Isu-isu utama sebelum, semasa dan selepas PRU 12: satu analisis kandungan blog-blog Politik Malaysia terpilih

The result of the twelfth Malaysian General Election was a big surprise to many, especially the Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition government. It won only 140 out of the 220 parliamentary seats contested. Observersattributed the result to various factors, one of which was the cyber campaign launched by...

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Main Author:	Suhaimee Saahar @ Saabar
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Penerbit UKM 2008
Online Access:	http://journalarticle.ukm.my/368/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/368/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/368/1/1.pdf

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spelling	ukm-3682016-12-14T06:27:10Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/368/ Isu-isu utama sebelum, semasa dan selepas PRU 12: satu analisis kandungan blog-blog Politik Malaysia terpilih Suhaimee Saahar @ Saabar, The result of the twelfth Malaysian General Election was a big surprise to many, especially the Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition government. It won only 140 out of the 220 parliamentary seats contested. Observersattributed the result to various factors, one of which was the cyber campaign launched by bloggers in the internet. Many of these bloggers saw the internet as a space for them to voice out what had been denied by the mainstream media. This paper seeks to analyze the postings on the blogs by focusing on 193 political blogs that were categorized into three main categories, namely the pro-government blogs, the opposition blogs and the neutral blogs. The findings show that 114 political blogs were critical of or oppposed to the government, and only 28 blogs were supportive of the government. Our findings indicate that these political blogs were dominated mainly by Malay bloggers, who tended to use their pseudonyms to protect their real identities. Most of them were male, with the youngsters the most active. The paper concludes by arguing that the cyber space has now emerged as a main platform for political observers to share information and to speak more freely and more critically about Malaysian politics. Penerbit UKM 2008 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/368/1/1.pdf Suhaimee Saahar @ Saabar, (2008) Isu-isu utama sebelum, semasa dan selepas PRU 12: satu analisis kandungan blog-blog Politik Malaysia terpilih. Jebat: Malaysian Journal of History, Politics and Strategic Studies, 35 . pp. 81-96. ISSN 2180-0251 http://www.ukm.my/jebat/
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description	The result of the twelfth Malaysian General Election was a big surprise to many, especially the Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition government. It won only 140 out of the 220 parliamentary seats contested. Observersattributed the result to various factors, one of which was the cyber campaign launched by bloggers in the internet. Many of these bloggers saw the internet as a space for them to voice out what had been denied by the mainstream media. This paper seeks to analyze the postings on the blogs by focusing on 193 political blogs that were categorized into three main categories, namely the pro-government blogs, the opposition blogs and the neutral blogs. The findings show that 114 political blogs were critical of or oppposed to the government, and only 28 blogs were supportive of the government. Our findings indicate that these political blogs were dominated mainly by Malay bloggers, who tended to use their pseudonyms to protect their real identities. Most of them were male, with the youngsters the most active. The paper concludes by arguing that the cyber space has now emerged as a main platform for political observers to share information and to speak more freely and more critically about Malaysian politics.
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title	Isu-isu utama sebelum, semasa dan selepas PRU 12: satu analisis kandungan blog-blog Politik Malaysia terpilih
title_short	Isu-isu utama sebelum, semasa dan selepas PRU 12: satu analisis kandungan blog-blog Politik Malaysia terpilih
title_full	Isu-isu utama sebelum, semasa dan selepas PRU 12: satu analisis kandungan blog-blog Politik Malaysia terpilih
title_fullStr	Isu-isu utama sebelum, semasa dan selepas PRU 12: satu analisis kandungan blog-blog Politik Malaysia terpilih
title_full_unstemmed	Isu-isu utama sebelum, semasa dan selepas PRU 12: satu analisis kandungan blog-blog Politik Malaysia terpilih
title_sort	isu-isu utama sebelum, semasa dan selepas pru 12: satu analisis kandungan blog-blog politik malaysia terpilih
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publishDate	2008
url	http://journalarticle.ukm.my/368/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/368/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/368/1/1.pdf
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