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The mediation in news media

The mediation in news media

Apr. 8 | Betsy Tan “The media has its own ideology and we tend to accept it in an uncritical fashion because we are so exposed to it. The more we are exposed to it, the more invisible it becomes.” In our media-saturated society, we accept that television shows...

Boy wonder

Boy wonder

Dec. 13 | Betsy Tan Twenty-eight-year-old Ng Yi-Sheng made history when he became the youngest writer to win the Singapore Literature Prize. His first (yes, only his first) book of poetry, Last Boy, won the local equivalent of the Pulitzer this year (see here)....

They sit and wait…

They sit and wait…

Nov. 7 | The Singaporean mindset of choosing financial security over all their dreams and ideals. Poem by Betsy Tan. Cartoon by My Sketchbook. [Click on picture to enlarge]