Communicating about inter-ethnic unity: an investigation on differences between youths of the three main ethnic groups in Malaysia

In a multicultural, multi-ethnic and multireligious country such as Malaysia, inter-ethnic unity is considered both enriching to society and a challenge for government. A diverse population with variations in culture, language and religion is often perceived as difficult to govern due to the many di...

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Main Author:	Arina Anis Azlan
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Language:	English
Published:	Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2019
Online Access:	http://journalarticle.ukm.my/13188/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/13188/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/13188/1/33154-104414-1-PB.pdf

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spelling	ukm-131882019-07-25T21:09:20Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/13188/ Communicating about inter-ethnic unity: an investigation on differences between youths of the three main ethnic groups in Malaysia Arina Anis Azlan, In a multicultural, multi-ethnic and multireligious country such as Malaysia, inter-ethnic unity is considered both enriching to society and a challenge for government. A diverse population with variations in culture, language and religion is often perceived as difficult to govern due to the many different needs, values and expectations of different groups within a multicultural society. Malaysia is often lauded for the inter-ethnic harmony and stability of its society that allows the country to flourish economically. Though there is no violent conflict between the ethnic groups, a sense of national unity proves challenging to achieve as ethnic divides exist along political, socio-economical and geographical lines. This study was conducted to investigate how Malaysian youth participate in the conversation about inter-ethnic unity. Utilising measures of Communicative Actions in Problem Solving from the Situational Theory of Problem Solving (STOPS), a survey was distributed among 575 university students from four institutions of higher learning in the Klang Valley, Malaysia. A one-way multivariate analysis of variance was conducted to determine whether there were any differences between the three main ethnic groups on the six different communicative behaviours pertaining to the issue of inter-ethnic unity. The results showed that there were significant differences in information seeking, information forwarding and information sharing. Among these behaviours, the differences between the Malays and the Chinese were most prominent whereby the Chinese showed relatively lower levels of information seeking and sharing compared to the Malays, and lower levels of information forwarding compared to both the Malays and the Indians. Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2019 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/13188/1/33154-104414-1-PB.pdf Arina Anis Azlan, (2019) Communicating about inter-ethnic unity: an investigation on differences between youths of the three main ethnic groups in Malaysia. Jurnal Komunikasi ; Malaysian Journal of Communication, 35 (2). pp. 1-17. ISSN 0128-1496 http://ejournal.ukm.my/mjc/issue/view/1200
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description	In a multicultural, multi-ethnic and multireligious country such as Malaysia, inter-ethnic unity is considered both enriching to society and a challenge for government. A diverse population with variations in culture, language and religion is often perceived as difficult to govern due to the many different needs, values and expectations of different groups within a multicultural society. Malaysia is often lauded for the inter-ethnic harmony and stability of its society that allows the country to flourish economically. Though there is no violent conflict between the ethnic groups, a sense of national unity proves challenging to achieve as ethnic divides exist along political, socio-economical and geographical lines. This study was conducted to investigate how Malaysian youth participate in the conversation about inter-ethnic unity. Utilising measures of Communicative Actions in Problem Solving from the Situational Theory of Problem Solving (STOPS), a survey was distributed among 575 university students from four institutions of higher learning in the Klang Valley, Malaysia. A one-way multivariate analysis of variance was conducted to determine whether there were any differences between the three main ethnic groups on the six different communicative behaviours pertaining to the issue of inter-ethnic unity. The results showed that there were significant differences in information seeking, information forwarding and information sharing. Among these behaviours, the differences between the Malays and the Chinese were most prominent whereby the Chinese showed relatively lower levels of information seeking and sharing compared to the Malays, and lower levels of information forwarding compared to both the Malays and the Indians.
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title	Communicating about inter-ethnic unity: an investigation on differences between youths of the three main ethnic groups in Malaysia
title_short	Communicating about inter-ethnic unity: an investigation on differences between youths of the three main ethnic groups in Malaysia
title_full	Communicating about inter-ethnic unity: an investigation on differences between youths of the three main ethnic groups in Malaysia
title_fullStr	Communicating about inter-ethnic unity: an investigation on differences between youths of the three main ethnic groups in Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed	Communicating about inter-ethnic unity: an investigation on differences between youths of the three main ethnic groups in Malaysia
title_sort	communicating about inter-ethnic unity: an investigation on differences between youths of the three main ethnic groups in malaysia
publisher	Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
publishDate	2019
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Communicating about inter-ethnic unity: an investigation on differences between youths of the three main ethnic groups in Malaysia

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