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Empowering citizen media through investigative journalism in Malaysia

Investigative journalism nowadays plays a crucial role in the democratization of a nation. This paper discusses a study conducted to examine the challenges of investigative journalism in Malaysia, the significance of journalism ethics and rules in Malaysia in the investigative journalism practices,...

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Main Authors: Abdul Hamid, Norsiah, Ishak, Mohd Sobhi, Maharan, Nazialita Geynna
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Language:English
Published: Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2015
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PL Languages and literatures of Eastern Asia, Africa, Oceania
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spelling my.uum.repo.183672016-06-28T07:14:59Z http://repo.uum.edu.my/18367/ Empowering citizen media through investigative journalism in Malaysia Abdul Hamid, Norsiah Ishak, Mohd Sobhi Maharan, Nazialita Geynna PL Languages and literatures of Eastern Asia, Africa, Oceania Investigative journalism nowadays plays a crucial role in the democratization of a nation. This paper discusses a study conducted to examine the challenges of investigative journalism in Malaysia, the significance of journalism ethics and rules in Malaysia in the investigative journalism practices, and to suggest and recommend the ways and method to handle any future challenges in the investigative journalism world. The study employed a qualitative method in which an in-depth interview was carried out with three investigative journalism experts in Malaysia. The subjects were carefully selected through purposive sampling.In addition, the interview questions were constructed based on data collected from document analysis.It is important to gain an initial data on investigative journalism in Malaysia. Three main themes selected for the studies are communication, empowerment and governance.The incorporation and collaboration between these three themes influenced and moulded the practices of investigative journalism in the country. Results revealed that there are similar and different traits of investigative journalism practices in Malaysia.For the alternative media, passion is a must in coming down as a journalist and try to take a more courageous act in telling and serving truth to the public.Investigative journalism can continue to exist in the world of ubiquitous media and information overloaded. Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2015 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://repo.uum.edu.my/18367/1/JK%20MJC%2031%202%202015%20631-647.pdf Abdul Hamid, Norsiah and Ishak, Mohd Sobhi and Maharan, Nazialita Geynna (2015) Empowering citizen media through investigative journalism in Malaysia. Jurnal Komunikasi = Malaysian Journal of Communication, 31 (2). pp. 631-647. ISSN 2289-151X http://www.ukm.my/jkom/journal/pdf_files/2015/V31_2_37.pdf
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topic PL Languages and literatures of Eastern Asia, Africa, Oceania
spellingShingle PL Languages and literatures of Eastern Asia, Africa, Oceania
Abdul Hamid, Norsiah
Ishak, Mohd Sobhi
Maharan, Nazialita Geynna
Empowering citizen media through investigative journalism in Malaysia
description Investigative journalism nowadays plays a crucial role in the democratization of a nation. This paper discusses a study conducted to examine the challenges of investigative journalism in Malaysia, the significance of journalism ethics and rules in Malaysia in the investigative journalism practices, and to suggest and recommend the ways and method to handle any future challenges in the investigative journalism world. The study employed a qualitative method in which an in-depth interview was carried out with three investigative journalism experts in Malaysia. The subjects were carefully selected through purposive sampling.In addition, the interview questions were constructed based on data collected from document analysis.It is important to gain an initial data on investigative journalism in Malaysia. Three main themes selected for the studies are communication, empowerment and governance.The incorporation and collaboration between these three themes influenced and moulded the practices of investigative journalism in the country. Results revealed that there are similar and different traits of investigative journalism practices in Malaysia.For the alternative media, passion is a must in coming down as a journalist and try to take a more courageous act in telling and serving truth to the public.Investigative journalism can continue to exist in the world of ubiquitous media and information overloaded.
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author Abdul Hamid, Norsiah
Ishak, Mohd Sobhi
Maharan, Nazialita Geynna
author_facet Abdul Hamid, Norsiah
Ishak, Mohd Sobhi
Maharan, Nazialita Geynna
author_sort Abdul Hamid, Norsiah
title Empowering citizen media through investigative journalism in Malaysia
title_short Empowering citizen media through investigative journalism in Malaysia
title_full Empowering citizen media through investigative journalism in Malaysia
title_fullStr Empowering citizen media through investigative journalism in Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed Empowering citizen media through investigative journalism in Malaysia
title_sort empowering citizen media through investigative journalism in malaysia
publisher Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
publishDate 2015
url http://repo.uum.edu.my/18367/1/JK%20MJC%2031%202%202015%20631-647.pdf
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