Media and the environment in Malaysia: an analysis on news coverage of landslide disaster in Kuala Lumpur
Studies done on media reporting and the environment, particularly on natural disasters area less researched topic in Malaysia. This paper examines the representation of disaster news and analyses on how disaster news reports are being covered in local newspapers by taking a landslide case occurred a...
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| description | Studies done on media reporting and the environment, particularly on natural disasters area less researched topic in Malaysia. This paper examines the representation of disaster news and analyses on how disaster news reports are being covered in local newspapers by taking a landslide case occurred at Taman Puncak Setiawangsa, Kuala Lumpur in December, 2012. The samples were taken from two local mainstream newspapers as a comparative study. Utusan Malaysia, being the major Malay newspapers in the country targets Malay readers, while The Star, an English-language daily, targets multi-ethnic and middle-class income readers. This study used quantitative and qualitative content analysis in identifying patterns of coverage by both newspapers. The analysis revealed that despite having their own principles, guidelines and ideologies; this study concludes that both newspapers have a lot of similarities in their reporting on this particular disaster. The main similarity is local environmental news is still predominantly presented as straight news. |
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| spelling | usm.eprints-487572021-04-01T08:51:29Z http://eprints.usm.my/48757/ Media and the environment in Malaysia: an analysis on news coverage of landslide disaster in Kuala Lumpur Ahmad, Jamilah Lateh, Habibah P87-96 Communication. Mass media Studies done on media reporting and the environment, particularly on natural disasters area less researched topic in Malaysia. This paper examines the representation of disaster news and analyses on how disaster news reports are being covered in local newspapers by taking a landslide case occurred at Taman Puncak Setiawangsa, Kuala Lumpur in December, 2012. The samples were taken from two local mainstream newspapers as a comparative study. Utusan Malaysia, being the major Malay newspapers in the country targets Malay readers, while The Star, an English-language daily, targets multi-ethnic and middle-class income readers. This study used quantitative and qualitative content analysis in identifying patterns of coverage by both newspapers. The analysis revealed that despite having their own principles, guidelines and ideologies; this study concludes that both newspapers have a lot of similarities in their reporting on this particular disaster. The main similarity is local environmental news is still predominantly presented as straight news. Penerbit UKM 2016 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.usm.my/48757/1/16493-72025-1-PB.pdf Ahmad, Jamilah and Lateh, Habibah (2016) Media and the environment in Malaysia: an analysis on news coverage of landslide disaster in Kuala Lumpur. Jurnal Komunikasi, Malaysian Journal of Communication, 32 (2). pp. 525-544. ISSN 2289-1528 https://ejournal.ukm.my/mjc/article/view/16493 |
| spellingShingle | P87-96 Communication. Mass media Ahmad, Jamilah Lateh, Habibah Media and the environment in Malaysia: an analysis on news coverage of landslide disaster in Kuala Lumpur |
| title | Media and the environment in Malaysia: an analysis on news coverage of landslide disaster in Kuala Lumpur |
| title_full | Media and the environment in Malaysia: an analysis on news coverage of landslide disaster in Kuala Lumpur |
| title_fullStr | Media and the environment in Malaysia: an analysis on news coverage of landslide disaster in Kuala Lumpur |
| title_full_unstemmed | Media and the environment in Malaysia: an analysis on news coverage of landslide disaster in Kuala Lumpur |
| title_short | Media and the environment in Malaysia: an analysis on news coverage of landslide disaster in Kuala Lumpur |
| title_sort | media and the environment in malaysia an analysis on news coverage of landslide disaster in kuala lumpur |
| topic | P87-96 Communication. Mass media |
| url | http://eprints.usm.my/48757/1/16493-72025-1-PB.pdf |
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