The main tendencies of discourse representation of immigrant workers in Malaysia: a critical discourse analysis in The Star and Malaysiakini online news portals

Mohd Sobri Paridaluddin, Noorfarida Filzah and Md Zamin, Ainul Azmin (2023) The main tendencies of discourse representation of immigrant workers in Malaysia: a critical discourse analysis in The Star and Malaysiakini online news portals. Intellectual Discourse, 31 (2). pp. 445-473. ISSN 0128-4878 E-ISSN 2289-5639

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Abstract

Being one of the most industrialised nations in Southeast Asia, Malaysia has been receiving many immigrant workers from neighbouringcountries to provide labor for the economic expansion. The government was heavily criticised following its announcement on the intake of 1.5 million Bangladeshi workers into the country. The local media have profoundly reported on the issues of immigrant workers in Malaysia. This study focuses on the main tendencies of discourse representation of immigrant workers in Malaysia, specifically in The Star and Malaysiakini online news portals. A total of 20 news articles, 10 from each news portal concerning the issues of migrant workers from year 2016 to early 2017 are analysed according to Fairclough’s (1995) Discourse Representation in Media Discourse framework. Each phrase undergoes five level parameter analysis to investigate the language and the strategies employed. This research is to identify the main tendenciesof discourse representation of immigrant workers in Malaysia in The Star Online and Malaysiakini. As a whole, both online news portals maintained the ideational meaning of the primary discourse in their news reports

Item Type:	Article (Journal)
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Labor Immigrants, Critical Discourse Analysis, Fairclough’s Discourse Representation in Media Discourse, The Star Online, Malaysiakini
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General) P Language and Literature > PE English
Kulliyyahs/Centres/Divisions/Institutes (Can select more than one option. Press CONTROL button):	Kulliyyah of Islamic Revealed Knowledge and Human Sciences Kulliyyah of Islamic Revealed Knowledge and Human Sciences > Department of English Language & Literature
Depositing User:	Dr Ainul Azmin Md Zamin
Date Deposited:	11 Jan 2024 08:41
Last Modified:	11 Jan 2024 08:54
URI:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/id/eprint/109905

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