News on foreign war versus local ‘war’: Perception of Malaysian audience

• Main Authors: Ibrahim, Faridah, Sayed Halem Shah, Dil Froz Jan, Yunus Shah, Norzita, Chang, Peng Kee, Mustaffa, Normah
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Ltd. 2014
• Subjects: P Philology. Linguistics; U Military Science (General)
• Online Access: http://repo.uum.edu.my/13086/1/pro82.pdf; http://repo.uum.edu.my/13086/; http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.sbspro.2014.10.335

For the past decades, we have witnessed many wars through the mass media, both traditional and new media.We tend to view foreign wars with mixed feelings but what happens if the war is happening locally? The purpose of this research is to see what is the perception of Malaysians with regard to ‘war’...