The Agenda Setting Function of English Newspapers during the 13th General Election

Kee, Chang Peng; Salman, Ali; Nie, Kho Suet; Yaakop, Mohd Rizal Mohd; Adisa, Rasaq M.; Hoong, Ong Choong

doi:10.17576/jkmjc-2017-3302-03

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“…Mass media plays an undeniable role in providing useful information and stressing important issues to the public, informing citizens of the country's status quo (Balaraman et al, 2015;Chang et al, 2017). However, the application of this new Anti-Fake News Law brings more restrictions to journalists' practice and was controlled by the authorities in the name of development journalism.…”

Section: Development Journalism and Journalistic Practice In Malaysiamentioning

confidence: 99%

The Framing of Anti-Fake News Law in Malaysian Newspapers

Chen¹,

Waheed²,

Zawawi³

et al. 2023

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The government of Malaysia enacted an Anti-Fake News law right before the 14 th general election. In more ways than one, this law relates to Malaysia's practice of development journalism, which is a tool for the government to foster economic growth and nation-building. The main aim of this study is to explore the differences between Malaysian serious newspapers and tabloids in terms of frames employed in the Anti-Fake News Law reports. This study applied the generic frames of the framing theory in quantitative content analysis. The serious newspapers chosen in this study were Bernama and The New Straits Times, while the selected tabloids were The Sun and The Malay Mail. Results from the analysis of the 212 news reports retrieved showed that serious newspapers favored the use of the attribution of responsibility frame, while tabloids favored the use of the human interest frame. Additionally, the findings showed that the attribution of responsibility frame was more susceptible to a positive tone and the conflict frame was more susceptible to a negative tone in reports. In conclusion, this study gained insights into journalistic role performance under the practice of development journalism in Malaysia, particularly pertaining to the Anti-Fake News Law.

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Section: Development Journalism and Journalistic Practice In Malaysiamentioning

confidence: 99%

The Framing of Anti-Fake News Law in Malaysian Newspapers

Chen¹,

Waheed²,

Zawawi³

et al. 2023

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“…Seperti kebanyakan kajian yang dilakukan di Amerika Syarikat dan Eropah, kajian berkaitan dengan penentuan agenda media di Malaysia juga lebih tertumpu pada komunikasi politik dalam penelitian mereka (Aini Maznina, Malia & Kamaruzzaman, 2017;Chang et al, 2017;Idid & Chang, 2012). Selain itu, kebanyakan pengkaji juga lebih berminat untuk meneliti bagaimana media (media berita tradisional, berita dalam talian, blog dan sebagainya) membentuk pendapat publik dan mempengaruhi agenda publik berkaitan kepentingan sesuatu isu semasa tempoh pilihan raya (Dalton et al, 1998;Kiousis & McCombs, 2004;Son & Weaver, 2006).…”

Section: Pengenalanunclassified

Penonjolan isu media arus perdana, media alternatif dan media kerajaan di laman twitter

Sanawi

Mustaffa²,

Sannusi³

2022

JPMM

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The change of government that took place after the GE 14 demanded a review to be carried out on the pattern of agenda setting among the news media in this country, especially on social media. Therefore, this study examines how the mainstream media, alternative media and government media set their issue’s salience agenda on Twitter during the pre and post GE 14. A total of 7,533 tweets from six media organisations namely Berita Harian, The Star, Malaysiakini, Free Malaysia Today, BERNAMA and RTM were downloaded and analysed. A content analysis, bivariate correlation analysis and time-lagged analysis were conducted to identify the hierarchical pattern of issue’s salience and the causal relationship between issue’s salience agendas between these media. From the analysis, it was found that the mainstream media, the alternative media and the government media have a different inclinations in setting up their most important issue on Twitter during the pre and post GE 14. Mainstream media were found to place sports issues as the most important issue on their agenda on Twitter, while for alternative and government media, political issues and issues of national administration and governance were their top priorities. Meanwhile, the transition of the government post GE 14 also has an impact on the causal relationship between agendas involving the mainstream media, the alternative media and the government media on Twitter. For instance, during the pre GE 14 period, the agenda of the mainstream media did not have a significant relationship with the agenda of the government media. However during the post GE 14 period, the agenda of the two media was found to have a significant relationship. In the context of the causal relationship, the two media did not have a mutual influence on each other during the pre GE 14 period, but this situation changed after the GE 14. As for the alternative media, its relationship with the government media also changed after GE 14 in which its agenda no longer influences the government’s media agenda and vice versa. During the pre GE 14 period, the two media were found to have mutually influenced each other in their agenda on Twitter. Perubahan tampuk pemerintahan yang berlaku selepas Pilihan Raya Umum ke-14 (PRU 14) menuntut agar penelitian semula dilakukan terhadap corak penentuan agenda dalam kalangan media berita di negara ini terutamanya di laman sosial. Sehubungan itu, kajian ini meneliti bagaimana media arus perdana, media alternatif dan media kerajaan mengetengahkan agenda penonjolan isu mereka di laman Twitter semasa tempoh pra dan pasca PRU 14. Sebanyak 7,533 ciapan daripada enam organisasi media yang terdiri daripada Berita Harian, The Star, Malaysiakini, Free Malaysia Today (FMT), BERNAMA dan RTM telah dimuat turun dan dianalisis. Analisis kandungan, analisis korelasi bivariat dan analisis sisih masa telah dijalankan untuk mengenalpasti corak hierarki penonjolan isu dan hubungan kausaliti agenda penonjolan isu antara media-media ini. Hasil analisis yang dijalankan mendapati bahawa media arus perdana, media alternatif dan media kerajaan mempunyai kecenderungan yang berlainan dalam menentukan isu terpenting bagi mereka di laman Twitter semasa tempoh pra dan pasca PRU 14. Media arus perdana didapati meletakkan isu sukan sebagai isu terpenting dalam agenda mereka di laman Twitter, manakala bagi media alternatif dan media kerajaan pula, isu politik dan isu pentadbiran negara dan pemerintahan menjadi keutamaan mereka. Sementara itu, peralihan kerajaan pasca PRU 14 juga turut memberi impak terhadap hubungan kausaliti antara agenda yang melibatkan media arus perdana, media alternatif dan media kerajaan di laman Twitter. Misalnya semasa tempoh pra PRU 14, agenda media arus perdana tidak mempunyai hubungan yang signifkan dengan agenda media kerajaan. Namun semasa pasca PRU 14, agenda kedua-dua media tersebut didapati mempunyai hubungan yang signifikan. Dalam konteks hubungan kausaliti pula, kedua-dua media tersebut tidak mempunyai hubungan saling mempengaruhi antara satu sama lain semasa tempoh pra PRU 14 namun keadaan ini berubah selepas PRU 14. Bagi media alternatif pula, hubungan media tersebut dengan media kerajaan juga turut berubah pasca PRU 14 yang mana agenda media tersebut tidak lagi mempengaruhi agenda media kerajaan dan begitu juga sebaliknya. Semasa tempoh pra PRU 14, kedua-dua media tersebut didapati mempunyai hubungan saling mempengaruhi antara satu sama lain dalam penentuan agenda di laman Twitter.

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“…As a result, the public will also emphasise and discuss the images and integrity of the candidates. Thus, the agenda-setting theory has depicted how powerful the media is in transferring both issue salience and issue attributes to the readers and the public (Chang et al, 2017).…”

Section: Agenda-setting and Politicsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The media play an important role in politics by showing the public about the political information of their country (Ahmad and Othman, 2014;Balaraman et al, 2015. ) The media highlight the issues frequently to the readers and public, and to let them know, think, and feel about the issues (Chang et al, 2017;Lang and Lang, 1996). Chang et al (2017) opined that the news coverage by the media would affect the political voting decisions of the public during the general election.…”

Section: Media Agenda In Politics: How Malaysian Rtm Radio Stations C...mentioning

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Media Agenda in Politics: How Malaysian RTM Radio Stations Cover 14th General Election

Tham,

Ong,

Lim

2020

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The media and communication technologies have changed media consumption for good, and traditional media publishers are struggling to integrate their businesses using communication technologies. However, when fake news is increasingly prevalent on social media, where everyone can be the prosumer-produce and consume news, the people seek to verify the facts through different media, and traditional media have therefore made a comeback. This research paper attempts to answer “What are the issues reported by the media”. This study provides findings made during the 14th General Election campaigning period on the political issues reported by traditional media, in this case, radio. This study used a purposive sampling method, with the sample drawn from nomination day to the voting day (April 28 – May 9, 2018); a total of 12 days. The radio stations chosen for this study are operated by a national broadcasterRadio Television Malaysia (RTM), which were Nasional FM (95.3 MHz), Ai FM (89.3 MHz) and Traxx FM (100.1 MHz). The findings showed that the news reporting patterns among the three radio stations were consistent throughout the examination period. Most of the news reported by the three radio channels were neutral but 10 RTM reports were still pro-Barisan Nasional (BN), which was the leading slant of the reports ahead of anti-PKR ones. Media-related issues (false news, imbalance news, inaccurate information) were received the second higher-ranked of issues reported by the radio channels.

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The Agenda Setting Function of English Newspapers during the 13th General Election

Cited by 7 publications

References 7 publications

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Media Agenda in Politics: How Malaysian RTM Radio Stations Cover 14th General Election

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