Framing inter-religious dispute: a comparative analysis of Chinese-, English-, and Malay-language newspapers in Peninsular Malaysia
| Autor: | Md. Sidin Ahmad Ishak, Yang Lai Fong |
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| Rok vydání: | 2015 |
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Status quo Communication media_common.quotation_subject 05 social sciences Ethnic group 050801 communication & media studies 02 engineering and technology language.human_language Newspaper 0508 media and communications Framing (social sciences) Salient Multiculturalism 0202 electrical engineering electronic engineering information engineering language Sociology Social science media_common Malay |
| Zdroj: | Chinese Journal of Communication. 9:103-123 |
| ISSN: | 1754-4769 1754-4750 |
| Popis: | Religious and ethnicity issues in multicultural societies have always been difficult to report. This study aims to conduct a framing analysis of the coverage of the biggest inter-religious dispute in Malaysia to date – the “Allah” dispute. Specifically, the study compares the coverage of Chinese-, English-, and Malay-language newspapers and assesses the factors that lead to differences in frame building. The findings showed that these newspapers reported the dispute with different degrees of intensity and prominence, and they employed different news sources. Although conflict appeared to be the salient frame used by the dailies, the aspects highlighted by them varied. Sin Chew (Chinese-language daily) was the most vocal in its coverage, which reflected a counter-hegemonic discourse. The Star (English-language daily) used a moderate approach, while Utusan (Malay-language daily) strongly supported the status quo. The frames built by The Star and Utusan could be attributed to the fact that these two newspape... |
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