Illustrating news bias towards Islam and Muslims in Malaysia and Indonesia by Wall Street Journal and The Telegraph

This article attempts to look at how two international newspapers, Wall Street Journal (WSJ) and The Telegraph (TT), have reported on Islam and Muslims in Malaysia and Indonesia from 2012 to 2014. The study explores the demography of the news articles, including the article frequency, number of para...

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Main Authors: Hassan, Fauziah, Omar, Siti Zobidah
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sage Publications 2017
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/62081/
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description This article attempts to look at how two international newspapers, Wall Street Journal (WSJ) and The Telegraph (TT), have reported on Islam and Muslims in Malaysia and Indonesia from 2012 to 2014. The study explores the demography of the news articles, including the article frequency, number of paragraphs, news focus and lastly the news sources. A total of 420 news paragraphs from a collection of 20 news articles from WSJ and 10 articles from TT were analyzed. The researchers used the SPSS program to analyze the demography of the news and the news sources used. In assessing the extent of news bias, the researchers used a qualitative content analysis tool (QSR NVivo 11). The findings revealed that a majority of the news articles studied had reported negatively on Islam and Muslim issues in Malaysia and Indonesia. Based on this fact, it can be seen that Islam in Southeast Asian countries is still receiving negative reporting from the Western media.
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spelling upm-620812019-03-25T01:57:21Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/62081/ Illustrating news bias towards Islam and Muslims in Malaysia and Indonesia by Wall Street Journal and The Telegraph Hassan, Fauziah Omar, Siti Zobidah This article attempts to look at how two international newspapers, Wall Street Journal (WSJ) and The Telegraph (TT), have reported on Islam and Muslims in Malaysia and Indonesia from 2012 to 2014. The study explores the demography of the news articles, including the article frequency, number of paragraphs, news focus and lastly the news sources. A total of 420 news paragraphs from a collection of 20 news articles from WSJ and 10 articles from TT were analyzed. The researchers used the SPSS program to analyze the demography of the news and the news sources used. In assessing the extent of news bias, the researchers used a qualitative content analysis tool (QSR NVivo 11). The findings revealed that a majority of the news articles studied had reported negatively on Islam and Muslim issues in Malaysia and Indonesia. Based on this fact, it can be seen that Islam in Southeast Asian countries is still receiving negative reporting from the Western media. Sage Publications 2017 Article PeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/62081/1/Illustrating%20news%20bias%20towards%20Islam%20and%20Muslims%20in%20Malaysia%20and%20Indonesia%20by%20Wall%20Street%20Journal%20and%20The%20Telegraph.pdf Hassan, Fauziah and Omar, Siti Zobidah (2017) Illustrating news bias towards Islam and Muslims in Malaysia and Indonesia by Wall Street Journal and The Telegraph. Asia Pacific Media Educator, 27 (1). pp. 154-169. ISSN 1326-365X; ESSN: 2321-5410 https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1326365X17702275 10.1177/1326365X17702275
spellingShingle Hassan, Fauziah
Omar, Siti Zobidah
Illustrating news bias towards Islam and Muslims in Malaysia and Indonesia by Wall Street Journal and The Telegraph
title Illustrating news bias towards Islam and Muslims in Malaysia and Indonesia by Wall Street Journal and The Telegraph
title_full Illustrating news bias towards Islam and Muslims in Malaysia and Indonesia by Wall Street Journal and The Telegraph
title_fullStr Illustrating news bias towards Islam and Muslims in Malaysia and Indonesia by Wall Street Journal and The Telegraph
title_full_unstemmed Illustrating news bias towards Islam and Muslims in Malaysia and Indonesia by Wall Street Journal and The Telegraph
title_short Illustrating news bias towards Islam and Muslims in Malaysia and Indonesia by Wall Street Journal and The Telegraph
title_sort illustrating news bias towards islam and muslims in malaysia and indonesia by wall street journal and the telegraph
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http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/62081/1/Illustrating%20news%20bias%20towards%20Islam%20and%20Muslims%20in%20Malaysia%20and%20Indonesia%20by%20Wall%20Street%20Journal%20and%20The%20Telegraph.pdf