Followership: boosting power and position in popular TV fiction

• Main Authors: Mohd Muzhafar Idrus, Ruzy Suliza Hashim, Raihanah Mohd Mydin
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2016
• Subjects: Narrative exchange; Conversation analysis; TV fiction; Malay adat; Power
• Online Access: http://ddms.usim.edu.my:80/jspui/handle/123456789/12074

Research by Andaya (1999) has shown that the “expansion of authority” in Southeast Asia is jostled through culture. In Malay archipelago, such authority and legitimacy are manifested in the regulation of “dress, language, and custom,” reinforcing powerful gains emanating from wide cultural control....