SOCIAL ACTORS’ REPRESENTATIONAL ROLE IN POLITICAL HARD NEWS REPORTING: AN APPROACH THROUGH ATTITUDE ANALYSIS

• Main Authors: Kazm, Saira, Mohd Noor, Siti Noor Fazelah, Sanif, Sazuliana
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: ECB 2023
• Subjects: T Technology (General)
• Online Access: http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/9431/1/J15991_89eb05dbc8369199adea97ef10d00125.pdf; http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/9431/; https://doi.org/10.31838/ecb/2023.12.s3.036
• Institution: Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia

The article aimed to explore the meaning lying behind the text by employing Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) of Norman Fairclough (1995). CDA analysis shows that alternative online Malaysian newspaper was more liberal and gave fair coverage to the ruling as well as opposition political party as com...