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Look beyond the facts : Evaluative language use in Malaysia's six-state election news coverage

The 12 August 2023 six-states elections is the first test of the Perpaduan Government led by Anwar Ibrahim, who became the tenth prime minister of Malaysia on 26 November 2022. The election narrative in the newspapers is intriguing because his political background is not clear-cut as he had been wit...

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Main Authors: Nazrinzulaiqa, Hasbi, Ting, Su Hie, Collin, Jerome
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Language:English
Published: Asian Scholars Network (ASNet) 2024
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P Philology. Linguistics
Online Access:http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/47181/1/2024_Hasbi_Ting_Collin_AJRESS_LookBeyond_EvaluativeL_6%282%29_764_778.pdf
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https://myjms.mohe.gov.my/index.php/ajress/article/view/26460/14594
https://doi.org/10.55057/ajress.2024.6.1.69
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spelling my.unimas.ir-471812025-01-02T02:39:46Z http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/47181/ Look beyond the facts : Evaluative language use in Malaysia's six-state election news coverage Nazrinzulaiqa, Hasbi Ting, Su Hie Collin, Jerome P Philology. Linguistics The 12 August 2023 six-states elections is the first test of the Perpaduan Government led by Anwar Ibrahim, who became the tenth prime minister of Malaysia on 26 November 2022. The election narrative in the newspapers is intriguing because his political background is not clear-cut as he had been with the ruling government and the opposition at different junctures of his political career. The study examined the evaluative aspects of language in newspaper articles on six-states elections in Malaysia publishedin Harian Metro, a leading Malay daily. Altogether 71 Harian Metro articles between 1 January and 31 August 2023 (18,381 words) were analysed using Martin and White’s (2005) appraisal theory. Out of 1,408 instances of evaluative language, 61.58% were in the graduation category, 23.58% were in the engagement category, and only 14.84% were in the attitudes category. The graduation category was dominated by the number sub-category, to provide precise facts about the elections, including a time-stamp on events. The engagement category features frequent acknowledgement of information sources to lend authenticity to views. Within the attitudes category, judgement words were frequently used to assess the attitudes and behaviours of politicians. The minimal presence of the affect and appreciation sub-categories shows avoidance of emotive expressions. The inclination towards a fact-focussed reporting maintains impartiality in the election narrative involving political parties aligned to important past and present political figures Asian Scholars Network (ASNet) 2024 Article PeerReviewed text en http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/47181/1/2024_Hasbi_Ting_Collin_AJRESS_LookBeyond_EvaluativeL_6%282%29_764_778.pdf Nazrinzulaiqa, Hasbi and Ting, Su Hie and Collin, Jerome (2024) Look beyond the facts : Evaluative language use in Malaysia's six-state election news coverage. Asian Journal of Research in Education and Social Sciences, 6 (1). pp. 764-778. ISSN 2682-8502 https://myjms.mohe.gov.my/index.php/ajress/article/view/26460/14594 https://doi.org/10.55057/ajress.2024.6.1.69
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Nazrinzulaiqa, Hasbi
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Collin, Jerome
Look beyond the facts : Evaluative language use in Malaysia's six-state election news coverage
description The 12 August 2023 six-states elections is the first test of the Perpaduan Government led by Anwar Ibrahim, who became the tenth prime minister of Malaysia on 26 November 2022. The election narrative in the newspapers is intriguing because his political background is not clear-cut as he had been with the ruling government and the opposition at different junctures of his political career. The study examined the evaluative aspects of language in newspaper articles on six-states elections in Malaysia publishedin Harian Metro, a leading Malay daily. Altogether 71 Harian Metro articles between 1 January and 31 August 2023 (18,381 words) were analysed using Martin and White’s (2005) appraisal theory. Out of 1,408 instances of evaluative language, 61.58% were in the graduation category, 23.58% were in the engagement category, and only 14.84% were in the attitudes category. The graduation category was dominated by the number sub-category, to provide precise facts about the elections, including a time-stamp on events. The engagement category features frequent acknowledgement of information sources to lend authenticity to views. Within the attitudes category, judgement words were frequently used to assess the attitudes and behaviours of politicians. The minimal presence of the affect and appreciation sub-categories shows avoidance of emotive expressions. The inclination towards a fact-focussed reporting maintains impartiality in the election narrative involving political parties aligned to important past and present political figures
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author Nazrinzulaiqa, Hasbi
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Collin, Jerome
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Ting, Su Hie
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title Look beyond the facts : Evaluative language use in Malaysia's six-state election news coverage
title_short Look beyond the facts : Evaluative language use in Malaysia's six-state election news coverage
title_full Look beyond the facts : Evaluative language use in Malaysia's six-state election news coverage
title_fullStr Look beyond the facts : Evaluative language use in Malaysia's six-state election news coverage
title_full_unstemmed Look beyond the facts : Evaluative language use in Malaysia's six-state election news coverage
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