Media Framing Of Waste Issues In Selected Malaysian English Newspapers : A Study Of The New Straits Times And The Sun
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2011-06
Authors
Chu, Vivian Soo Lin
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Universiti Sains Malaysia
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This study deals with quantitative and qualitative aspects of content analysis to examine how environmental and waste issues were covered and how wastes issues were framed in selected Malaysian English newspapers. Articles regarding environmental issues published from January 2003 to December 2007 in the New Straits Times and The Sun were analyzed based on a coding protocol. Waste-related articles were analyzed to determine the presence of Entman’s (1993) four framing functions: to define problems, to diagnose causes, to make moral judgments and to suggest solutions, as well as other applicable function. A total of 616 articles on waste issues were collected from January 2003 to December 2007. In this study, 32 waste articles in the New Straits Times have all four and five framing functions present whereas in The Sun there are 15 waste articles. This study found that the coverage of wastes in the selected Malaysian English newspapers was descriptive with most focusing on Entman’s framing functions of suggesting solutions, defining problems, and other applicable function such as stating consequences or impacts as well as focusing on the negative tone of frame and the frame element of depiction.
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How wastes issues were framed , in selected Malaysian English newspapers