Petika berita (13 Februari) sempena wawancara bersama Radio Bernama: "Radio akan terus memainkan peranan penting sebagai medium penyatu masyarakat walaupun berdepan evolusi teknologi dan kemunculan platform digital. Pensyarah kanan Fakulti Komunikasi dan Pengajian Media, Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM) Dr Shahnon Mohamed Salleh berkata sejarah perkembangan radio membuktikan ia sentiasa beradaptasi dengan perubahan zaman sambil mengekalkan fungsi sosialnya. Beliau berkata sejak era awal penyiaran, radio berperanan sebagai alat penyampai maklumat bagi menyatukan rakyat, termasuk ketika tempoh pasca kemerdekaan serta konfrontasi serantau, sekali gus membentuk peranannya dalam masyarakat. Radio digunakan sebagai alat utama untuk menyatupadukan rakyat Malaysia ketika konfrontasi Indonesia dan pada ketika itu antara lagu popular yang sering dimainkan ialah 'Inilah BarisanKita' (Prajurit Tanah Air) Beliau berkata demikian pada program Bernama Radio bertajuk Radio dan Kecerdasa...

 Excerpt from the Dean's keynote speech, which I prepared for the International Conference on Media and Social Sciences 2025, entitled " Re-envisioning Media, Technology and Society in the Age of AI ": "We are now living in an interesting yet challenging timeline in history. Barely four to five years ago the whole world was struggling with the Covid-19 pandemic and little did we know then that a few years later, AI tools like ChatGPT and Gemini, would not only transform the world but dominate our work and daily life in ways that would have been unthinkable a decade ago. We are now at a critical juncture: what we do today, our decisions and policies, will shape our country and the next generation. Experts and policymakers are still grappling with the question of how should we deal with such technology and its impact. Do we embrace it fully? What guardrails do we need to protect against abuse or breaches of privacy? Are there ethical concerns with regards to its use an...

Two weeks ago, my tweet criticising Tourism Malaysia's "strategic partnership" with Starbucks went viral and somewhat broke the news. Focus Malaysia and The Rakyat Post covered the story and shared the tweet along with its accompanying responses. "BOYCOTT of brands perceived to be pro-Israel has complicated many matters. Latest to draw public ire was the naming of  Starbucks Malaysia as strategic partner for the much-touted Visit Malaysia 2026 (VMY2026) campaign. Nevertheless, detractors of the global premium coffee chain find the involvement of Starbucks Malaysia in VMY2026 ‘atrocious’ in light of the anti-Zionist sentiment which is gaining momentum especially following recent detention of the Global Sumud Flotilla volunteers by Israel Defense Forces (IDF). “Whose idea was this?” fumed Shahnon Salleh (@shahnonsalleh) whose post on X has amassed 1.6M views at time of writing “So tone-deaf. Unbelievable.” Full article Related news -  Tourism Malaysia’s “Strategic Co...

 Ari Lesmana, writing for the West Sumatra-based news portal has written quite a thorough review of an academic paper I presented two years ago in Padang. I must say, the first paragraph is quite a hook, perhaps even better than the paper itself. Ha ha. " Bayangkan jika setiap tweet yang Anda baca di Twitter bisa menceritakan kisah lebih besar tentang perubahan politik sebuah bangsa. Inilah yang terjadi di Malaysia pasca-Pemilihan Umum ke-14 (GE14) pada tahun 2018. Sebuah penelitian komprehensif yang menganalisis lebih dari 4.000 tweet mengungkap fenomena menarik: platform media sosial telah menjadi arena baru bagi kebangkitan nasionalisme Melayu yang berbeda dari masa lalu. Penelitian yang dilakukan oleh Shahnon Mohamed Salleh dan Ismail Sualman dari Universiti Teknologi MARA ini bukan sekadar analisis data digital biasa. Mereka berhasil menangkap momen bersejarah ketika frustrasi politik masyarakat Melayu bertransformasi menjadi gerakan digital yang terorganisir dan berpengaruh...

 My tweet on Netflix's removal of Palestinian films was quoted by the Iranian media, Press TV (28 October 2024). "X user Shahnon Salleh also said the removal of films that depict the everyday experiences of Palestinians living under apartheid and occupation is preventing viewers from gaining a more nuanced understanding of the Palestinian perspective. He slammed Netflix for the decision, warning that the remaining Palestine-related films available on the platform portray Palestinians in a negative light and perpetuate harmful stereotypes of Palestinians as “terrorists.” “Films that show the day-to-day realities of the Apartheid and the occupation, like ‘The Present’ are now gone,” he wrote. “What’s worse is the fact that the only Palestinian-related films still available on Netflix are those that portray them as terrorists. Netflix is complicit,” he added. Full story: ‘Erasure’: Netflix succumbs to Zionist lobby pressure, removes Palestinian films

 Ulasan di  Malaysiakini : "Bagi penganalisis politik dari Universiti Teknologi Mara (UiTM), Shahnon Mohamed Salleh, pengumuman kenaikan gaji penjawat awam setinggi 13 peratus telah menarik hati mereka untuk bersama kerajaan. Shahnon berkata, Menteri Dalam Negeri, Saifuddin Nasution Ismail turut komited dalam menjaga kebajikan polis seperti menaik taraf kuarters kediaman, balai polis & prasarana lain." Laporan penuh:  'Dasar kerajaan mesra penjawat awam tambat hati polis, tentera di KKB'

 Coverage from the New Straits Times . KUALA LUMPUR: Any decision on the membership of the six Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia (Bersatu) members of parliament will not affect the majority enjoyed by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim's administration, said experts. They said even if by-elections were called and Anwar's administration lost the six seats held by Bersatu, he would still maintain a comfortable majority. Universiti Teknologi Mara political analyst Shahnon Mohamed Salleh said the six constituencies were also considered "trivial" from Pakatan Harapan's point of view if it didn't win them. "So it's a small bump in the road for the prime minister and there'd be little impact." Full report: Bersatu membership dispute will have little impact on Anwar's majority, say experts