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Sony JALARAJAN RAJ, Rohini SREEKUMAR

Covenant Cog or Functional Fourth Estate. A Survey of Malaysian Journalists’ Attitudes towards their Profession

Romanian Journal of Journalism and Communication, issue 1 (38), year VII (XI), 2012

section: Mass media and the vitality of the public sphere

pages: 16-32

abstract

In Malaysia, the idealistic notion of the news media as ‘watchdog’ is largely redundant due to the external and institutional realities associated with its functioning in a heavily regulated, monitored and controlled media system. There has been little analysis of Malaysian journalists’ perceptions of their profession. Operating within an authoritarian mediascape, Malaysian journalists have to surrender their journalistic values and principles of practice thereby pervading a culture of self-censorship.

keywords

Journalists, Malaysia, Freedom, Profes sionalism, News Media

abstract (second language):

En Malaisie la notion idéaliste de les médias comme «chien de garde» est en grande partie redondante en raison des réalités externes et institutionnels associés à son fonctionnement dans un système fortement réglementé, surveillé et contrôlé les médias. Il a eu peu d’analyse des perceptions des journalistes malaisiens de leur profession. Opérant dans un régime autoritaire des médias-scape, journalistes malaisiens ont à renoncer à leurs valeurs journalistiques et les principes de la pratique de ce fait infiltrant une culture d’autocensure.

keywords (second language):

Journalistes, Malaisie, liberté, professionnalisme, les médias.

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 Higher Education Scientific Research (code 779), as B+, and indexed full text by EBSCO and ProQuest.