A critical discourse analysis of the representation of the opposition parties in the 2008 Malaysian general election in Malaysian print media /
The study was conducted to investigate the representation of the opposition parties in the twelfth Malaysian general election in the Malaysian print media. The data for the analysis has been gathered from two widely-read local newspapers written in English The Star and The New Straits Times. 40 arti...
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| Format: | Thesis |
| Language: | English |
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Gombak, Selangor :
Kulliyyah of Islamic Revealed Knowledge and Human Sciences, International Islamic University Malaysia,
2009
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| Online Access: | Click here to view 1st 24 pages of the thesis. Members can view fulltext at the specified PCs in the library. |
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| Summary: | The study was conducted to investigate the representation of the opposition parties in
the twelfth Malaysian general election in the Malaysian print media. The data for the
analysis has been gathered from two widely-read local newspapers written in English
The Star and The New Straits Times. 40 articles were selected from the newspapers
two weeks before and two weeks after the polling day which was on March 8, 2008.
Only news reported or related to the opposition parties was selected as data for the
study. The basic premise of the study is that news is constructed; it is not a reflection
of reality. The study aims to help increase readers’ awareness in reading and thinking
critically. The study is limited to analyzing data on the lexicogrammar level and made
use of three analytic tools for its data analysis transitivity system, modality and
thematic structure. The study revealed that the print media made use of some
linguistic items to represent the opposition parties. The print media represented and
constructed the opposition image and identity through language use and directed
readers to a particular point of view. |
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| Item Description: | Abstracts in English and Arabic. "A disserttation submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Human Sciences (Teaching English as Second Language)."--On t.p. |
| Physical Description: | xii, 89 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (leaves 84-87). |