Articulation of medium of instruction politics in the Malaysian Chinese press

Samuel, Moses; Khan, Mahmud Hasan; Ng, Lee Luan; Cheang, Kin Wai

doi:10.1080/01596306.2012.745731

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“…In reconstructing both technoscience and national identity, The Yomiuri uses the device of the ‘transmission of the speech of others’ (Bakhtin, 1981; also see Samuel et al, 2012), which involves using quotations and paraphrasing to transmit views about Fukushima without explicitly articulating them as positions held by The Yomiuri . For example, when The Yomiuri quotes a scientist urging mothers to keep breast-feeding their babies despite tests revealing elevated radiation levels in breast milk, the newspaper avoids making its own assertion about the safety of breast-feeding, radiation levels, or nuclear energy.…”

Section: Discussion: Technostruggle National Identity and Citizen Activismmentioning

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The discursive reproduction of technoscience and Japanese national identity in The Daily Yomiuri coverage of the Fukushima nuclear disaster

Tollefson

2013

Discourse & Communication

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Using critical discourse analysis, this article analyzes the discursive representation of the Fukushima nuclear disaster in The Daily Yomiuri, part of the largest and most influential media conglomerate in Japan. A critical discourse analysis of The Daily Yomiuri reveals that Japanese national identity and the ideology of technoscience are reproduced through two discursive constructions: a diminished ‘risk’ from Fukushima radiation and citizens’ national duty in the nuclear crisis. Within these two constructions, 11 major techniques are identified by which The Yomiuri discursively mitigates the risks from Fukushima and calls Japanese national identity into the service of the nuclear industry. The article concludes with implications for understanding the impact of political discourse in mass media on other policy debates in Japan and elsewhere.

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Section: Discussion: Technostruggle National Identity and Citizen Activismmentioning

confidence: 99%

The discursive reproduction of technoscience and Japanese national identity in The Daily Yomiuri coverage of the Fukushima nuclear disaster

Tollefson

2013

Discourse & Communication

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“…This especially holds true for Chinese language newspapers with high visibility of Chinese educationists. For most Chinese, the three important pillars—Chinese language newspapers, Chinese medium schools as well as Chinese associations and guilds—are always seen to support the Chinese community (Shao & Nik Norma, 2014), to co-construct Chinese interests (Samuel et al, 2012), and to safeguard a Chinese element to Malaysian nationhood (Chernov Hwang & Sadiq, 2010). While NGOs can and do offer coverage of otherwise ignored topics, these groups are still reliant on mainstream media and political actors and subject to the constraints of news (Powers, 2018).…”

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The Ongoing Debate on Chinese Primary Education: A Framing Analysis of Malaysian Newspapers

Ong

Chibundu

Siah

2020

Asia Pacific Media Educator

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In Malaysia, Chinese vernacular education has been a highly contested and much debated political issue in the mass media. This study examines how Malaysian newspapers framed Chinese primary education for a 3-year period (2015–2017) which is before the 2018 election. Findings showed that, the proximity of election has led to a surge in news reporting about Chinese primary education. Political considerations remain central in mainstream newspapers’ reporting in which official sources are dominant in shaping public understanding of the issue. Alternative newspapers serve as a counter-establishment platform through active participation of readers in public debate. A responsibility frame dominates the news coverage of Chinese primary education in both types of newspapers. Nevertheless, the alternative newspapers tend to focus on the conflict aspect of the issue by foregrounding discord between ruling and opposition politicians as well as intra- Barisan Nasional (BN) disputes. Through human interest frame, the mainstream newspapers emotionalize the issue to obtain readers’ attention. This study concludes that varying reporting strategies adopted by Malaysian newspapers can impact readers’ evaluation of education policy issues. The implications of the findings and the limitations of the study are also discussed.

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“…In addition, reports that academic results in targets subjects had dropped (Brock-Utne, 2012; Liu & Ricks, 2012) led to a widespread reappraisal of the policy. General public discourse, such as coverage in Malaysian newspapers (Yang & Ishak, 2012; Samuel et al ., 2014), must also be taken into account.…”

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Beyond the World Englishes Paradigm: Agency, Performativity and Malaysian English

Brown¹

2016

English Today

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As a global language, English is taken up and used in local contexts in ways that cannot be accounted for by limited World Englishes (WE) paradigm. This can be illustrated through an analysis of the performative agency of individuals’ language usage in specific contact contexts. After a brief overview of the WE paradigm, this article offers a consideration of the Malaysian linguistic context and Malaysian English from a ‘post-WE’ perspective. The conclusion is that, rather than think of the respective WE and post-WE approaches as opposed to one another, it is more useful to characterize them as distinctive theoretical prisms that illuminate divergent issues.

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Articulation of medium of instruction politics in the Malaysian Chinese press

Cited by 10 publications

References 8 publications

The discursive reproduction of technoscience and Japanese national identity in The Daily Yomiuri coverage of the Fukushima nuclear disaster

The discursive reproduction of technoscience and Japanese national identity in The Daily Yomiuri coverage of the Fukushima nuclear disaster

The Ongoing Debate on Chinese Primary Education: A Framing Analysis of Malaysian Newspapers

Beyond the World Englishes Paradigm: Agency, Performativity and Malaysian English

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