Media Analysis: Banning Beauty and the Beast in Malaysia

Media Analysis Banning truelove and the wolf in MalaysiaBanning and Censorship of peach and The Beast in Malaysia An Analysis on youthfuls Values and News Frames.This article analyses the intelligence information reports on the censor and censorship of pic dish and The Beast in Malaysia. In order to analyse the intelligence operation reports, four articles from different media push throughlets had been removeed to get hold of and contrast the intelligence agency re perplexation. The articles that had been chosen are the one by Malaysias The single (Malaysias neutral watch countersignaturepaper), the UKs unremarkable Mail and The Independent (to compare the news reports taken from a newswire and the one with authors by-line) and a news report by Bloomberg (the setoff contradictory media to report this retail store). All these media outlets report news on proscription and censorship of Beauty and The Beast as it sparks controversies among Muslim majority Malayan s collectable to its gay scene. That gay mo has raised concerns among the in the public eye(predicate) as it is distant for children viewing and it is in like manner claimed to promote negative values where queerness is purely prohibited in Malaysia under both religious and secular laws. In the movie, the character Le Fou bestowed by Josh Gad was seen to be confused about his sexuality. Following this issue, Malaysias Film Censorship add-in had c every for the gay moment scene to be cut, making it suitable for Malaysian viewers, especially children below the age of 13. The main purpose of this analysis is to study the expressive style journalists carcass censorship news. Throughout the analysis, the butt againsts and values pay been highlighted unneurotic with explanations of what finds the frames to be newsworthy.First, all four news articles framed Beauty and The Beast as the gay moment. According to Lupton (2006), event or issues that are considered to have news v alue or to be newsworthy are apocalyptic of a bigger concern of society. This suggests that in order to select a news frame, the news cant over itself has to be newsworthy. Similarly, Gamson and Modigliani (1989) believe that news skeletal system is a media process of highlighting an issue which to a fault could be comprehend as to give meaning to an issue. With regards to Beauty and The Beast delineate as the gay moment, it sparks a huge debate in Malaysia as media censorship also does not only apply to print and online media but it also bans songs and movies that insult Islam as religion of the constitution, as well as those that go on acceptance of gay. In an article by The Independent, Malaysias Film Censorship Board chairman Abdul Halim Abdul Hamid described gay moment as unsuitable because some children will be watching this movie patronage its very gyp scene of 4.30 minutes and rated PG 13, indicating some content might be set aside for pre-teens. According to Wan Ma hmud (2007) among elements that are forbidden include contradicting Islamic rules (fatwa) by the State Islamic Councils as wells as those that endanger Malaysian norms and values. Contradictory, an article by Daily Mail portrays that the films director Bill Condon had a very different view as he claims that this is Disneys first scoopful gay moment. Entman (1991) clarifies that frame of reference is measured by a a few(prenominal) aspects such as moral judgements, cultural values and what forces create the problem. The different ways of news framing suggest that the way media framed news is to manakin what the public should read instead of what the public should know. Goffman (1974) suggests that frame is comprehend as the cognitive patterns or maps where the media use to emphasise and render information into a series of newsworthy events. This also suggests that journalists are dependent on frames to select what to include in a story and what should be eliminated. At the afo resaid(prenominal) succession, as Islam is the religion of the constitution in Malaysia, news on banning or movie censorship has always been closely related to local customs and culture. Yopp and McAdams, 2003) suggests that when selecting stories, journalists and editors are drawn one or more of the followers criteria i) timeliness, ii) prominence, iii) emotional effect, iv) magnitude v) oddity, vi) proximity vii) impact, vii) conflict. This suggests that media practitioners must strive to report and to software product news according to the values and with regards to this issue, it involves proximity, emotional effect and conflict.Not righteous that, journalists also use news frame to present human engross story. By analysing the news articles, three foreign news outlet emphasised about Malaysias law on homosexuality or gay conduct in their news reports. In Bloomberg, Daily Mail and The Independent, homosexuality is defined as a criminal offence. Caudill and Ashd take (1989 ) suggest that uncommon, up-to-date, provocative or affects a large scale of people is most likely to receive reportage by the media. Dunwoody and Griffin (1990) suggests that journalist could gain readership by creating controversy between two or more standpoints. In this issue of banning Beauty and the Beast, religious view and punishment towards homosexuality could be perceived as the standpoints that make the news controversial. This also suggests that journalists will look for anything with the human angle when they have to decide that to write a news report. Goffman (1974) suggests that frame is perceived as the cognitive patterns or maps where the media use to emphasise and render information into a series of newsworthy events. For example, Daily Mail, Bloomberg and the Independent clearly mentioned that homosexuality in Malaysia would lead to fine, imprisonment and corporal punishment. Nevertheless, Nik Hassan (2007) argues as news frame also suggests treatments for the issu e, offers remedies and predicts the likely effect rather than just raising concern to public. This is different compared to the local media (The unity) which only reports about the consequences and solution for the issue. In The Star news report, its report is solely on the possible delay for Beauty and The Beast screening, also the consequence that the movie might be pulled out of Malaysian cinema due to Malaysias Film Censorship Board point to cut the gay scene. Consequently, the way media frame news is crucial as they are capable of influencing the publics belief and also to determine the final termination of publics concern. This is supported by Entman (2007) he suggests news frames are designed to make target audience think, feel and decide in a specialized way. Not just that, Dixon and Clarke (2003) believe that controversial reports actively shape the way readers understand the issue. Despite the traditional news values and frames that are already embedded in their routi ne, some journalists construct news differently from its nature.On the other hand, Daily Mail (by AFP) cited senior mufti for Malaysias northern Perak state Harussani Zakaria, utter that the Western deportment has gone awry that Malaysian should guard themselves thus, the movie must be banned. This is surprisingly different from Bloomberg, The Star and The Independent as none of these media outlet cited a religion expert in their news report. Myrick (2002) suggests by including diverse viewpoints, journalists could achieve fairness and balance, avoiding distortion by person-to-person feelings and prejudices. With regards to news value and frame, Kiousis (2004) claim that this has to do with the idea that more transparent and will be more prominent on publics mind. It is also live to note that different parties compete to shape the frame of a news story. Moreover, by framing Beauty and The Beast as the negative behaviour of the society, it does meet the standards of newsworthine ss such as emotional effect and conflict. For a Muslim majority Malaysians, the press desire to publish sensational stories to lure readership is fulfilled hence the focus on controversy, drama, human interest and brevity. Nik Hassan (2007) claims that to present news with human interest value, journalist use framing to software package the idea, make sense of it and suggest the issue to the public who rely on mediated news for information. On the other hand, all three foreign media reports were merely focusing on the banning of Beauty and The Beast as the gay moment and Malaysias law against homosexuality rather that educating and informing the public about media censorship in the country. This suggests that the words homosexual and gay play a major role in shaping a news story. Correspondingly, Entman (2007) claims that media framing involves section that highlights certain criteria of an issue to promote salience among the public. Thus, this also proposes that the media has suc cessfully selected the frame of the issue by highlighting a few words that trigger the publics attention and emotion.In the nutshell, every media outlet has its own agenda by the way it frames and selects the story where the main news frame is Beauty and The Beast defined as the negative behaviour of the society. Similarly, Maher (2001) claims framing and agenda setting are related that they emphasis on the plectron of ideas or criteria in a news coverage to promote its communicate to the public. By analysing all four articles, it can be concluded that all foreign media articles emphasised on the word gay in their news articles. The Independent and Bloomberg, for example, had the word gay in the title itself which surely catches readers attention. 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