Representation of a minority community in a Malaysian Tamil Daily

• Main Authors: Ponmalar, N. Alagappar, David, Maya Khemlani, Ramayan, Sri Kumar
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: M. S. Thirumalai 2009
• Subjects: H Social Sciences (General); P Philology. Linguistics; PL Languages and literatures of Eastern Asia, Africa, Oceania
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/636/1/REPRESENTATION_OF_A_MINORITY_COMMUNITY_IN_A_MALAYSIAN_TAMIL_DAILY.pdf; http://eprints.um.edu.my/636/; http://www.languageinindia.com/march2009/minoritytamilsmalaysia.pdf

The media plays an important role in shaping attitudes of people but, at the same time, the media represents what occurs at ground level. This study examines the coverage of news stories in one Malaysian Tamil daily i.e., Malaysian Namban in August 2007, October 2007 and November 2007. This period e...