News Framing by Mainstream Media on Political Parties

Abstrak

The results of GE14 marked an interesting time for Malaysians
as to the direction of mainstream media and how they will frame news of
the new ruling coalition and the new opposition. This discussion paper
examines the context of mainstream media in Malaysia in relation to their
ties to selected political parties and presents a case to study the post-
GE14 media using framing theory. Several studies on past political news
that have used the theory will be cited as supporting evidence.