Globally, women now play a key role in economic, political, and social cultural affairs, and Malaysia is no exception. Equitable representation by women in the political arena is viewed as crucial in the improvement o...Globally, women now play a key role in economic, political, and social cultural affairs, and Malaysia is no exception. Equitable representation by women in the political arena is viewed as crucial in the improvement of women＇s participation in the decision-making process. Nevertheless, though women have made and make great contributions in both the private and public spheres, a review of media＇s coverage of women in the public realm shows a strong tendency to relegate women to mainly domestic affairs. This is consistent with findings from studies on women political candidates＇ image during campaign issues that showed that though women candidates attempted to present themselves in decisive and assertive ways, gender stereotyping was dominant in the media agenda and persistent biases typical of traditional gender representations in the media prevailed. There is very little research in Malaysia on how the media frames women candidates during campaign periods, or what issues are aligned with women candidates. The construction of images of women political candidates, in particular, is often omitted in most research on the General Election. This study analyses how women candidates were covered in selected Malaysian newspapers in the 2008 General Election. The types of issues women political candidates are identified with in the newspapers are also analysed.展开更多
The elements that mid-wife news and editorial contents remain： what, who, where, when, why, and how, typical of Lasswell＇s （1948） conceptual model of communication. The operational actualization of this in theory ...The elements that mid-wife news and editorial contents remain： what, who, where, when, why, and how, typical of Lasswell＇s （1948） conceptual model of communication. The operational actualization of this in theory and practice exemplifies a paradigm of news and other editorial contents reporting slant that pays more attention to dramatizing events and incidents, at best exacerbating, psychologically, panic, apprehension, and tension, but hardly focusing on solution to critical situation in society. However, journalism may not always be about the curses; it could be about cures, particularly in regard to climate change/global warming issues in developing economies like Africa＇s. Hence, the thrust of this paper is a strong advocacy for curative journalism that should issue from a well fed body of science-based information on how to adapt to the menace of global warming palaver in developing nations of the world, especially Nigeria. It advances that new media scientific journalism that could benefit society should do more of probing solution rather than concentrate on the throes： the former acting as an anti-depressant journalism instead of a hopeless journalism.展开更多
In this paper, the resaerchers analyze phenomenology of competitiveness in media communication market which is being observed as a theoretical, cultural, communicative, and social process of relationship of mass media...In this paper, the resaerchers analyze phenomenology of competitiveness in media communication market which is being observed as a theoretical, cultural, communicative, and social process of relationship of mass media industries and profit-oriented economy. The impact of globalization, government regulation, and technology has put attention to the importance of media not only as information and entertainment resources but also as economic units. The objective of economic units is to maximize profit; production costs must be lower than income from sales. Also, media must cover their costs and create returns to be able to develop respectively invest in new sources like employees, technology, marketing, etc.. In the article we will focus on economic problems which are specific for mass media, media industry, and media market. We define factors that significantly influence the reasoning behind profit orientation of institutions in public interest.展开更多
文摘Globally, women now play a key role in economic, political, and social cultural affairs, and Malaysia is no exception. Equitable representation by women in the political arena is viewed as crucial in the improvement of women＇s participation in the decision-making process. Nevertheless, though women have made and make great contributions in both the private and public spheres, a review of media＇s coverage of women in the public realm shows a strong tendency to relegate women to mainly domestic affairs. This is consistent with findings from studies on women political candidates＇ image during campaign issues that showed that though women candidates attempted to present themselves in decisive and assertive ways, gender stereotyping was dominant in the media agenda and persistent biases typical of traditional gender representations in the media prevailed. There is very little research in Malaysia on how the media frames women candidates during campaign periods, or what issues are aligned with women candidates. The construction of images of women political candidates, in particular, is often omitted in most research on the General Election. This study analyses how women candidates were covered in selected Malaysian newspapers in the 2008 General Election. The types of issues women political candidates are identified with in the newspapers are also analysed.
文摘The elements that mid-wife news and editorial contents remain： what, who, where, when, why, and how, typical of Lasswell＇s （1948） conceptual model of communication. The operational actualization of this in theory and practice exemplifies a paradigm of news and other editorial contents reporting slant that pays more attention to dramatizing events and incidents, at best exacerbating, psychologically, panic, apprehension, and tension, but hardly focusing on solution to critical situation in society. However, journalism may not always be about the curses; it could be about cures, particularly in regard to climate change/global warming issues in developing economies like Africa＇s. Hence, the thrust of this paper is a strong advocacy for curative journalism that should issue from a well fed body of science-based information on how to adapt to the menace of global warming palaver in developing nations of the world, especially Nigeria. It advances that new media scientific journalism that could benefit society should do more of probing solution rather than concentrate on the throes： the former acting as an anti-depressant journalism instead of a hopeless journalism.
文摘In this paper, the resaerchers analyze phenomenology of competitiveness in media communication market which is being observed as a theoretical, cultural, communicative, and social process of relationship of mass media industries and profit-oriented economy. The impact of globalization, government regulation, and technology has put attention to the importance of media not only as information and entertainment resources but also as economic units. The objective of economic units is to maximize profit; production costs must be lower than income from sales. Also, media must cover their costs and create returns to be able to develop respectively invest in new sources like employees, technology, marketing, etc.. In the article we will focus on economic problems which are specific for mass media, media industry, and media market. We define factors that significantly influence the reasoning behind profit orientation of institutions in public interest.
