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How did the independent news portal (INP) report political news during GE14?

Mass media in Malaysia are renowned for their pro-government reporting. Their consistent positive slant towards Barisan Nasional (BN) and its coalition, has made them known as the government’s machinery instead of a watchdog in society. During the GE14 campaign the positive coverage given to BN by...

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Main Authors: Mohd Nasir, Nur Shakira, Ahmad, Zeti Azreen
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Published: 2018
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P87 Communication. Mass media
Online Access:http://irep.iium.edu.my/87292/2/Nur%20Shakira%20Mohd%20Nasir-%20INVITATION.pdf
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spelling my.iium.irep.872922021-07-15T13:02:40Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/87292/ How did the independent news portal (INP) report political news during GE14? Mohd Nasir, Nur Shakira Ahmad, Zeti Azreen P87 Communication. Mass media Mass media in Malaysia are renowned for their pro-government reporting. Their consistent positive slant towards Barisan Nasional (BN) and its coalition, has made them known as the government’s machinery instead of a watchdog in society. During the GE14 campaign the positive coverage given to BN by the mainstream media remained obvious. The then ruling government used all media platforms under their control including social media, to tout on BN’s accomplishments and the goodness they bring to the nation hoping to win votes. This pro-government approach was not without consequences as most BN’s controlled media constantly lost viewers and readership; a factor that might weaken the coalition influence. On the other hand, the content of the independent news portal (INP) appear to be the opposite. The INP addressed issues, claimed too sensitive or taboo for their mainstream counterparts to report. Unlike the mainstream media, INP provides space for the opposition and was perceived critical towards the ruling government. As a result, they were often dubbed as representing the voice of the opposition. This study argues that the role of INP during general election campaign should not be underrated as they are gaining strength in readership and able to reach a huge number of voters through other social media platforms. In addition, the nature of INP that is non-partisan promotes independent journalism that do more justice to readers and subsequently produced informed voters. A content analysis has been adopted to analyse political news from two established INPs during the GE14 campaign period. The findings among others revealed that the news portals have remained neutral in their reporting but constantly critical towards both the ruling government and opposition parties. This indicate both news portals continue to practice independent news reporting in covering political news during GE14 campaign. 2018-06-28 Conference or Workshop Item NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/87292/2/Nur%20Shakira%20Mohd%20Nasir-%20INVITATION.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/87292/3/GE14%20An%20Analysis%20Programme%2028%20June%202018.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/87292/19/87292_%20How%20did%20the%20independent%20news%20portal%20%28INP%29%20report%20political%20news%20during%20GE14.pdf Mohd Nasir, Nur Shakira and Ahmad, Zeti Azreen (2018) How did the independent news portal (INP) report political news during GE14? In: GE 14: AN ANALYSIS, 28 Jun 2018, Gombak, Malaysia. (Unpublished)
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How did the independent news portal (INP) report political news during GE14?
description Mass media in Malaysia are renowned for their pro-government reporting. Their consistent positive slant towards Barisan Nasional (BN) and its coalition, has made them known as the government’s machinery instead of a watchdog in society. During the GE14 campaign the positive coverage given to BN by the mainstream media remained obvious. The then ruling government used all media platforms under their control including social media, to tout on BN’s accomplishments and the goodness they bring to the nation hoping to win votes. This pro-government approach was not without consequences as most BN’s controlled media constantly lost viewers and readership; a factor that might weaken the coalition influence. On the other hand, the content of the independent news portal (INP) appear to be the opposite. The INP addressed issues, claimed too sensitive or taboo for their mainstream counterparts to report. Unlike the mainstream media, INP provides space for the opposition and was perceived critical towards the ruling government. As a result, they were often dubbed as representing the voice of the opposition. This study argues that the role of INP during general election campaign should not be underrated as they are gaining strength in readership and able to reach a huge number of voters through other social media platforms. In addition, the nature of INP that is non-partisan promotes independent journalism that do more justice to readers and subsequently produced informed voters. A content analysis has been adopted to analyse political news from two established INPs during the GE14 campaign period. The findings among others revealed that the news portals have remained neutral in their reporting but constantly critical towards both the ruling government and opposition parties. This indicate both news portals continue to practice independent news reporting in covering political news during GE14 campaign.
format Conference or Workshop Item
author Mohd Nasir, Nur Shakira
Ahmad, Zeti Azreen
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Ahmad, Zeti Azreen
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title How did the independent news portal (INP) report political news during GE14?
title_short How did the independent news portal (INP) report political news during GE14?
title_full How did the independent news portal (INP) report political news during GE14?
title_fullStr How did the independent news portal (INP) report political news during GE14?
title_full_unstemmed How did the independent news portal (INP) report political news during GE14?
title_sort how did the independent news portal (inp) report political news during ge14?
publishDate 2018
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/87292/2/Nur%20Shakira%20Mohd%20Nasir-%20INVITATION.pdf
http://irep.iium.edu.my/87292/3/GE14%20An%20Analysis%20Programme%2028%20June%202018.pdf
http://irep.iium.edu.my/87292/19/87292_%20How%20did%20the%20independent%20news%20portal%20%28INP%29%20report%20political%20news%20during%20GE14.pdf
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