International students in websites of public and private Universities in Malaysia: a discourse analysis through academic capitalism framing

University websites provide information that may influence international students’ choice of an institution. In the context of Malaysia, studies on university websites remain minimal and highly contextual. To address this gap, this study will conduct a discourse analysis on websites of both public a...

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Main Author: Daron Benjamin Loo
Format: Proceedings
Language:English
English
Published: Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia 2022
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Online Access:https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/41633/1/ABSTRACT.pdf
https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/41633/2/FULL%20TEXT.pdf
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description University websites provide information that may influence international students’ choice of an institution. In the context of Malaysia, studies on university websites remain minimal and highly contextual. To address this gap, this study will conduct a discourse analysis on websites of both public and private universities in Malaysia. A total of 40 websites were selected to form a corpus. The analysis involved the identification of significant collocates for the key words “international” and “student(s)”. These collocates were then discussed through academic capitalism framing. The findings indicated that university websites offered information that was either procedural, or that which explained how an institution was international. This analysis painted international students as customers requiring assistance from a university. Findings also showed that being an international student in Malaysia would bring about social mobility through interactions with other international students.
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spelling ums.eprints-416332024-10-25T01:41:39Z https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/41633/ International students in websites of public and private Universities in Malaysia: a discourse analysis through academic capitalism framing Daron Benjamin Loo HF5381-5386 Vocational guidance. Career development P301-301.5 Style. Composition. Rhetoric University websites provide information that may influence international students’ choice of an institution. In the context of Malaysia, studies on university websites remain minimal and highly contextual. To address this gap, this study will conduct a discourse analysis on websites of both public and private universities in Malaysia. A total of 40 websites were selected to form a corpus. The analysis involved the identification of significant collocates for the key words “international” and “student(s)”. These collocates were then discussed through academic capitalism framing. The findings indicated that university websites offered information that was either procedural, or that which explained how an institution was international. This analysis painted international students as customers requiring assistance from a university. Findings also showed that being an international student in Malaysia would bring about social mobility through interactions with other international students. Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia 2022 Proceedings PeerReviewed text en https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/41633/1/ABSTRACT.pdf text en https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/41633/2/FULL%20TEXT.pdf Daron Benjamin Loo (2022) International students in websites of public and private Universities in Malaysia: a discourse analysis through academic capitalism framing. https://oarep.usim.edu.my/entities/equipment/0b10f5c4-b03e-4334-b28f-d189d70c2584
spellingShingle HF5381-5386 Vocational guidance. Career development
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International students in websites of public and private Universities in Malaysia: a discourse analysis through academic capitalism framing
title International students in websites of public and private Universities in Malaysia: a discourse analysis through academic capitalism framing
title_full International students in websites of public and private Universities in Malaysia: a discourse analysis through academic capitalism framing
title_fullStr International students in websites of public and private Universities in Malaysia: a discourse analysis through academic capitalism framing
title_full_unstemmed International students in websites of public and private Universities in Malaysia: a discourse analysis through academic capitalism framing
title_short International students in websites of public and private Universities in Malaysia: a discourse analysis through academic capitalism framing
title_sort international students in websites of public and private universities in malaysia a discourse analysis through academic capitalism framing
topic HF5381-5386 Vocational guidance. Career development
P301-301.5 Style. Composition. Rhetoric
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