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General election and the enigma of free press in Malaysia

Political Transformation Programme (PTP) announced by the Prime Minister of Malaysia in 2012 is forecast to have changed the political and the local media landscape.This is because, traditionally, political news coverage in the Malaysia mainstream media is often seen as unbalanced and too favourable...

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Main Authors: Ahmad, Mohd Khairie, Mohd Hadza @ Othman, Mohd Baharudin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier Ltd. 2014
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JQ Political institutions Asia
P Philology. Linguistics
Online Access:http://repo.uum.edu.my/13088/1/pro84.pdf
http://repo.uum.edu.my/13088/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.sbspro.2014.10.337
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spelling my.uum.repo.130882016-12-21T02:47:30Z http://repo.uum.edu.my/13088/ General election and the enigma of free press in Malaysia Ahmad, Mohd Khairie Mohd Hadza @ Othman, Mohd Baharudin JQ Political institutions Asia P Philology. Linguistics Political Transformation Programme (PTP) announced by the Prime Minister of Malaysia in 2012 is forecast to have changed the political and the local media landscape.This is because, traditionally, political news coverage in the Malaysia mainstream media is often seen as unbalanced and too favourable to the ruling party.To what extend this reform has been translated into meaningfn PTP has impact Malaysia newspapers press freedom with reference to Malaysia 2013 General Election (GE13) case.Through content analysis of three highly circulated newspapers, this paper discussed the press freedom scenario in contemporary Malaysia. Elsevier Ltd. 2014 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en cc_by_nc_nd http://repo.uum.edu.my/13088/1/pro84.pdf Ahmad, Mohd Khairie and Mohd Hadza @ Othman, Mohd Baharudin (2014) General election and the enigma of free press in Malaysia. Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences, 155. pp. 547-552. ISSN 1877-0428 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.sbspro.2014.10.337 doi:10.1016/j.sbspro.2014.10.337
institution Universiti Utara Malaysia
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topic JQ Political institutions Asia
P Philology. Linguistics
spellingShingle JQ Political institutions Asia
P Philology. Linguistics
Ahmad, Mohd Khairie
Mohd Hadza @ Othman, Mohd Baharudin
General election and the enigma of free press in Malaysia
description Political Transformation Programme (PTP) announced by the Prime Minister of Malaysia in 2012 is forecast to have changed the political and the local media landscape.This is because, traditionally, political news coverage in the Malaysia mainstream media is often seen as unbalanced and too favourable to the ruling party.To what extend this reform has been translated into meaningfn PTP has impact Malaysia newspapers press freedom with reference to Malaysia 2013 General Election (GE13) case.Through content analysis of three highly circulated newspapers, this paper discussed the press freedom scenario in contemporary Malaysia.
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author Ahmad, Mohd Khairie
Mohd Hadza @ Othman, Mohd Baharudin
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Mohd Hadza @ Othman, Mohd Baharudin
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title General election and the enigma of free press in Malaysia
title_short General election and the enigma of free press in Malaysia
title_full General election and the enigma of free press in Malaysia
title_fullStr General election and the enigma of free press in Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed General election and the enigma of free press in Malaysia
title_sort general election and the enigma of free press in malaysia
publisher Elsevier Ltd.
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url http://repo.uum.edu.my/13088/1/pro84.pdf
http://repo.uum.edu.my/13088/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.sbspro.2014.10.337
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