2023_The Discursive Construction of Selected Religious Issues in the Comments of Malaysian Online Newspaper Readers
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| spelling | 15991 https://intelek.unisza.edu.my/intelek/pages/view.php?ref=15991 https://intelek.unisza.edu.my/intelek/pages/search.php?search=!collection3 General Document Malaysia Library Staff (Top Management) Library Staff (Management) Library Staff (Support) Terengganu Faculty of Languages & Communication English application/pdf 1.5 Server storage Scanned document Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin UniSZA Private Access UNIVERSITI SULTAN ZAINAL ABIDIN SAMBox 2.4.24; modified using iTextSharp™ 5.5.10 ©2000-2016 iText Group NV (AGPL-version) 279 Copyright©PWB2025 THE DISCURSIVE CONSTRUCTION OF SELECTED RELIGIOUS ISSUES IN THE COMMENTS OF MALAYSIAN ONLINE NEWSPAPER READERS (PHD_2023).pdf 2023_The Discursive Construction of Selected Religious Issues in the Comments of Malaysian Online Newspaper Readers Hishamuddin Bin Salim 2023-09-06 Discourse analysis—Religious aspects Religious discourse in online media Digital communication and religion Newspaper reader comments analysis This study conducts a critical discourse analysis of the discourse in the public sphere on selected religious issues in Malaysia. Most studies on religious issues were done within a western, secular context whereby religion is not regulated, and the media is relatively free. However, there is lack of research about how the public voice their opinions on religious issues within a country whereby both religion and the media are highly regulated like in the case of Malaysia. The objective of this study is to investigate the discursive strategies and ideological representations in the discourse of controversial religious issues in the public sphere in the Malaysian public sphere. This study also analyses the linguistic strategies used by the Malaysian online newspaper readers to construct tolerant or intolerant discourse. This study employed an analytical paradigm of Critical Discourse Analysis adapted from Wodak’s (2009) discourse historical approach (DHA). Using purposive sampling, comments made by the readers of Malaysiakini, Sinar Harian and The Star online newspapers were chosen to expound the underlying ideologies involved in the construction of controversial religious issues. The discursive strategies analysed were the referential and argumentative strategies. The data were also analysed to discover the linguistic strategies used by the online newspaper readers to construct tolerant or intolerant speech in their discourse by employing an analysis method adapted from Grice’s (1975) Principle of Cooperation. This study reveals that the public sphere is less apprehensive when airing views on religious issues in the social media despite the strict laws imposed by the Malaysian government. It showed that the Malaysian public dared to have an oppositional stance towards the government’s rulings on the religious issues. It was also found that the discourse was a mixture of tolerant and intolerant language used by the online newspaper readers. The discourse also featured a remarkable interdiscursivity with other discourses, especially political discourse. Through concentrating on the Malaysian context and shifting away from Western-centric models that often neglect the main element of religion and ethnicity, this study contributes to the body of knowledge on discourse on religion. The implementation of the DHA provides a novel and valuable contribution to the Malaysian interpretation of religious discourse through its interdisciplinary approaches and evaluations. Dissertations, Academic Thesis |
| spellingShingle | 2023_The Discursive Construction of Selected Religious Issues in the Comments of Malaysian Online Newspaper Readers |
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| subject | Discourse analysis—Religious aspects Dissertations, Academic |
| summary | This study conducts a critical discourse analysis of the discourse in the public sphere on selected religious issues in Malaysia. Most studies on religious issues were done within a western, secular context whereby religion is not regulated, and the media is relatively free. However, there is lack of research about how the public voice their opinions on religious issues within a country whereby both religion and the media are highly regulated like in the case of Malaysia. The objective of this study is to investigate the discursive strategies and ideological representations in the discourse of controversial religious issues in the public sphere in the Malaysian public sphere. This study also analyses the linguistic strategies used by the Malaysian online newspaper readers to construct tolerant or intolerant discourse. This study employed an analytical paradigm of Critical Discourse Analysis adapted from Wodak’s (2009) discourse historical approach (DHA). Using purposive sampling, comments made by the readers of Malaysiakini, Sinar Harian and The Star online newspapers were chosen to expound the underlying ideologies involved in the construction of controversial religious issues. The discursive strategies analysed were the referential and argumentative strategies. The data were also analysed to discover the linguistic strategies used by the online newspaper readers to construct tolerant or intolerant speech in their discourse by employing an analysis method adapted from Grice’s (1975) Principle of Cooperation. This study reveals that the public sphere is less apprehensive when airing views on religious issues in the social media despite the strict laws imposed by the Malaysian government. It showed that the Malaysian public dared to have an oppositional stance towards the government’s rulings on the religious issues. It was also found that the discourse was a mixture of tolerant and intolerant language used by the online newspaper readers. The discourse also featured a remarkable interdiscursivity with other discourses, especially political discourse. Through concentrating on the Malaysian context and shifting away from Western-centric models that often neglect the main element of religion and ethnicity, this study contributes to the body of knowledge on discourse on religion. The implementation of the DHA provides a novel and valuable contribution to the Malaysian interpretation of religious discourse through its interdisciplinary approaches and evaluations. |
| title | 2023_The Discursive Construction of Selected Religious Issues in the Comments of Malaysian Online Newspaper Readers |
| title_full | 2023_The Discursive Construction of Selected Religious Issues in the Comments of Malaysian Online Newspaper Readers |
| title_fullStr | 2023_The Discursive Construction of Selected Religious Issues in the Comments of Malaysian Online Newspaper Readers |
| title_full_unstemmed | 2023_The Discursive Construction of Selected Religious Issues in the Comments of Malaysian Online Newspaper Readers |
| title_short | 2023_The Discursive Construction of Selected Religious Issues in the Comments of Malaysian Online Newspaper Readers |
| title_sort | 2023_the discursive construction of selected religious issues in the comments of malaysian online newspaper readers |