A reflection of national integration process and the role of media in Malaysia

National integration is an on-going process in Malaysia since independence. Media are found to play an important role to enhance the process, especially in disseminating government policies. After independence, the biggest task entrusted to the government of Malaysia was to integrate the different r...

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Main Authors:	Chang, Peng Kee, Kho, Suet Nie
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2017
Online Access:	http://journalarticle.ukm.my/10555/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/10555/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/10555/1/17013-49511-2-PB.pdf

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spelling	ukm-105552017-07-11T08:42:33Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/10555/ A reflection of national integration process and the role of media in Malaysia Chang, Peng Kee Kho, Suet Nie National integration is an on-going process in Malaysia since independence. Media are found to play an important role to enhance the process, especially in disseminating government policies. After independence, the biggest task entrusted to the government of Malaysia was to integrate the different races together without taking away the ethnic identity of the races. The integration process reached a breaking and turning point during the incident of May 13, 1969 the bloody riot caused by racial tension. The government became more diligent and the media became one of the machinery by which the government continued to work on nation building and the integration of different races. One policy was implemented after another, from National Cultural Policy; New Economic Policy and the Rukun Negara. Revamp of education policies and the setting up of National Unity Department in the Ministry Of National Unity And Social Development was some of the major milestones in national integration. This conceptual paper is a reflection of the past policies and emulation of the present 1Malaysia roadmap for national integration. It started out by defining the different means by which national integration can be achieved such as through the process of assimilation, integration and pluralism. It then took steps back by reflecting on old national integration policies and the prominent role of the media in it over the years. The paper also reflects on the recent 1Malaysia roadmap, press freedom in Malaysia and how it affects the national integration process. Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2017 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/10555/1/17013-49511-2-PB.pdf Chang, Peng Kee and Kho, Suet Nie (2017) A reflection of national integration process and the role of media in Malaysia. Jurnal Komunikasi ; Malaysian Journal of Communication, 33 (1). pp. 395-405. ISSN 0128-1496 http://ejournal.ukm.my/mjc/issue/view/901
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description	National integration is an on-going process in Malaysia since independence. Media are found to play an important role to enhance the process, especially in disseminating government policies. After independence, the biggest task entrusted to the government of Malaysia was to integrate the different races together without taking away the ethnic identity of the races. The integration process reached a breaking and turning point during the incident of May 13, 1969 the bloody riot caused by racial tension. The government became more diligent and the media became one of the machinery by which the government continued to work on nation building and the integration of different races. One policy was implemented after another, from National Cultural Policy; New Economic Policy and the Rukun Negara. Revamp of education policies and the setting up of National Unity Department in the Ministry Of National Unity And Social Development was some of the major milestones in national integration. This conceptual paper is a reflection of the past policies and emulation of the present 1Malaysia roadmap for national integration. It started out by defining the different means by which national integration can be achieved such as through the process of assimilation, integration and pluralism. It then took steps back by reflecting on old national integration policies and the prominent role of the media in it over the years. The paper also reflects on the recent 1Malaysia roadmap, press freedom in Malaysia and how it affects the national integration process.
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author	Chang, Peng Kee Kho, Suet Nie
spellingShingle	Chang, Peng Kee Kho, Suet Nie A reflection of national integration process and the role of media in Malaysia
author_facet	Chang, Peng Kee Kho, Suet Nie
author_sort	Chang, Peng Kee
title	A reflection of national integration process and the role of media in Malaysia
title_short	A reflection of national integration process and the role of media in Malaysia
title_full	A reflection of national integration process and the role of media in Malaysia
title_fullStr	A reflection of national integration process and the role of media in Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed	A reflection of national integration process and the role of media in Malaysia
title_sort	reflection of national integration process and the role of media in malaysia
publisher	Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
publishDate	2017
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A reflection of national integration process and the role of media in Malaysia

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