Acceptance of LGBT comics and animation among Public University students in Malaysia

Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) has always been a sensitive topic in Malaysia, especially among the Malays and Muslims. In terms of morals and religion, LGBT is prohibited and taboo to debate because it can be a sensitive issue to other races and religions. Japanese animation and comic...

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Main Authors: Abdul Rashid, Roswati, Mamat, Roslina, Paee, Rokiah, Hassan, Asmadi, Ismail, Muhd Zulkifli, Ahmad, Normah
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Published: Gokmen Arslan 2022
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/100078/
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author Abdul Rashid, Roswati
Mamat, Roslina
Paee, Rokiah
Hassan, Asmadi
Ismail, Muhd Zulkifli
Ahmad, Normah
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Mamat, Roslina
Paee, Rokiah
Hassan, Asmadi
Ismail, Muhd Zulkifli
Ahmad, Normah
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description Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) has always been a sensitive topic in Malaysia, especially among the Malays and Muslims. In terms of morals and religion, LGBT is prohibited and taboo to debate because it can be a sensitive issue to other races and religions. Japanese animation and comics have a specific theme or genre for the LGBT community and its fans. This paper attempts to understand the views of Japanese language students at five Public Universities (UA) who read or watch LGBT-genre Japanese comics and animations. The survey was distributed to the target respondents, and 280 respondents answered the survey. The results of this study are part of the author's research data. The study results showed that 22.5% of the respondents read Japanese comics or animations of the gay or lesbian genre, 19.3% have stopped reading or watching comics or animations of this genre and 58.2% have never read such a genre. The percentage indicates that almost half of the study respondents have been exposed to this negative phenomenon. The objective of this study is to identify lesbian and gay genre comics and animated titles as a community and parental guide. The second objective of this study is to examine the respondents’views so that the public understands why they are involved in such a case.
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spelling upm-1000782024-08-01T07:51:13Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/100078/ Acceptance of LGBT comics and animation among Public University students in Malaysia Abdul Rashid, Roswati Mamat, Roslina Paee, Rokiah Hassan, Asmadi Ismail, Muhd Zulkifli Ahmad, Normah Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) has always been a sensitive topic in Malaysia, especially among the Malays and Muslims. In terms of morals and religion, LGBT is prohibited and taboo to debate because it can be a sensitive issue to other races and religions. Japanese animation and comics have a specific theme or genre for the LGBT community and its fans. This paper attempts to understand the views of Japanese language students at five Public Universities (UA) who read or watch LGBT-genre Japanese comics and animations. The survey was distributed to the target respondents, and 280 respondents answered the survey. The results of this study are part of the author's research data. The study results showed that 22.5% of the respondents read Japanese comics or animations of the gay or lesbian genre, 19.3% have stopped reading or watching comics or animations of this genre and 58.2% have never read such a genre. The percentage indicates that almost half of the study respondents have been exposed to this negative phenomenon. The objective of this study is to identify lesbian and gay genre comics and animated titles as a community and parental guide. The second objective of this study is to examine the respondents’views so that the public understands why they are involved in such a case. Gokmen Arslan 2022 Article PeerReviewed Abdul Rashid, Roswati and Mamat, Roslina and Paee, Rokiah and Hassan, Asmadi and Ismail, Muhd Zulkifli and Ahmad, Normah (2022) Acceptance of LGBT comics and animation among Public University students in Malaysia. Journal of Positive School Psychology, 6 (4). 1012 - 1021. ISSN 2717-7564 https://www.journalppw.com/index.php/jpsp/article/view/2971
spellingShingle Abdul Rashid, Roswati
Mamat, Roslina
Paee, Rokiah
Hassan, Asmadi
Ismail, Muhd Zulkifli
Ahmad, Normah
Acceptance of LGBT comics and animation among Public University students in Malaysia
title Acceptance of LGBT comics and animation among Public University students in Malaysia
title_full Acceptance of LGBT comics and animation among Public University students in Malaysia
title_fullStr Acceptance of LGBT comics and animation among Public University students in Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed Acceptance of LGBT comics and animation among Public University students in Malaysia
title_short Acceptance of LGBT comics and animation among Public University students in Malaysia
title_sort acceptance of lgbt comics and animation among public university students in malaysia
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/100078/
http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/100078/