Media and the environment in Malaysia: an analysis on news coverage of landslide disaster in Kuala Lumpur
Studies done on media reporting and the environment, particularly on natural disasters area less researched topic in Malaysia. This paper examines the representation of disaster news and analyses on how disaster news reports are being covered in local newspapers by taking a landslide case occurre...
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Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
2016
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| Online Access: | http://journalarticle.ukm.my/10516/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/10516/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/10516/1/16493-46333-1-SM.pdf |
| Summary: | Studies done on media reporting and the environment, particularly on natural disasters area less
researched topic in Malaysia. This paper examines the representation of disaster news and
analyses on how disaster news reports are being covered in local newspapers by taking a
landslide case occurred at Taman Puncak Setiawangsa, Kuala Lumpur in December, 2012. The
samples were taken from two local mainstream newspapers as a comparative study. Utusan
Malaysia, being the major Malay newspapers in the country targets Malay readers, while The
Star, an English-language daily, targets multi-ethnic and middle-class income readers. This study
used quantitative and qualitative content analysis in identifying patterns of coverage by both
newspapers. The analysis revealed that despite having their own principles, guidelines and
ideologies; this study concludes that both newspapers have a lot of similarities in their reporting
on this particular disaster. The main similarity is local environmental news is still predominantly
presented as straight news. |
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