Analysing news coverage in the context of Islam apostasy using Hayakawa’s Trichotomy
This study aims to conduct a descriptive content analysis to examine the coverage and potential bias regarding Islam apostasy in Harakahdaily and The Star. The analysis utilised Hayakawa’s trichotomy of general semantics three sentence types, namely reports/facts, inferences, and judgements, to...
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| author | Siti Aishah Chu Abdullah, Mohd Nizam Sahad, Mohd Zulfahmi Mohamad, Isah Umar Mainshinkafa, |
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| description | This study aims to conduct a descriptive content analysis to examine the coverage and potential bias regarding Islam
apostasy in Harakahdaily and The Star. The analysis utilised Hayakawa’s trichotomy of general semantics three sentence
types, namely reports/facts, inferences, and judgements, to assess the technical aspects of the language employed
in news reporting. A comprehensive search was conducted to gather news articles on Islam apostasy published in
Harakahdaily and The Star over a five-year period from 2019 to 2023. The study found that Harakahdaily had more
apostasy-related articles than The Star. Moreover, being an independent newspaper, Harakahdaily used more inference
and judgement statements in its headlines, implying bias. Contributors to Harakahdaily’s stories, mainly Islamic
scholars and Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS) members, lack journalistic training. In contrast, The Star, a mainstream
newspaper, had fewer such issues but should carefully select words to avoid misunderstandings. This study highlights
how analysing news coverage of Islam apostasy using Hayakawa’s trichotomy reveals biases, stressing the need for
journalists, especially those lacking training, to provide objective, unbiased information, promoting balanced reporting. |
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| spelling | oai:generic.eprints.org:237152024-07-01T07:57:51Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/23715/ Analysing news coverage in the context of Islam apostasy using Hayakawa’s Trichotomy Siti Aishah Chu Abdullah, Mohd Nizam Sahad, Mohd Zulfahmi Mohamad, Isah Umar Mainshinkafa, This study aims to conduct a descriptive content analysis to examine the coverage and potential bias regarding Islam apostasy in Harakahdaily and The Star. The analysis utilised Hayakawa’s trichotomy of general semantics three sentence types, namely reports/facts, inferences, and judgements, to assess the technical aspects of the language employed in news reporting. A comprehensive search was conducted to gather news articles on Islam apostasy published in Harakahdaily and The Star over a five-year period from 2019 to 2023. The study found that Harakahdaily had more apostasy-related articles than The Star. Moreover, being an independent newspaper, Harakahdaily used more inference and judgement statements in its headlines, implying bias. Contributors to Harakahdaily’s stories, mainly Islamic scholars and Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS) members, lack journalistic training. In contrast, The Star, a mainstream newspaper, had fewer such issues but should carefully select words to avoid misunderstandings. This study highlights how analysing news coverage of Islam apostasy using Hayakawa’s trichotomy reveals biases, stressing the need for journalists, especially those lacking training, to provide objective, unbiased information, promoting balanced reporting. Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2024 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/23715/1/Akademika_94_1_14.pdf Siti Aishah Chu Abdullah, and Mohd Nizam Sahad, and Mohd Zulfahmi Mohamad, and Isah Umar Mainshinkafa, (2024) Analysing news coverage in the context of Islam apostasy using Hayakawa’s Trichotomy. AKADEMIKA, 94 (1). pp. 183-196. ISSN 0126-5008 https://ejournal.ukm.my/akademika/issue/view/1701 |
| spellingShingle | Siti Aishah Chu Abdullah, Mohd Nizam Sahad, Mohd Zulfahmi Mohamad, Isah Umar Mainshinkafa, Analysing news coverage in the context of Islam apostasy using Hayakawa’s Trichotomy |
| title | Analysing news coverage in the context of Islam apostasy using Hayakawa’s Trichotomy |
| title_full | Analysing news coverage in the context of Islam apostasy using Hayakawa’s Trichotomy |
| title_fullStr | Analysing news coverage in the context of Islam apostasy using Hayakawa’s Trichotomy |
| title_full_unstemmed | Analysing news coverage in the context of Islam apostasy using Hayakawa’s Trichotomy |
| title_short | Analysing news coverage in the context of Islam apostasy using Hayakawa’s Trichotomy |
| title_sort | analysing news coverage in the context of islam apostasy using hayakawa’s trichotomy |
| url | http://journalarticle.ukm.my/23715/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/23715/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/23715/1/Akademika_94_1_14.pdf |