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Item The Agenda Setting Function of English Newspapers during the 13th General Election.(Malaysian Journal of Communication, National University of Malaysia., 2017) Adisa, Rasaq Muhammed; Kee, Chan Pee; Salman, A.; Kho, S. N; Yaakop, M. R. M.; Hoong, O. CIt is opined that the mass media forces attention on certain issues by constantly projecting them and suggesting its audiences to think about them. This article attempts to focus on the Agenda Setting function of English news media in Malaysia during the 13th GE13 employing quantitative content analysis. Two English newspapers were analyzed, namely The Star and New Straits Times with 1362 news items identified. In order to gauge the public agenda, quantitative survey were done three times in the months of February, March and April 2013 respectively leading up to the election on 5th of May, 2013. The study found out that the agenda setting function of the English newspapers is important in transferring issue salience and issue attributes to their audiences. Individuals who highly rely on news from the media shall be likely influenced by the Agenda Setting effect of the media. There was no significant relationship between the English newspapers and the public agenda of the main ethnic groups in Malaysia. Hence, the public agenda of the Malays, Chinese and Indians have no significant relationship with the English Newspapers. Future studies could employ a qualitative approach in order to find answers to the reasons for lack of relationship between the English newspapers and ethnic public agenda.Item ISSUES AND CONSEQUENCES OF NEWSPAPER FRAMING ON ETHNIC CONFLICT: A QUALITATIVE STUDY OF ETHNIC GROUP LEADERS’ CONFLICT FRAMES(Malaysian Journal of CommunicationNational University of Malaysia, 2016) Adisa, Rasaq Muhammed; Mohammed, Rosli; Ahmad, Mohd KhairieThis paper attempts to explore the waves of media frames on ethnic group leaders’ conflict frames. In general, the effects of what media frame as news on public behaviours to politics have been discussed extensively in scholarly works. However, the extent that newspapers framing stimulate conflict frame (behaviours) in ethnic leaders who rheostat the hearts and minds of ethnic groups, are still underexplored. Specifically, this study seeks to understand the extent that media frames about ethnic issues have become the driving force behind volatile ethnic groups in Nigeria. Therefore, series of in-depth interviews on 26 ethnic group leaders were conducted and data were analyzed thematically using NVIVO 10 software. The study found that the unswerving newspapers framing on ethnic issues, especially on interethnic relations and politics, culminated to inciting, double standard, name calling, all of which stemmed from the ownership interest, are some of the major factors that widen ethnic differences and eventually stimulated ethnic groups into conflict. Based on the lived experiences of the ethnic group leaders, newspapers are culpable in the emergence and escalation of ethnic conflict as a result of these stimulations. This study has significantly contributed to the understanding of potential influence of conflict frames (behaviors) of ethnic group leaders on ethno-political conflict.Item News Framing: A Comparative Content Analysis of Newspapers Framing of Ethnic Issues in Nigeria(KSU Journal of Mass Communication, Department of Mass Communication, Kogi State University, Anyigba, Nigeria, 2015) Adisa, Rasaq MuhammedThe study examined the extent as well as patterns of conflict and peace oriented framings in three popular and widely circulated newspapers in Nigeria through a quantitative content analysis to ascertain the framing of news on ethnic issues. The unit of analysis was individual article that contained related items while the reliability coefficients calculated using Holsti’s formula resulted to 75.5%. This study discovered that in the framing of ethnic issues, the newspapers differed significantly on conflict framing. However, as much as high attention was given to conflict framing, it was discovered also that peace framing was not totally disregarded by the three newspapers. The newspapers have not entirely done very badly but have left much to be desired. The paper has significantly expanded understanding of how media cover conflicts and inflame the behaviours that lead to or worsen them.Item Newspaper Framing of Conflicts: Perceptions of Ethnic Group Leaders on Conflict Behaviours in a Multiethnic Society(Malaysian Journal of Media Studies, The Department of Communication and Media, University Malaya, Malaysia, 2015) Adisa, Rasaq Muhammed; Mohammed, Rosli; Ahmad, Mohd KhairieMultiple forces contribute to and influence the course of ethnic conflict in developing and multi ethnic societies. In Nigeria, media reporting and ethnic group leaders play very important roles in determining the course and severity of ethnic conflict. However, little research has been done examining both the roles played by ethnic group leaders and newspaper framing in influencing interethnic conflict in Nigeria, despite the growth of conflict studies. Within the community of conflict researchers, little work has been done to understand ethnic group conflict behaviors and media reporting as mutually influencing factors in ethnic conflict. This study aims to address this gap. Through in-depth interviews with 26 ethnic group leaders, this study explores how they view media and leaders’ roles in influencing violent interethnic conflict in Nigeria. Interview data were analyzed thematically using NVivo 8 software. Study findings suggest that ethnic group leaders tend to blame the press, the government and ethnic group attitudes. Specifically, the leaders fault the press for inflammatory reporting, name calling, double standards and for heavy ownership influence and ethnic interest. They hold government, both past and present, responsible for their failure to unify Nigerians. Interviewees agreed that although media reports have influenced their decision and actions at one time or the other, individual impunity among ethnic group leaders is also a serious cause of conflict. political system of this region.