Media and communication as antecedents to the transformation agenda in Malaysia: Challenges and realities
Edited by Ali Salman
Special issue of Journal of Asian Pacific Communication 25:2 (2015) vi, 157 pp.
Ali Salman
List of John Benjamins publications for which Ali Salman plays a role.
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Subjects Afro-Asiatic languages | Altaic languages | Communication Studies
2015 Control and freedom of the Internet: Challenges faced by the government Media and communication as antecedents to the transformation agenda in Malaysia: Challenges and realities, Salman, Ali (ed.), pp. 243–252 | Article
The Internet has become a popular medium now because it provides many benefits to users, though at the same time it also carries negative effects, especially to developing countries, such as sedition, pornography, defamation and cyber crime. Therefore, this study focuses on the control and freedom… read more
2015 Sustaining internet usage in the emerging digital economy: Transforming urban living? Media and communication as antecedents to the transformation agenda in Malaysia: Challenges and realities, Salman, Ali (ed.), pp. 169–180 | Article
Malaysia is undergoing tremendous development programs towards a developed nation. ICT initiative is one of the strategies to facilitate the implementation of economic, social and cultural development in the society. The embrace (adoption) of ICT among the people depends on many factors which… read more
2015 The transformational reading of Gen Y on British greatness through historical documentary Media and communication as antecedents to the transformation agenda in Malaysia: Challenges and realities, Salman, Ali (ed.), pp. 267–278 | Article
Youth generation in this century (Gen Y) as a whole are exposed to technological developments, particularly in the process of getting information. As a result, any information that comes to them will be interpreted widely and critically. Recently, a documentary aired regularly shaped history back… read more
2013 Interethnic tolerance among multiethnic youth: Accommodating differences in the construction of social citizenship Trends in Media and Communication Research in Malaysia, Ahmad, Fauziah (ed.), pp. 270–285 | Article
A pluralistic nation like Malaysia needs an extremely organised and sensible society in order to be fruitfully tolerant. Living in a plural community demands a strong willingness to accommodate different ethnic expectations. Tolerance is crucial for the achievement of the right kind of community.… read more
2013 Utilising information and communication technologies (ICT) for development: What research contributes Trends in Media and Communication Research in Malaysia, Ahmad, Fauziah (ed.), pp. 237–248 | Article
Research in ICT has contributed significantly to the needs of the country in terms of policy formulation, programme implementation and hence the volume of investments in the sector. When Malaysia embarked on ICT as a tool for development of the country with the introduction of the Internet in 1987… read more
2013 Understanding visual metaphor: The importance of documentary historiography in audience reading Trends in Media and Communication Research in Malaysia, Ahmad, Fauziah (ed.), pp. 249–257 | Article
Using a history documentary ‘The Kinta Story (1949)’, this article explores the ‘grammar’ of visual metaphor. Numerous images can be found in history documentary, while many more are being planned, which can be accessed by people all around the world. These images technically represent producers’… read more