Revisiting media attention score: evolution Of Sin Chew daily’s newspaper design

This study was conducted to revisit media attention score by scrutinizing the evolution of Sin Chew Daily’s newspaper design.The study aims to identify differences in the newspaper design of Sin Chew Daily after the era of independence day up to recent times. Since post-independence, the newspaper...

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Main Authors: Jocelyn, Hou Pei Zhi, Faridah Ibrahim, Chang, Peng Kee
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2011
Online Access:http://journalarticle.ukm.my/3251/
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author Jocelyn, Hou Pei Zhi
Faridah Ibrahim,
Chang, Peng Kee
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description This study was conducted to revisit media attention score by scrutinizing the evolution of Sin Chew Daily’s newspaper design.The study aims to identify differences in the newspaper design of Sin Chew Daily after the era of independence day up to recent times. Since post-independence, the newspaper is produced using glues and metal, with very simple design. There are differences in terms of the development in layout, headline, column gutters,logo, image, typography and colours from the era of 50’s until now. In this study, the five approaches of Budd attention score are used to measure the news prominence of Sin Chew Daily. The theory in this study is to understand the measurement of visibility and suitability of Budd attention score used in this present day.The purpose of the study is to look at the evolution of Sin Chew Daily’s newspaper design and to review the usage of Budd’s attention score (1964) in evaluating news prominence in Sin Chew Daily.
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spelling oai:generic.eprints.org:32512016-12-14T06:34:05Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/3251/ Revisiting media attention score: evolution Of Sin Chew daily’s newspaper design Jocelyn, Hou Pei Zhi Faridah Ibrahim, Chang, Peng Kee This study was conducted to revisit media attention score by scrutinizing the evolution of Sin Chew Daily’s newspaper design.The study aims to identify differences in the newspaper design of Sin Chew Daily after the era of independence day up to recent times. Since post-independence, the newspaper is produced using glues and metal, with very simple design. There are differences in terms of the development in layout, headline, column gutters,logo, image, typography and colours from the era of 50’s until now. In this study, the five approaches of Budd attention score are used to measure the news prominence of Sin Chew Daily. The theory in this study is to understand the measurement of visibility and suitability of Budd attention score used in this present day.The purpose of the study is to look at the evolution of Sin Chew Daily’s newspaper design and to review the usage of Budd’s attention score (1964) in evaluating news prominence in Sin Chew Daily. Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2011 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/3251/1/V27_2_4.pdf Jocelyn, Hou Pei Zhi and Faridah Ibrahim, and Chang, Peng Kee (2011) Revisiting media attention score: evolution Of Sin Chew daily’s newspaper design. Jurnal Komunikasi ; Malaysian Journal of Communication, 27 (2). pp. 59-75. ISSN 0128-1496 http://www.ukm.my/jkom
spellingShingle Jocelyn, Hou Pei Zhi
Faridah Ibrahim,
Chang, Peng Kee
Revisiting media attention score: evolution Of Sin Chew daily’s newspaper design
title Revisiting media attention score: evolution Of Sin Chew daily’s newspaper design
title_full Revisiting media attention score: evolution Of Sin Chew daily’s newspaper design
title_fullStr Revisiting media attention score: evolution Of Sin Chew daily’s newspaper design
title_full_unstemmed Revisiting media attention score: evolution Of Sin Chew daily’s newspaper design
title_short Revisiting media attention score: evolution Of Sin Chew daily’s newspaper design
title_sort revisiting media attention score: evolution of sin chew daily’s newspaper design
url http://journalarticle.ukm.my/3251/
http://journalarticle.ukm.my/3251/
http://journalarticle.ukm.my/3251/1/V27_2_4.pdf