Introduction: beyond the Singapore paradox -- Journalism tamed: the mechanics of media control -- Inside the press: routines, values and "OB" markers -- Government unlimited: the ideology of state primacy -- Calibrated coercion: the state strategy of self-restraint -- The harmony myth: Asian media's radical past -- Freedom of the press: a cause without rebels -- Alternative online media: challenging the gatekeepers -- Rise of the unruly: media activism and civil disobedience -- Networked hagemony: consolidating the political system

1. journalism
2. political aspects
3. press