranging views and suggestions.

Ng, J. S. (2018, March 15). Tackle fake news with laws and other steps, panel told. The Straits Times.

Ng, K. (2018, March 15). Existing laws limited in dealing with fake news: Experts at public hearing. TODAY Online.

Kwang, K. (2018, March 14). 'Overly broad use' of fake news term 'problematic', say IPS researchers. Channel NewsAsia.