Journalism

Asia Pacific Media Educator Issue 16 Article 9 12-1-2005 Journalism, national breeding and social justice in Malaysia M. K. Anuar Universiti Sains Malaysia Recommended Citation Anuar, M. K., Journalism, national instruction and social justice in Malaysia, Asia Pacific Media Educator, 16, 2005, 63-70. Available at:http://ro.uow.edu.au/apme/vol1/iss16/9 Research Online is the open access institutional writing table for the University of Wollongong. For further information contact Manager Repository service: morgan@uow.edu.au. Journalism, National Development and Social Justice in Malaysia Commentary Mustafa K. Anuar Universiti Sains Malaysia A factor built into the journalistic fraternity is the hierarchical personality of Malaysian society where there is so much honor and deference given to political leaders by Malaysians, particularly journalists, that they inadvertently abandon the responsibility of looking the hard questions for the acquire of their readers. This explains why veteran journalists were takut-takut (afraid in the Malay language) to ask questions when they faced the former Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamed.

It is therefore not an exaggeration to suggest that at times media conferences organized by the former prime minister and other cabinet ministers were very much transformed into a ministerial lecture with very hardly a(prenominal) searching questions, if at all. Asia Pacific Media Educator, Issue No.16, Dec. 2005 63 Mustafa K. Anuar: Journalism, national growth ... Journalism as a field of study and handicraft in Malaysia still commands a substantial following among university students for versatile reasons, among which are a passion for writing, an interest in politics, a stepping stone to public relations, and, as if not to be outdone, the fortune to rub shoulders with the powerful and the glamorous. From the governments viewpoint, journalism courses offered at the university level should be geared towards... If you want to get a full essay, order it on our website: Ordercustompaper.com

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