Carol Soon
Research Fellow

Research Interests: New media and activism, political communication, and online collectives

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Dr. Carol Soon is a Research Fellow at the Institute of Policy Studies.

Dr. Soon completed her Ph.D. in the National University of Singapore and her research interests include digital engagement, how individuals and organizations leverage new media to engender political and social change, and subaltern discourses and communities online.

Her work has been published in peer-reviewed journals, including the Asian Journal of Communication, Journal of Information Technology and Politics, Social Science and Computer Review, and Telematics and Informatics, and two book projects. Her paper on “Uniting Political Bloggers in Diversity: Collective Identity and Web Activism” has just been accepted by the Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication for publication. Dr. Soon has taught courses in advanced communication and media research, and culture industries at the Department of Communications and New Media, and developed a new module on new media and politics for the University Scholars Programme in NUS. She has won several teaching awards for her teaching. Prior to joining academia, she was in the corporate sector where she developed communication campaigns for profit and non-profit organizations.

From August to December 2012, Dr. Soon was Visiting Research Fellow at the Asia Research Centre, Murdoch University, with support from the Australian Endeavour Award.

Book Chapters/Journal Articles:

OMGs! Offline-based movement organizations, online-based movement organizations and network mobilization: A case study of political bloggers in Singapore
Soon, C. & Cho, H. (forthcoming). Information, Communication and Society, accepted for publication on 8 March 2013.

Uniting political bloggers in diversity: Collective identity and web activism
Soon, C. & Kluver, R. (forthcoming). Journal of Computer-Mediated-Communication, accepted for publication on 26 November 2012.

Editorial introduction
Soon, C. (2011). In C. Soon, J. Burgess, A. Bruns & H.W. Park (Eds.), Mapping networks of political communication online: A study of six countries (special issue). Social Science and Computer Review, 29(3), 275-276.

Flows of relations and communication among Singapore political bloggers and organizations: The networked public sphere approach
Soon, C. & Cho, H. (2011). Journal of Information Technology and Politics, 8, 93-109.

Politics as usual? De-equalizing rhetoric of political parties on the world wide web
Soon, C. (Apr/May 2010). Journal of Contemporary Eastern Asia, 9(1).

The influence of social and cultural factors on mothers’ domestication of household ICTs – experiences of Chinese and Korean women
Lim, S.S. & Soon, C. (2010). Telematics and Informatics, 27(3), 205-216.

The rise of e-science in Asia: Dreams and realities for social science research
Soon, C. and Park, H.W. (2009). Case studies of Singapore and South Korea. In N. Jankowski (Ed.), E-research: Transformations for scholarly practice (pp.109-125) New York: Routledge

The Internet and online political communities in Singapore
Soon, C. and Kluver, R. (2007). Asian Journal of Communication, 17(3), 246-265.

The Internet in Singapore: Boon, blessing, or bane?
Kluver, R. & Soon, C. (2003). In S. Ramanathan (Ed.), Internet in Asean: Social and political impact. Singapore: Public Relations Academy.


Speeches and Articles:

Talking to each other: Do we have what it takes? 
Article by Carol Soon, The Straits Times, 9 May 2013.

From covert vigilantism to communal vigilance
Article by Carol Soon, The Straits Times, 23 Feb 2013.


Others:

The changing face of the women’s movement in Singapore
Public lecture (2012, December). Asia Research Centre, Murdoch University. Supported by the Australian Endeavour Award.

New media and activism among non-governmental organizations and grassroots organizations
Invited lecture (2011, October). Department of Communication, University of Washington. Invited by Assoc. Prof. Kirsten Foot.

OMGs! Offline-based movement organizations, online-based movement organizations and implications for network mobilization and issue framing 
Soon, C. (2011). Paper presented at Asia’s Civil Spheres: New Media Urban Public Space, Social Movements, Asia Research Institute, September 29-30, 2011, Singapore.

Resistance and Technology Roundtable Part 1: Regulation, Structure, and Resistance
Soon, C. (2011). Roundtable session at Association of Internet Researchers Conference, October 10-14, 2011, Seattle, Washington, U.S.A. 

What goes on behind the “social”: Roles of social networks in engendering and sustaining collective action among political bloggers
Soon, C. & Cho, H. (2011). Presented at International Communication Association, May 26-30, 2011, Boston, MA, U.S.A.

Activist bloggers and collective action: Collective individualism as a force to contend with
Soon, C. (2010). Presented at International Communication Association, June 22-26, 2010, Singapore.

3Ts in Capturing Spectral Communication: Technology Applications, Technology Use and Time
Soon, C. (2010). Panel presented at International Communication Association, June 22-26, 2010, Singapore.

Politics online: Who’s in and who’s out in the network of bloggers, parties and political organizations
Soon, C. & Cho, H. (2009). Presented at AoIR “Internet Research 10.0: Internet – Critical”, October 7-10, 2009, Milwaukee, U.S.A.

Politicizing blogging: blogging networks as emerging social movements
Soon, C. (2009). Panel paper presented at AoIR “Internet Research 10.0: Internet – Critical”, October 7-10, 2009, Milwaukee, U.S.A.

The emergence of e-research in Asia, its potential and the realities for the social sciences: Case studies of Singapore and South Korea
Soon, C. & Park, H.W. (2008). Paper presented at Oxford eResearch Conference, September 11-13, 2008, Oxford, U.K.


Awards:

Australian Endeavour Research Fellowship (2012)
Awarded by the Australian Government, hosted by Asia Research Centre, Murdoch University from Aug – Dec 2012.

Graduate Students’ Teaching Award (2011)
Awarded by the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, National University of Singapore.

Best Teaching Scholar (2010)
Awarded by the Communications and New Media Programme, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, National University of Singapore.

Best Teaching Scholar (2009)
Awarded by the Communications and New Media Programme, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, National University of Singapore.

Fee Waiver Recipient (2009)
Awarded by Association of Internet Researchers.

•  Research Fellow, Institute of Policy Studies

• Visiting Fellow, Department of Communications and New Media , National University of Singapore
• Instructor, Department of Communications and New Media , National University of Singapore
• Brand Consultant (Freelance), Activiste Brands
• Senior Marketing Executive, Guardian S.E.A. Pte. Ltd
• Marketing Executive, National Kidney Foundation