Examining the issue of Islam and Muslims in the media: a perspective of Malaysian media practitioners

Researching on Islam and Muslims-related issues in the media have been a never-ending debate and always have been updated time by time. It catches the attention of academics, scholars, preachers, researchers to discuss on the alternative platform in reducing or somewhat controlling what the media sh...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Hassan, Fauziah, Yusoff, Sofia Hayati, Kanaker, Osama, Mustafa, Muhamad Zaki, Omar, Siti Zobidah
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Human Resource Management Academic Research Society 2020
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/88886/1/ISLAM.pdf
_version_ 1825936587215601664
author Hassan, Fauziah
Yusoff, Sofia Hayati
Kanaker, Osama
Mustafa, Muhamad Zaki
Omar, Siti Zobidah
author_facet Hassan, Fauziah
Yusoff, Sofia Hayati
Kanaker, Osama
Mustafa, Muhamad Zaki
Omar, Siti Zobidah
author_sort Hassan, Fauziah
collection UPM
description Researching on Islam and Muslims-related issues in the media have been a never-ending debate and always have been updated time by time. It catches the attention of academics, scholars, preachers, researchers to discuss on the alternative platform in reducing or somewhat controlling what the media should report about particularly on Islam and Muslims issues. The aim of this study is to examine the reportings related to Islam and Muslims issues of the Western newspapers. Interviews were conducted among eight Malaysian media practitioners to identify how they translate the meaning of work as a journalist in Islamic context, and also to find out their best practices in producing a balanced and fair news reporting. The interviews were later transcribed verbatimly, analyzed and deliberated their experiences towards this issue. Results show that they believe as Muslim journalists, they should be true, trusted and not bias in reporting news. Further, they also find out that having good references from experts and doing some research before reporting on any issues are very important especially in reporting news globally. Thus for them, the adaptation of good journalistic practices represent a positive image of Islam and Muslims in order to continue creating a surrounding of Islam and Muslims at present and in the future.
first_indexed 2024-03-06T10:46:33Z
format Article
id upm.eprints-88886
institution Universiti Putra Malaysia
language English
last_indexed 2024-03-06T10:46:33Z
publishDate 2020
publisher Human Resource Management Academic Research Society
record_format dspace
spelling upm.eprints-888862021-10-05T23:17:09Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/88886/ Examining the issue of Islam and Muslims in the media: a perspective of Malaysian media practitioners Hassan, Fauziah Yusoff, Sofia Hayati Kanaker, Osama Mustafa, Muhamad Zaki Omar, Siti Zobidah Researching on Islam and Muslims-related issues in the media have been a never-ending debate and always have been updated time by time. It catches the attention of academics, scholars, preachers, researchers to discuss on the alternative platform in reducing or somewhat controlling what the media should report about particularly on Islam and Muslims issues. The aim of this study is to examine the reportings related to Islam and Muslims issues of the Western newspapers. Interviews were conducted among eight Malaysian media practitioners to identify how they translate the meaning of work as a journalist in Islamic context, and also to find out their best practices in producing a balanced and fair news reporting. The interviews were later transcribed verbatimly, analyzed and deliberated their experiences towards this issue. Results show that they believe as Muslim journalists, they should be true, trusted and not bias in reporting news. Further, they also find out that having good references from experts and doing some research before reporting on any issues are very important especially in reporting news globally. Thus for them, the adaptation of good journalistic practices represent a positive image of Islam and Muslims in order to continue creating a surrounding of Islam and Muslims at present and in the future. Human Resource Management Academic Research Society 2020 Article PeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/88886/1/ISLAM.pdf Hassan, Fauziah and Yusoff, Sofia Hayati and Kanaker, Osama and Mustafa, Muhamad Zaki and Omar, Siti Zobidah (2020) Examining the issue of Islam and Muslims in the media: a perspective of Malaysian media practitioners. International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences, 10 (16). 162 - 174. ISSN 2222-6990 https://hrmars.com/papers/detail/IJARBSS/8300/Examining-the-Issue-of-Islam-and-Muslims-in-the-Media-A-Perspective-of-Malaysian-Media-Practitioners 10.6007/IJARBSS/v10-i16/8300
spellingShingle Hassan, Fauziah
Yusoff, Sofia Hayati
Kanaker, Osama
Mustafa, Muhamad Zaki
Omar, Siti Zobidah
Examining the issue of Islam and Muslims in the media: a perspective of Malaysian media practitioners
title Examining the issue of Islam and Muslims in the media: a perspective of Malaysian media practitioners
title_full Examining the issue of Islam and Muslims in the media: a perspective of Malaysian media practitioners
title_fullStr Examining the issue of Islam and Muslims in the media: a perspective of Malaysian media practitioners
title_full_unstemmed Examining the issue of Islam and Muslims in the media: a perspective of Malaysian media practitioners
title_short Examining the issue of Islam and Muslims in the media: a perspective of Malaysian media practitioners
title_sort examining the issue of islam and muslims in the media a perspective of malaysian media practitioners
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/88886/1/ISLAM.pdf
work_keys_str_mv AT hassanfauziah examiningtheissueofislamandmuslimsinthemediaaperspectiveofmalaysianmediapractitioners
AT yusoffsofiahayati examiningtheissueofislamandmuslimsinthemediaaperspectiveofmalaysianmediapractitioners
AT kanakerosama examiningtheissueofislamandmuslimsinthemediaaperspectiveofmalaysianmediapractitioners
AT mustafamuhamadzaki examiningtheissueofislamandmuslimsinthemediaaperspectiveofmalaysianmediapractitioners
AT omarsitizobidah examiningtheissueofislamandmuslimsinthemediaaperspectiveofmalaysianmediapractitioners