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Framing of 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) financial scandal by english and chinese newspapers published in Malaysia

The study compared how the 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) financial scandal was framed in English and Chinese online newspapers published in Malaysia. Content analysis was conducted for 200 articles for two English newspapers (The Star, 50; Malaysiakini English, 50) and two Chinese newspa...

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Main Authors: Su-Hie Ting,, Kai-Chee Lam,, Siau-Fan Si,, Kai-Wern Chan,
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Published: Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2024
Online Access:http://journalarticle.ukm.my/23823/1/komunikasi_3.pdf
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spelling my-ukm.journal.238232024-07-12T01:26:28Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/23823/ Framing of 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) financial scandal by english and chinese newspapers published in Malaysia Su-Hie Ting, Kai-Chee Lam, Siau-Fan Si, Kai-Wern Chan, The study compared how the 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) financial scandal was framed in English and Chinese online newspapers published in Malaysia. Content analysis was conducted for 200 articles for two English newspapers (The Star, 50; Malaysiakini English, 50) and two Chinese newspapers (Sin Chew Daily, 50; Malaysiakini Chinese, 50). The four newspapers were similar in the reliance on episodic framing and government sources of information, and the valence of the articles. Government sources is the opinion leader in 1MDB events but space is given to the voices of the opposition, foreign entities and the public. The English newspapers and Malaysiakini Chinese have more articles with a positive valence (46%-56%) in favour of investigations to resolve the financial corruption case and about 31% of the articles had a negative valence. However, Sin Chew Daily is more critical of the investigations than the other three newspapers. There are significant differences among the newspapers in frame dimensions of news headlines. The responsibility frame is used in close to 80% of the 1MDB articles in the Chinese newspapers but only in 40%-50% of the 1MDB articles in the English newspapers. Instead the English newspapers highlight the economic consequences of 1MDB and the conflict between individuals and groups, as well as contradictions between rumour and fact. The findings suggest that framing of controversial high-profile financial corruption case may differ due to the readership of the English and Chinese newspapers. Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2024 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/23823/1/komunikasi_3.pdf Su-Hie Ting, and Kai-Chee Lam, and Siau-Fan Si, and Kai-Wern Chan, (2024) Framing of 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) financial scandal by english and chinese newspapers published in Malaysia. Jurnal Komunikasi ; Malaysian Journal of Communication, 40 (1). pp. 43-60. ISSN 0128-1496 https://ejournal.ukm.my/mjc/issue/view/1644
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description The study compared how the 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) financial scandal was framed in English and Chinese online newspapers published in Malaysia. Content analysis was conducted for 200 articles for two English newspapers (The Star, 50; Malaysiakini English, 50) and two Chinese newspapers (Sin Chew Daily, 50; Malaysiakini Chinese, 50). The four newspapers were similar in the reliance on episodic framing and government sources of information, and the valence of the articles. Government sources is the opinion leader in 1MDB events but space is given to the voices of the opposition, foreign entities and the public. The English newspapers and Malaysiakini Chinese have more articles with a positive valence (46%-56%) in favour of investigations to resolve the financial corruption case and about 31% of the articles had a negative valence. However, Sin Chew Daily is more critical of the investigations than the other three newspapers. There are significant differences among the newspapers in frame dimensions of news headlines. The responsibility frame is used in close to 80% of the 1MDB articles in the Chinese newspapers but only in 40%-50% of the 1MDB articles in the English newspapers. Instead the English newspapers highlight the economic consequences of 1MDB and the conflict between individuals and groups, as well as contradictions between rumour and fact. The findings suggest that framing of controversial high-profile financial corruption case may differ due to the readership of the English and Chinese newspapers.
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author Su-Hie Ting,
Kai-Chee Lam,
Siau-Fan Si,
Kai-Wern Chan,
spellingShingle Su-Hie Ting,
Kai-Chee Lam,
Siau-Fan Si,
Kai-Wern Chan,
Framing of 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) financial scandal by english and chinese newspapers published in Malaysia
author_facet Su-Hie Ting,
Kai-Chee Lam,
Siau-Fan Si,
Kai-Wern Chan,
author_sort Su-Hie Ting,
title Framing of 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) financial scandal by english and chinese newspapers published in Malaysia
title_short Framing of 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) financial scandal by english and chinese newspapers published in Malaysia
title_full Framing of 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) financial scandal by english and chinese newspapers published in Malaysia
title_fullStr Framing of 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) financial scandal by english and chinese newspapers published in Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed Framing of 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) financial scandal by english and chinese newspapers published in Malaysia
title_sort framing of 1malaysia development berhad (1mdb) financial scandal by english and chinese newspapers published in malaysia
publisher Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
publishDate 2024
url http://journalarticle.ukm.my/23823/1/komunikasi_3.pdf
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https://ejournal.ukm.my/mjc/issue/view/1644
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