Mass Media and the communist governments in Indochina : A comparative analysis of control over newspapers in Laos and Vietnam

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  • MATUMOTO Satoru
    オーストラリアメコンリソースセンター(シドニー大学)

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  • インドシナ共産主義政党とマスメディア : ラオスとベトナムの新聞統制
  • インドシナ キョウサン シュギ セイトウ ト マスメディア ラオス ト ベトナム ノ シンブン トウセイ

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This paper aims to analyse the differences among mass media in Vietnam and Laos, which are broadly categorised as the same former-Soviet Communist type, in which the press is forced to be a tool of the ruling communist party. Literature reviews and semi-structured interviews with editors and journalists indicate that while in Vietnam editors sometimes challenge the restrictions placed on the press and the pace of liberalisation of the mass media has faced cristicism from both inside and outside the country, in Laos they have just requensted the government to clarify what they can and cannot write.

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