Information Audit

Chan Ruiyu RachelChia Wen Jie ChristopherSeet Chin Ming Serena Neo Wei Zhen

WHO

PM Lee Hsien Loong● Singaporean

politician● 3rd Prime Minister

of Singapore● Past ministerial

positions: Member of Parliament

Minister for Finance (2001 - 2007)Deputy Prime Minister (1990 - 2004)

SOURCES

Sources: What

Personal Social Media Handles

Traditional News Companies Websites

Foreign News Companies Websites

Singapore Citizen Journalism sites and blogs

Government Websites

Sources: Who Personal Social Media Handles: Twitter, Facebook, Instagram

Sources: Who Traditional News Companies Websites: Straits Times, Channel News Asia

Foreign News Companies Websites: BBC, NY Times

Sources: Who Singapore Citizen Journalism sites and blogs:The Real Singapore,The Heart Truths, Yawning Bread

Sources: Who Government websites:People’s Action Party [PAP], Prime Minister’s Office website

Types of information

Social Media● Personal Posts● Diplomatic / Business Trips● Social Relations● Public Service AnnouncementsTraditional Media: Personal Movement

UpdatesCitizen Journalism: Opinion Pieces /

Discussion

Types of information: Personal Posts

Types of information: Diplomatic Trips

Types of information: Social Relations

Types of information: PSAs

Types of information: Traditional Media VS. Citizen Journalism

Social Media: Instagram @leehsienloong

Social Media: Facebook PagePosts signing off with “-LHL”

are claimed to be personally posted by him

Highest level of new content regarding LHL, updated daily

Page Likes: 380KPeople Talking About

This: 39.2K

ATTENTION

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CONTROVERSY:

ROY NGERNG

May 2014: Roy Ngerng, blogger of The Heart Truths, wrote a blog post that alleged that PM Lee had misappropriated monies paid by Singaporeans to the Central Provident Fund (CPF)

Public response to lawsuit● Crowdfunding

$70,000 to support Roy Ngerng

● Story picked up by foreign news companies like Bloomberg as well

FB Success?

Page likes: approx. 380 k vs

Singaporean FB users: approx. 3.2 million

Approx. 11.8% penetration

FB Success?Do these comments look

normal?