Public perceptions towards belt and road initiative (BRI) in Malaysia
News media plays an important role in strengthening a diplomacy relations or friendship between countries. As such, Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) is a symbol of diplomatic relations between Malaysia and China. Hence, when dealing with diplomatic relations, a question of how the media portrays the m...
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| author | Hassan, Nor Azlili Ismail, Mohd Mahadee Abdullah, Azlina Md Yunus, Marzudi Mak Din, Hairol Anuar |
| author_facet | Hassan, Nor Azlili Ismail, Mohd Mahadee Abdullah, Azlina Md Yunus, Marzudi Mak Din, Hairol Anuar |
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| description | News media plays an important role in strengthening a diplomacy relations or friendship between countries. As such, Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) is a symbol of diplomatic relations between Malaysia and China. Hence, when dealing with diplomatic relations, a question of how the media portrays the messages of their countries’ communities is the major concerns of this study. This paper attempts to explain the public perception in the Malay newspapers towards BRI in Malaysia. The news coverage of Malaysia-China relationships on BRI is examined comparatively across the two Malay prominent newspapers, namely Berita Harian and Utusan Malaysia, in different perceptions, namely positive, moderate or mix and negative perceptions. By employing framing of the content analysis as the research method, this study obtained 95 news items from Utusan Malaysia and Berita Harian between 1 April 2018 and 31 December 2018. The results revealed that, the Malaysia-China relationships was characterized by a positive perception towards Malaysia and China that described bilateral relations. The economic consequences and responsibility frame were most highlighted by the Malay newspapers. Notably, this study found that these two newspapers were mostly positive and moderate to portray their respective governments. Therefore, the main perceptions and trend of the Malay newspapers is positive and moderate thus the Malaysian communities have a relatively good perception on BRI. |
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| spelling | upm.eprints-873612022-02-03T05:10:51Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/87361/ Public perceptions towards belt and road initiative (BRI) in Malaysia Hassan, Nor Azlili Ismail, Mohd Mahadee Abdullah, Azlina Md Yunus, Marzudi Mak Din, Hairol Anuar News media plays an important role in strengthening a diplomacy relations or friendship between countries. As such, Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) is a symbol of diplomatic relations between Malaysia and China. Hence, when dealing with diplomatic relations, a question of how the media portrays the messages of their countries’ communities is the major concerns of this study. This paper attempts to explain the public perception in the Malay newspapers towards BRI in Malaysia. The news coverage of Malaysia-China relationships on BRI is examined comparatively across the two Malay prominent newspapers, namely Berita Harian and Utusan Malaysia, in different perceptions, namely positive, moderate or mix and negative perceptions. By employing framing of the content analysis as the research method, this study obtained 95 news items from Utusan Malaysia and Berita Harian between 1 April 2018 and 31 December 2018. The results revealed that, the Malaysia-China relationships was characterized by a positive perception towards Malaysia and China that described bilateral relations. The economic consequences and responsibility frame were most highlighted by the Malay newspapers. Notably, this study found that these two newspapers were mostly positive and moderate to portray their respective governments. Therefore, the main perceptions and trend of the Malay newspapers is positive and moderate thus the Malaysian communities have a relatively good perception on BRI. Hampstead Psychological Associates 2020-05 Article PeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/87361/1/Public%20perceptions%20towards%20belt%20and%20road%20initiative.pdf Hassan, Nor Azlili and Ismail, Mohd Mahadee and Abdullah, Azlina and Md Yunus, Marzudi and Mak Din, Hairol Anuar (2020) Public perceptions towards belt and road initiative (BRI) in Malaysia. International Journal of Psychosocial Rehabilitation, 24 (8). 9201 - 9213. ISSN 1475-7192 https://www.psychosocial.com/article/PR280910/25437/ 10.37200/IJPR/V24I8/PR280910 |
| spellingShingle | Hassan, Nor Azlili Ismail, Mohd Mahadee Abdullah, Azlina Md Yunus, Marzudi Mak Din, Hairol Anuar Public perceptions towards belt and road initiative (BRI) in Malaysia |
| title | Public perceptions towards belt and road initiative (BRI) in Malaysia |
| title_full | Public perceptions towards belt and road initiative (BRI) in Malaysia |
| title_fullStr | Public perceptions towards belt and road initiative (BRI) in Malaysia |
| title_full_unstemmed | Public perceptions towards belt and road initiative (BRI) in Malaysia |
| title_short | Public perceptions towards belt and road initiative (BRI) in Malaysia |
| title_sort | public perceptions towards belt and road initiative bri in malaysia |
| url | http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/87361/1/Public%20perceptions%20towards%20belt%20and%20road%20initiative.pdf |
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