Analisis Pelaporan Atlet Wanita Islam Semasa Sukan Sea 2015 dan 2017 dalam Utusan Online dan Berita Harian Online

Abstract

The involvement of female Muslim in the sports arena is not new in Malaysia. In the national sports history, there are several big names such as Farah Ann Abdullah, Nur Dhabitah Sabri and others who are female Muslim athletes that have contributed medals and honour the country’s name in international sports. Despite reporting on their success, female Muslim athletes are also not excluded from controversial reporting by the media, particularly with regard to their attire or lifestyle. Taking into account on the lack of previous studies exploring the reporting of female Muslim athletes’ in the local newspaper, this study was conducted by studying the types of frames, sources and pictures used by Utusan Online and Berita Harian Onlineon their reporting of female Muslim athletes during the SEA Games 2015 and 2017. Results from content analysis on 83 reporting on female Muslim athletes during the SEA Games showed that both newspapers tend to use conflict frames in their reporting.