Chin Saik Yoon
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Chin Saik Yoon is the head of Southbound
, an academic publishing house based in Penang, Malaysia. Chin founded Southbound in 1990, "to provide a voice for researchers and practitioners" in both the South and the North concerning issues related to development. Southbound has since specialised in titles relating to development communication
, and Ict4d (Information and Communication Technologies for Development
).
Chin is also the chief-editor of the Digital Review of Asia-Pacific, a bi-annual publication that looks how ICT (information and communication technology) is deployed in support of socio-economic development of the economies in the Asia
-Pacific region. He is also a practitioner of participatory development communication
, which aims to facilitate bottom-up processes that put people in-charge of their own development.
Southbound (publisher)
Southbound is a Penang -based independent scholarly publishing house. It focuses on issues relating to participatory information and communication processes in development.According to its , its authors come from both the South and the North....
, an academic publishing house based in Penang, Malaysia. Chin founded Southbound in 1990, "to provide a voice for researchers and practitioners" in both the South and the North concerning issues related to development. Southbound has since specialised in titles relating to development communication
Development communication
Development Communication, has been alternatively defined as a type of marketing and public opinion research that is used specifically to develop effective communication or as the use of communication to promote social development...
, and Ict4d (Information and Communication Technologies for Development
Information and Communication Technologies for Development
Information and Communication Technologies for Development is a general term referring to the application of Information and Communication Technologies within the fields of socioeconomic development, international development and human rights...
).
Chin is also the chief-editor of the Digital Review of Asia-Pacific, a bi-annual publication that looks how ICT (information and communication technology) is deployed in support of socio-economic development of the economies in the Asia
Asia
Asia is the world's largest and most populous continent, located primarily in the eastern and northern hemispheres. It covers 8.7% of the Earth's total surface area and with approximately 3.879 billion people, it hosts 60% of the world's current human population...
-Pacific region. He is also a practitioner of participatory development communication
Participatory development communication
Participatory development communication refers to the use of mass media and traditional, inter-personal means of communication that empowers communities to visualise aspirations and discover solutions to their development problems and issues....
, which aims to facilitate bottom-up processes that put people in-charge of their own development.