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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Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
2024
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Online Access: | http://journalarticle.ukm.my/23715/1/Akademika_94_1_14.pdf http://journalarticle.ukm.my/23715/ https://ejournal.ukm.my/akademika/issue/view/1701 |
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Summary: | 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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