Malay book publishing and printing in Malaya and Singapore 1807-1949

First paragraph: For a long time in Malaysia as in many other developing countries, book publishing and printing has been an area in which there has been little research done despite its accepted role in and contribution to the nation's development. In contrast with newspapers,1 information on publishing of English or vernacular language books is very limited. Studies relating to its history and chronology, business and trade, organisational arrangement, technical development and its cultural aspect are markedly lacking. The absence of a comprehensive bibliography of early books makes it difficult to appreciate previous works. The handful of studies available are scattered and still at a preliminary stage

Local Media in Global Conflict: Southeast Asian Newspapers and the Politics of Peace in Israel/Palestine

It is often assumed that local media are a potential deescalating tool in global conflict. This study examines how four leading newspapers in Southeast Asia (Star of Malaysia, Philstar of the Philippines, Jakarta Post of Indonesia, and The Nation of Thailand) reported the Israeli-Palestinian conflict during the year after the 2009 Gaza War. A census of 536 reports was coded for tones (to detect alignment), frames (to detect characterization of the conflict), and sources (to examine correlation with coverage tones). The results show fragmented alignment of the newspapers with Palestine and Israel. Conflict frames on offensives, fighting, threats, military strategies, demonization, death, and destruction were most prevalent. Coverage tones were significantly correlated with sources, suggesting that the potential of local media to serve as deescalating tools in global conflicts is subject to the varying political contexts in which they operate in relation to specific conflicts

Covering Galas And Batu Sapi By-elections: Framing By Chinese Newspapers

In this article, the authors report the outcome of a thorough analysis of how Malaysian Chinese newspapers—Sin Chew Daily and Nanyang Siang Pau— reported the two last Malaysian by-elections in 2010, which are the Galas and Batu Sapi by-elections. These two by-elections were important because their results were considered as significant indications of the people's confidence in the ruling coalition and the Prime Minister Najib's promises to reform since the political tsunami in 2008. The outcomes of these two by-elections were also seemed as indications of the people's voting pattern for the upcoming 13th Malaysian general election, which must be held by 2013

Pengedaran buku di Asia Tenggara: kajian import dan eksport

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Bahan-bahan perhubungan media: dari organisasi ke media massa di Malaysia

The main objective of this paper is to examine the contents of media relations materials received by the mass media industry in Malaysia. Media relations materials are pivotal tools in public relations industries. The usage of such materials for the purpose of marketing communications are deemed effective, successful, hassle free and inexpensive. The content analysis method is used to analyze media communications materials received from various organizations. A total of 420 materials related to public relations were gathered from two media organizations. Research findings show that these materials received by the two media are from various categories of public and private organizations. Findings also prove that the contents of media relations materials were dominated by social and economic issues in comparison to other issues. Most of these media relations materials contain important information needed by the mass media, such as the name of the organizations, phone and facsimile numbers, e-mail and website addresses

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A Comparative Analysis of Crisis Reporting in the Malaysian and Nigerian Newspapers

In practically every country across the globe today,there are spontaneous and long-standing crises that couldjeopardize the corporate existence of the nation and on a largerscale disturb the stability of the world. Crises resulting fromeconomic, political, health, environmental and social situationsamong others appear to be threatening global population.Malaysia and Nigeria are no exceptions to crisis and each of themdo experience crisis now and then. The news media in bothcountries have a unique and exceptionally important role to playwhen covering a national crisis. In this wise, accurate andappropriate information about a crisis is an expectation that isrequired if governments of the two countries want to allay fearsfrom the public. This is because modern democracy depends on avibrant news media to keep the public informed. At no point isthis more important than in times of crisis. This is a comparativestudy on how newspapers in Malaysia and Nigeria reported thepolitical, economic, health and environmental crises that the twocountries experienced from 2007 to 2009. The reason for thiscomparison is because of the fact that Malaysia and Nigeria sharesame colonial experience, and both have the press that is modeledafter the British standard. In these two developing countries, theaudience depends heavily on the mainstream for direct access toinformation; hence what constitutes a crisis is determined by themainstream media, owned and controlled by the government.The choice of newspapers for this research work is as a result ofits significant role in informing the people of both countries,irrespective of the fact that the internet, with its attendant socialmedia has changed the media landscape across the globe. Theresearch used content analysis to compare the coverage of thesecrises by newspapers in the two countries, with the aim ofdetermining the differences in the rate of coverage between thetwo. Other objectives are to observe the trend of crisisoccurrence in the two countries, and determining the sources ofinformation for the newspapers. The research relied on theframing theory. One of the findings of the paper is that Nigeriannewspapers have significantly reported more crises stories thanthe Malaysian newspapers

Amalan penyediaan dan penulisan bahan siaran media di Malaysia : kajian analisis kandungan

Probably the most basic tool of public relations is the media release. The purpose of media release is to be used by editors or the media people in preparing editorial for publication. A well-prepared release is required in order for it to be useful. This paper analyses the content of 420 media releases received by two mass media organisations. These documents are listed in an inventory and from this inventory, 11 aspects are examined. The aspects include title, page number, language medium, writing style, category of sender, and type of sender. This study observes that while many releases follow the standard format, their writing and preparation in certain aspects need to be improved to be seen and used by media editors