Framing the First Palestinian General Elections by Malaysia’s New Straits Times

The main focus of this study is the coverage of New Straits Times (NST) of the first Palestinian General Elections for two presidential candidates namely, Yasser Arafat and Samiha Khalil. This study aimed to explore if any of Entman’s 1993 framing functions was used in the coverage of this issue...

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Main Authors:	Arandas, Mohammed Fadel, Chang, Peng Kee, mohamad, Emma Mirza Wati, Idid, Syed Arabi
Format:	Article
Language:	English English
Published:	Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2019
Subjects:	P87 Communication. Mass media
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spelling	iium-729902019-11-24T16:13:55Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/72990/ Framing the First Palestinian General Elections by Malaysia’s New Straits Times Arandas, Mohammed Fadel Chang, Peng Kee mohamad, Emma Mirza Wati Idid, Syed Arabi P87 Communication. Mass media The main focus of this study is the coverage of New Straits Times (NST) of the first Palestinian General Elections for two presidential candidates namely, Yasser Arafat and Samiha Khalil. This study aimed to explore if any of Entman’s 1993 framing functions was used in the coverage of this issue and to explore whether the tone of NST coverage was negative, positive, balanced or neutral. To achieve the aims of this study, qualitative content analysis of elections stories from NST has been adopted. The number of news stories was eight, and the time frame started from 19th January to 13th February 1996, where three of these stories were published on the same day of 22nd January, two days after holding the elections on 20th January. Defining problems and diagnosing causes were the most prominent of Entman’s four framing functions presented in all the articles. The moral judgment function was included in four news stories, and suggesting remedies was included in two news stories out of eight. The findings revealed that Yasser Arafat received 50% balanced coverage, followed by 37.5% positive coverage, and only 12.5% negative coverage, while Samiha Khalil received 67% balanced coverage, compared to 33% positive coverage. Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2019 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/72990/7/72990%20Framing%20the%20First%20Palestinian%20General%20Elections.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/72990/13/72990_Framing%20the%20First%20Palestinian%20General%20Elections_Scopus.pdf Arandas, Mohammed Fadel and Chang, Peng Kee and mohamad, Emma Mirza Wati and Idid, Syed Arabi (2019) Framing the First Palestinian General Elections by Malaysia’s New Straits Times. Jurnal Komunikasi: Malaysian Journal of Communication, 35 (2). pp. 141-158. ISSN 2289-151X E-ISSN 2289-1528 http://ejournal.ukm.my/mjc/article/view/25248/9594 10.17576/JKMJC-2019-3502-09
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spellingShingle	P87 Communication. Mass media Arandas, Mohammed Fadel Chang, Peng Kee mohamad, Emma Mirza Wati Idid, Syed Arabi Framing the First Palestinian General Elections by Malaysia’s New Straits Times
description	The main focus of this study is the coverage of New Straits Times (NST) of the first Palestinian General Elections for two presidential candidates namely, Yasser Arafat and Samiha Khalil. This study aimed to explore if any of Entman’s 1993 framing functions was used in the coverage of this issue and to explore whether the tone of NST coverage was negative, positive, balanced or neutral. To achieve the aims of this study, qualitative content analysis of elections stories from NST has been adopted. The number of news stories was eight, and the time frame started from 19th January to 13th February 1996, where three of these stories were published on the same day of 22nd January, two days after holding the elections on 20th January. Defining problems and diagnosing causes were the most prominent of Entman’s four framing functions presented in all the articles. The moral judgment function was included in four news stories, and suggesting remedies was included in two news stories out of eight. The findings revealed that Yasser Arafat received 50% balanced coverage, followed by 37.5% positive coverage, and only 12.5% negative coverage, while Samiha Khalil received 67% balanced coverage, compared to 33% positive coverage.
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author	Arandas, Mohammed Fadel Chang, Peng Kee mohamad, Emma Mirza Wati Idid, Syed Arabi
author_facet	Arandas, Mohammed Fadel Chang, Peng Kee mohamad, Emma Mirza Wati Idid, Syed Arabi
author_sort	Arandas, Mohammed Fadel
title	Framing the First Palestinian General Elections by Malaysia’s New Straits Times
title_short	Framing the First Palestinian General Elections by Malaysia’s New Straits Times
title_full	Framing the First Palestinian General Elections by Malaysia’s New Straits Times
title_fullStr	Framing the First Palestinian General Elections by Malaysia’s New Straits Times
title_full_unstemmed	Framing the First Palestinian General Elections by Malaysia’s New Straits Times
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publisher	Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
publishDate	2019
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