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The portrayal of ICT in the media: a Malaysian scenario

Malaysia, as a developing country, is gearing towards creating a network society. This is aimed at providing opportunities for the rakyat to actively participate in the economic, social and political spheres of the country via information and communication technology (ICT). As such the national mass...

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Main Authors: Mohd Yusof Hj. Abdullah,, Fuziah Kartini Hassan Basri,, Mohd Safar Hasim,, Mat Pauzi Abd Rahman,
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Published: Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysian 2009
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spelling my-ukm.journal.3012016-12-14T06:26:58Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/301/ The portrayal of ICT in the media: a Malaysian scenario Mohd Yusof Hj. Abdullah, Fuziah Kartini Hassan Basri, Mohd Safar Hasim, Mat Pauzi Abd Rahman, Malaysia, as a developing country, is gearing towards creating a network society. This is aimed at providing opportunities for the rakyat to actively participate in the economic, social and political spheres of the country via information and communication technology (ICT). As such the national mass media, government or private, have jumped on the bandwagon and increasingly placed ICT in their content. This paper discusses how media portray information on ICT and how the information is perceived by the rakyat. It is a descriptive discussion of a content analysis on selected print and electronic mass media in their depictions of ICT, and some selected findings from a survey on 1500 respondents throughout Malaysia. The purpose is to highlight the role of the media in the dissemination of information on ICT and how they help the government in popularizing and promoting the use of ICT towards the realization of the network society. Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysian 2009 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/301/1/1.pdf Mohd Yusof Hj. Abdullah, and Fuziah Kartini Hassan Basri, and Mohd Safar Hasim, and Mat Pauzi Abd Rahman, (2009) The portrayal of ICT in the media: a Malaysian scenario. Jurnal Komunikasi ; Malaysian Journal of Communication, 25 . pp. 1-12. ISSN 0128-1496 http://www.ukm.my/jkom
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description Malaysia, as a developing country, is gearing towards creating a network society. This is aimed at providing opportunities for the rakyat to actively participate in the economic, social and political spheres of the country via information and communication technology (ICT). As such the national mass media, government or private, have jumped on the bandwagon and increasingly placed ICT in their content. This paper discusses how media portray information on ICT and how the information is perceived by the rakyat. It is a descriptive discussion of a content analysis on selected print and electronic mass media in their depictions of ICT, and some selected findings from a survey on 1500 respondents throughout Malaysia. The purpose is to highlight the role of the media in the dissemination of information on ICT and how they help the government in popularizing and promoting the use of ICT towards the realization of the network society.
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author Mohd Yusof Hj. Abdullah,
Fuziah Kartini Hassan Basri,
Mohd Safar Hasim,
Mat Pauzi Abd Rahman,
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Fuziah Kartini Hassan Basri,
Mohd Safar Hasim,
Mat Pauzi Abd Rahman,
The portrayal of ICT in the media: a Malaysian scenario
author_facet Mohd Yusof Hj. Abdullah,
Fuziah Kartini Hassan Basri,
Mohd Safar Hasim,
Mat Pauzi Abd Rahman,
author_sort Mohd Yusof Hj. Abdullah,
title The portrayal of ICT in the media: a Malaysian scenario
title_short The portrayal of ICT in the media: a Malaysian scenario
title_full The portrayal of ICT in the media: a Malaysian scenario
title_fullStr The portrayal of ICT in the media: a Malaysian scenario
title_full_unstemmed The portrayal of ICT in the media: a Malaysian scenario
title_sort portrayal of ict in the media: a malaysian scenario
publisher Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysian
publishDate 2009
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