“It raises the question of whether ASEAN publics can be adequately informed by this kind of coverage,” according to the study, done by IPS Asia-Pacific with the support of the International Development Research Centre (IDRC).
Reflecting the dominance of state voices in the reporting by South-east Asian newspapers on ASEAN, 67.33% of the 1,882 ASEAN-related articles monitored in the study carried quotes from its main sources that were government officials, diplomats, politicians, and ASEAN officials.