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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 occurre...

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Main Authors: Jamilah Ahmad,, Habibah Lateh,
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Language:English
Published: Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2016
Online Access:http://journalarticle.ukm.my/10516/1/16493-46333-1-SM.pdf
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http://ejournal.ukm.my/mjc/issue/view/877
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spelling my-ukm.journal.105162017-07-09T23:46:25Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/10516/ Media and the environment in Malaysia: an analysis on news coverage of landslide disaster in Kuala Lumpur Jamilah Ahmad, Habibah Lateh, 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 Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2016 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/10516/1/16493-46333-1-SM.pdf Jamilah Ahmad, and Habibah Lateh, (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 0128-1496 http://ejournal.ukm.my/mjc/issue/view/877
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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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author Jamilah Ahmad,
Habibah Lateh,
spellingShingle Jamilah Ahmad,
Habibah Lateh,
Media and the environment in Malaysia: an analysis on news coverage of landslide disaster in Kuala Lumpur
author_facet Jamilah Ahmad,
Habibah Lateh,
author_sort Jamilah Ahmad,
title 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_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_sort media and the environment in malaysia: an analysis on news coverage of landslide disaster in kuala lumpur
publisher Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
publishDate 2016
url http://journalarticle.ukm.my/10516/1/16493-46333-1-SM.pdf
http://journalarticle.ukm.my/10516/
http://ejournal.ukm.my/mjc/issue/view/877
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