Foreign nationals as offenders and victims in Malaysian crime news

Foreign nationals in Malaysia come from all corners of the world. They are here as migrant labour, highly skilled and professional migrants (expatriates), illegal migrants, refugees, asylum-seekers (Burmese asylum seekers with UNHCR card), forced migrants (human trafficking victims), students, a...

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Main Authors:	Misman, Norealyna, Mohd Adnan, Hamedi, Firdaus, Amira Sariyati, Ahmad, Che Mahzan
Format:	Conference or Workshop Item
Language:	English English
Published:	EDP Sciences 2017
Subjects:	H Social Sciences (General)
Online Access:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/58988/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/58988/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/58988/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/58988/1/58988-Foreign%20Nationals%20as%20Offenders.pdf http://irep.iium.edu.my/58988/7/58988%20Foreign%20nationals%20as%20offenders%20WOS.pdf

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spelling	iium-589882019-08-17T16:32:19Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/58988/ Foreign nationals as offenders and victims in Malaysian crime news Misman, Norealyna Mohd Adnan, Hamedi Firdaus, Amira Sariyati Ahmad, Che Mahzan H Social Sciences (General) Foreign nationals in Malaysia come from all corners of the world. They are here as migrant labour, highly skilled and professional migrants (expatriates), illegal migrants, refugees, asylum-seekers (Burmese asylum seekers with UNHCR card), forced migrants (human trafficking victims), students, and tourists. The influx of foreign nationals residing in Malaysia coincides with greater number of crime news featuring foreign nationals. This study explores the social construction of foreign nationals as the ‘other’ in the local crime news published by Malaysian newspapers. 94 news headlines and lead sentences of local crime news involving foreign nationals were identified and analysed for this study. Findings suggest that Malaysian newspapers magnify foreign nationals’ migration status in each crime news. EDP Sciences 2017 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/58988/1/58988-Foreign%20Nationals%20as%20Offenders.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/58988/7/58988%20Foreign%20nationals%20as%20offenders%20WOS.pdf Misman, Norealyna and Mohd Adnan, Hamedi and Firdaus, Amira Sariyati and Ahmad, Che Mahzan (2017) Foreign nationals as offenders and victims in Malaysian crime news. In: International Conference on Communication and Media: An International Communication Association Regional Conference (i-COME’16), 18th-20th November 2016., Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. https://www.shs-conferences.org/articles/shsconf/pdf/2017/01/shsconf_icome2017_00028.pdf 10.1051/shsconf/20173300028
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description	Foreign nationals in Malaysia come from all corners of the world. They are here as migrant labour, highly skilled and professional migrants (expatriates), illegal migrants, refugees, asylum-seekers (Burmese asylum seekers with UNHCR card), forced migrants (human trafficking victims), students, and tourists. The influx of foreign nationals residing in Malaysia coincides with greater number of crime news featuring foreign nationals. This study explores the social construction of foreign nationals as the ‘other’ in the local crime news published by Malaysian newspapers. 94 news headlines and lead sentences of local crime news involving foreign nationals were identified and analysed for this study. Findings suggest that Malaysian newspapers magnify foreign nationals’ migration status in each crime news.
format	Conference or Workshop Item
author	Misman, Norealyna Mohd Adnan, Hamedi Firdaus, Amira Sariyati Ahmad, Che Mahzan
author_facet	Misman, Norealyna Mohd Adnan, Hamedi Firdaus, Amira Sariyati Ahmad, Che Mahzan
author_sort	Misman, Norealyna
title	Foreign nationals as offenders and victims in Malaysian crime news
title_short	Foreign nationals as offenders and victims in Malaysian crime news
title_full	Foreign nationals as offenders and victims in Malaysian crime news
title_fullStr	Foreign nationals as offenders and victims in Malaysian crime news
title_full_unstemmed	Foreign nationals as offenders and victims in Malaysian crime news
title_sort	foreign nationals as offenders and victims in malaysian crime news
publisher	EDP Sciences
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Foreign nationals as offenders and victims in Malaysian crime news

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