There’s a great article in The Star (Malaysia) by David Gibson of Inter-Asia. Nine of the Top 20 websites in Malaysia are social networking sites, and the top 6 sites are Yahoo!, Facebook, Google.com.my, YouTube, Google.com, and Blogger. Social media big in Malaysia Malaysian Internet users like Facebook, Myspace, and Friendster. They’re also connecting via Twitter, LindedIn and Plaxo, and eBlogger.

Anyway here’s Malaysia’s attempt at moving more mainstream with merging blogs with traditional media: Project Alpha is Malaysia’s first online TV Show about bloggers . It is a fast paced, fast cut, lifestyle-driven show tailor made for the online market which provides increased recognition of the expanding role and influence of bloggers across the nation. Is blogging interesting to anyone other than social media kool aid drinkers? Is there an audience for blogging shows? 

Friendster gained traction among three groups of early adopters who shaped the site—bloggers, attendees of the Burning Man arts festival, and gay men (boyd, 2004)—and grew to 300,000 users through word of mouth before traditional press coverage began in May 2003 (OShea, 2003). its popularity skyrocketed in the Philippines, Singapore, Malaysia, and Indonesia (Goldberg, 2007). JCMC Home Submit Issues Author Index Editors About JCMC boyd, d. m., &

Finding the right bloggers and networks and how to work alongside them. Can be adapted for China and Malaysia. Laurel Papworth teaches social network, social media and online community courses. Public courses are available- see links below – or training can be brought in house to your computer lab, or (without computers) to your boardroom or training room.

Via Iam-Chong Ip : “Hong Kong In-media is a non-profit organization advocating blogger journalism and media activism in Hong Kong. This book is about the recent development of independent media (including small activist media, community radio, blogger, media activist, etc) in Mainland China, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Malaysia. The contributors are experienced media workers or bloggers. Recently we’ve published a book titled Info-Rhizome: Report on Independent Media in the Chinese-speaking World . We’ve uploaded all chapters of this book onto internet.

Hell Hath No Fury, Like a Blogger Scorned…. workshops focussing on these kinds of issues to staff of Singapore, Brunei, Thailand, Malaysia and maybe Vietnam and China Governments. When people ask “ why do young people post up photos of themselves drunk and throwing up at parties? Don’t they know it will impact their job chances later on? “,