'Remember our race, our religion and our progeny’: an argumentation analysis of Malay-Language newspapers during General Election campaigns

• Main Author: Mohamad Jamil, Siti Nurnadilla
• Format: Book Chapter
• Language: English; English
• Published: Springer 2023
• Subjects: H Social Sciences (General)
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/102997/7/102997_Remember%20Our%20Race%20Our%20Religion%20and%20Our%20Progeny.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/102997/8/102997_Remember%20our%20race%20our%20religion%20our%20progeny_SCOPUS.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/102997/; https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-981-19-5334-7_8

This chapter focuses on discursive strategies of legitimation in mainstream Malay-language newspapers during the 13th and 14th general election campaigns. It analyses how editorials and columns published in Berita Harian and Utusan Malaysia constructed arguments during the campaign periods from 20...