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Papers by Ealyna Misman

ACME: An International E-Journal for Critical …, 2007

Throughout my studies of the place of media within geography, I have repeatedly encountered Doree... more Throughout my studies of the place of media within geography, I have repeatedly encountered Doreen Massey's (1992) article "Politics and Space/Time." Massey discusses the concept of space and the term spatial, and the great difficulties faced by geographers in their quest to adequately (and perhaps uniformly) define these important geographical terms while working towards better understandings of space and its inherent properties.

Jurnal Pengajian Media Malaysia, 2019

Crime news is considered as the most salient news among Malaysian. For the past 10 years, the rel... more Crime news is considered as the most salient news among Malaysian. For the past 10 years, the relationship between the increasing number of foreign nationals in Malaysia and the increasing crime rate/crime reporting become and issue discussed from the grass root to the members of the Malaysian parliament. This article analyses recent news discourses surrounding foreign nationals in Malaysian crime reporting. Four English language daily newspapers are investigated over the year of 2016 which are The Star, The New Straits Times, The Sun, and The Malay Mail. The paper argues that foreign nationals is the ‘ideal’ other which cause them to be associated to various negativity. Constructing foreign nationals as problematic, deviant, and as ‘the devil’ can be discussed as an act to fit with the hegemonic idea that foreign nationals as a major threat to the public socially, economically, and environmentally. The paper also explores the various issues/stories highlighted in the local crime ne...

Social network sites (SNS) have been used to bring people close to each other across the globe, e... more Social network sites (SNS) have been used to bring people close to each other across the globe, especially the youth. It is important to find out the matching of types of SNS to the motives for using them and toward fitting the profile of youth in Malaysia for the SNS concerned. Specifically, this study tries (1) to find out the types of SNS subscribed by youth, (2) to gauge the frequency of using the SNS per week, (3) to rank the motives for using the SNS, and (4) to compare the differences between youth profile for using the SNS. A survey was conducted to among youth, aged 17-40 years old, nationwide, using a self-developed questionnaire. A total of 703 respondents were gathered for the study. Data were analyzed using Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) WIN 20. The respondents of the study were represented by a slightly more male than female, mainly Malays, mostly single, with Islam as their religion, adolescents, doing their first degree, and were students. Based on th...

Social network sites (SNSs) have been used to bring people close to each other across the globe, ... more Social network sites (SNSs) have been used to bring people close to each other across the globe, especially the youth. It is important to find out the matching of types of SNSs to the motives for using them and toward fitting the profile of youth in Malaysia for the SNSs concerned. Specifically, this study tries (1) to find out the types of SNSs subscribed by youth, (2) to gauge the frequency of using the SNSs per week, (3) to rank the motives for using the SNSs, and (4) to compare the differences between youth profile for using the SNSs. A survey was conducted to among youth, aged 17-40 years old, nationwide, using a self-developed questionnaire. A total of 703 respondents were gathered for the study. Data were analyzed using Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) WIN 20. The respondents of the study were represented by a slightly more male than female, mainly Malays, mostly single, with Islam as their religion, adolescents, doing their first degree, and were students. Base...

The mass media constructed images and realities through linguistic tropes namely metaphors. Such ... more The mass media constructed images and realities through linguistic tropes namely metaphors. Such type of authoring can be seen clearly in news narratives. This paper explores the said phenomenon in relation to the notion of order and disorder as appeared in the crime news of newspapers. In lieu of the above, a deep gazing over metaphors on foreigners as criminals is being conducted. This study applied qualitative content analysis as the methodology to gather and analyze the data.In this relation, seventy-eight local crime news as published in The Star was chosen for in-depth analysis.

Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly

Social media are popular among youth for sharing information. This study tries to explore the pop... more Social media are popular among youth for sharing information. This study tries to explore the popularity of the social media sites, the level of use of the social media sites, the types of information-sharing activities involved on the social media sites, to compare youth of various background in relation to information-sharing activities, and to analyze the relationship between the level of social media use and the information-sharing activities among youth. This study employs a quantitative research design, using survey method with questionnaire as the research instrument used for data collection. In this study, youth aged between 17-40 years old nationwide were surveyed. The study was developed based on the user and gratification theory (Blumler & Katz, 1974). Findings showed that youth always (five to seven days per week) use social media to share information including personal information. Results also showed that youth used the social media more for sharing negatively-oriented...

Malaysian Journal of Media Studies, 2019

Crime news is considered as the most salient news among Malaysians. For the past 10 years, the re... more Crime news is considered as the most salient news among Malaysians. For the past 10 years, the relationship between the increasing number of foreign nationals in Malaysia and crime rate/crime reporting become an issue discussed from the grass roots to the members of the Malaysian parliament as in the early of 2016, the government in power announced to freeze the hiring of foreign nationals. There were Malaysian whom disagree with the government decision to hire more foreign nationals specifically the Bangladeshi in 2016. This article analysed recent news discourses involving foreign nationals in Malaysian crime news reporting. Four English language daily newspapers were investigated over the year of 2016 which are The Star, The New Straits Times, The Sun, and The Malay Mail. The paper argues that foreign nationals is the 'ideal' other which cause them to be associated to various negative activities. Constructing foreign nationals as problematic, deviant, and as 'the devil' can be discussed as an act to fit with the hegemonic idea that foreign nationals are seen as a major threat to the public socially, economically, and environmentally. The paper also explores the various issues/stories highlighted in the local crime news involving foreign nationals that draw new landscapes of Malaysian social pattern.

Social network sites (SNS) have been used to bring people across the globe closer to each other, ... more Social network sites (SNS) have been used to bring people across the globe closer to each other, especially youths. It is important to match the types of SNS to the motives for using them as well as to acquire a profile of youth users. Specifically, this study tries (1) to find out the types of SNS subscribed to by youths, (2) to gauge the frequency of their using the SNS per week, (3) to rank their motives for using the SNS, and (4) to study and compare the differences or variance in the profiles of youths using the SNS. A survey was conducted nationwide among youths aged 17-40 years old using a self-developed questionnaire. A total of 703 respondents were identified for the study. Data were analysed using the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) WIN 20. There were more male respondents than female, and they were mainly Malay, single, Muslims, adolescents and undergraduates. Results of the youth profiles revealed that there were differences among the youths' demographic characteristics and the types of SNS they subscribed to. The top three SNS identified were Facebook, Yahoo and Skype. Almost one third used them daily. Most of the SNS were used for social, followed by education and communication motives. Specifically, Twitter is also used for social, communication and entertainment motives while blogs were used for the religious, education, business and politics motives. The study applied both the social network theory and information-seeking theory with the purpose of finding out how youths could be motivated to draw on the vast knowledge available and accessible in the SNS for their own benefit, and not merely for social networking.

Social network sites (SNS) have been used to bring people across the globe closer to each other, ... more Social network sites (SNS) have been used to bring people across the globe closer to each other, especially youths. It is important to match the types of SNS to the motives for using them as well as to acquire a profile of youth users. Specifically, this study tries (1) to find out the types of SNS subscribed to by youths, (2) to gauge the frequency of their using the SNS per week, (3) to rank their motives for using the SNS, and (4) to study and compare the differences or variance in the profiles of youths using the SNS. A survey was conducted nationwide among youths aged 17-40 years old using a self-developed questionnaire. A total of 703 respondents were identified for the study. Data were analysed using the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) WIN 20. There were more male respondents than female, and they were mainly Malay, single, Muslims, adolescents and undergraduates. Results of the youth profiles revealed that there were differences among the youths' demographic characteristics and the types of SNS they subscribed to. The top three SNS identified were Facebook, Yahoo and Skype. Almost one third used them daily. Most of the SNS were used for social, followed by education and communication motives. Specifically, Twitter is also used for social, communication and entertainment motives while blogs were used for the religious, education, business and politics motives. The study applied both the social network theory and information-seeking theory with the purpose of finding out how youths could be motivated to draw on the vast knowledge available and accessible in the SNS for their own benefit, and not merely for social networking.

The term moral panic has been widely adopted both by the mass media and in everyday usage to refe... more The term moral panic has been widely adopted both by the mass media and in everyday usage to refer to the exaggerated social reaction caused by the activities of particular groups and/or individuals. Such activities are invariably seen (at the time at least) as major social concerns and the media led reaction magnifies and widens the 'panic' surrounding them. This review starts by considering Stan Cohen's seminal work on and analysis of moral panics -indeed it was his initial research in the early 1970s that popularized the term itself -and looks at Jock Young's almost contemporaneous study of drug users. More recent studies that have reflected on and attempted to refine Cohen's work, including Young's revisiting of the notion that moral panics 'translate fantasy into reality', are highlighted as is the relationship between 'signal crimes' and moral panics. It then considers some historical and contemporary examples of moral panics surrounding some quite different activities (and perpetrators of them) -in particular, garotting in mid-Victorian England, 'hoodies' and paedophilia. The review concludes that there are key elements to moral panics and that these panics are the result of real events and actual behaviour and cannot be dismissed as myths.

The Pedagogical Seminary and Journal of Genetic …, Jan 1, 1950

Abstract 1." Through an investigation of the esthetic concepts of a group of 37 children in ... more Abstract 1." Through an investigation of the esthetic concepts of a group of 37 children in a psychiatric setting an exposure of the dynamic correlations between the structure of the personality and the sense of beauty was attempted…. The number of specific, esthetic ...

ACME: An International E-Journal for Critical …, 2007

Throughout my studies of the place of media within geography, I have repeatedly encountered Doree... more Throughout my studies of the place of media within geography, I have repeatedly encountered Doreen Massey's (1992) article "Politics and Space/Time." Massey discusses the concept of space and the term spatial, and the great difficulties faced by geographers in their quest to adequately (and perhaps uniformly) define these important geographical terms while working towards better understandings of space and its inherent properties.

Jurnal Pengajian Media Malaysia, 2019

Crime news is considered as the most salient news among Malaysian. For the past 10 years, the rel... more Crime news is considered as the most salient news among Malaysian. For the past 10 years, the relationship between the increasing number of foreign nationals in Malaysia and the increasing crime rate/crime reporting become and issue discussed from the grass root to the members of the Malaysian parliament. This article analyses recent news discourses surrounding foreign nationals in Malaysian crime reporting. Four English language daily newspapers are investigated over the year of 2016 which are The Star, The New Straits Times, The Sun, and The Malay Mail. The paper argues that foreign nationals is the ‘ideal’ other which cause them to be associated to various negativity. Constructing foreign nationals as problematic, deviant, and as ‘the devil’ can be discussed as an act to fit with the hegemonic idea that foreign nationals as a major threat to the public socially, economically, and environmentally. The paper also explores the various issues/stories highlighted in the local crime ne...

Social network sites (SNS) have been used to bring people close to each other across the globe, e... more Social network sites (SNS) have been used to bring people close to each other across the globe, especially the youth. It is important to find out the matching of types of SNS to the motives for using them and toward fitting the profile of youth in Malaysia for the SNS concerned. Specifically, this study tries (1) to find out the types of SNS subscribed by youth, (2) to gauge the frequency of using the SNS per week, (3) to rank the motives for using the SNS, and (4) to compare the differences between youth profile for using the SNS. A survey was conducted to among youth, aged 17-40 years old, nationwide, using a self-developed questionnaire. A total of 703 respondents were gathered for the study. Data were analyzed using Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) WIN 20. The respondents of the study were represented by a slightly more male than female, mainly Malays, mostly single, with Islam as their religion, adolescents, doing their first degree, and were students. Based on th...

Social network sites (SNSs) have been used to bring people close to each other across the globe, ... more Social network sites (SNSs) have been used to bring people close to each other across the globe, especially the youth. It is important to find out the matching of types of SNSs to the motives for using them and toward fitting the profile of youth in Malaysia for the SNSs concerned. Specifically, this study tries (1) to find out the types of SNSs subscribed by youth, (2) to gauge the frequency of using the SNSs per week, (3) to rank the motives for using the SNSs, and (4) to compare the differences between youth profile for using the SNSs. A survey was conducted to among youth, aged 17-40 years old, nationwide, using a self-developed questionnaire. A total of 703 respondents were gathered for the study. Data were analyzed using Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) WIN 20. The respondents of the study were represented by a slightly more male than female, mainly Malays, mostly single, with Islam as their religion, adolescents, doing their first degree, and were students. Base...

The mass media constructed images and realities through linguistic tropes namely metaphors. Such ... more The mass media constructed images and realities through linguistic tropes namely metaphors. Such type of authoring can be seen clearly in news narratives. This paper explores the said phenomenon in relation to the notion of order and disorder as appeared in the crime news of newspapers. In lieu of the above, a deep gazing over metaphors on foreigners as criminals is being conducted. This study applied qualitative content analysis as the methodology to gather and analyze the data.In this relation, seventy-eight local crime news as published in The Star was chosen for in-depth analysis.

Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly

Social media are popular among youth for sharing information. This study tries to explore the pop... more Social media are popular among youth for sharing information. This study tries to explore the popularity of the social media sites, the level of use of the social media sites, the types of information-sharing activities involved on the social media sites, to compare youth of various background in relation to information-sharing activities, and to analyze the relationship between the level of social media use and the information-sharing activities among youth. This study employs a quantitative research design, using survey method with questionnaire as the research instrument used for data collection. In this study, youth aged between 17-40 years old nationwide were surveyed. The study was developed based on the user and gratification theory (Blumler & Katz, 1974). Findings showed that youth always (five to seven days per week) use social media to share information including personal information. Results also showed that youth used the social media more for sharing negatively-oriented...

Malaysian Journal of Media Studies, 2019

Crime news is considered as the most salient news among Malaysians. For the past 10 years, the re... more Crime news is considered as the most salient news among Malaysians. For the past 10 years, the relationship between the increasing number of foreign nationals in Malaysia and crime rate/crime reporting become an issue discussed from the grass roots to the members of the Malaysian parliament as in the early of 2016, the government in power announced to freeze the hiring of foreign nationals. There were Malaysian whom disagree with the government decision to hire more foreign nationals specifically the Bangladeshi in 2016. This article analysed recent news discourses involving foreign nationals in Malaysian crime news reporting. Four English language daily newspapers were investigated over the year of 2016 which are The Star, The New Straits Times, The Sun, and The Malay Mail. The paper argues that foreign nationals is the 'ideal' other which cause them to be associated to various negative activities. Constructing foreign nationals as problematic, deviant, and as 'the devil' can be discussed as an act to fit with the hegemonic idea that foreign nationals are seen as a major threat to the public socially, economically, and environmentally. The paper also explores the various issues/stories highlighted in the local crime news involving foreign nationals that draw new landscapes of Malaysian social pattern.

Social network sites (SNS) have been used to bring people across the globe closer to each other, ... more Social network sites (SNS) have been used to bring people across the globe closer to each other, especially youths. It is important to match the types of SNS to the motives for using them as well as to acquire a profile of youth users. Specifically, this study tries (1) to find out the types of SNS subscribed to by youths, (2) to gauge the frequency of their using the SNS per week, (3) to rank their motives for using the SNS, and (4) to study and compare the differences or variance in the profiles of youths using the SNS. A survey was conducted nationwide among youths aged 17-40 years old using a self-developed questionnaire. A total of 703 respondents were identified for the study. Data were analysed using the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) WIN 20. There were more male respondents than female, and they were mainly Malay, single, Muslims, adolescents and undergraduates. Results of the youth profiles revealed that there were differences among the youths' demographic characteristics and the types of SNS they subscribed to. The top three SNS identified were Facebook, Yahoo and Skype. Almost one third used them daily. Most of the SNS were used for social, followed by education and communication motives. Specifically, Twitter is also used for social, communication and entertainment motives while blogs were used for the religious, education, business and politics motives. The study applied both the social network theory and information-seeking theory with the purpose of finding out how youths could be motivated to draw on the vast knowledge available and accessible in the SNS for their own benefit, and not merely for social networking.

Social network sites (SNS) have been used to bring people across the globe closer to each other, ... more Social network sites (SNS) have been used to bring people across the globe closer to each other, especially youths. It is important to match the types of SNS to the motives for using them as well as to acquire a profile of youth users. Specifically, this study tries (1) to find out the types of SNS subscribed to by youths, (2) to gauge the frequency of their using the SNS per week, (3) to rank their motives for using the SNS, and (4) to study and compare the differences or variance in the profiles of youths using the SNS. A survey was conducted nationwide among youths aged 17-40 years old using a self-developed questionnaire. A total of 703 respondents were identified for the study. Data were analysed using the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) WIN 20. There were more male respondents than female, and they were mainly Malay, single, Muslims, adolescents and undergraduates. Results of the youth profiles revealed that there were differences among the youths' demographic characteristics and the types of SNS they subscribed to. The top three SNS identified were Facebook, Yahoo and Skype. Almost one third used them daily. Most of the SNS were used for social, followed by education and communication motives. Specifically, Twitter is also used for social, communication and entertainment motives while blogs were used for the religious, education, business and politics motives. The study applied both the social network theory and information-seeking theory with the purpose of finding out how youths could be motivated to draw on the vast knowledge available and accessible in the SNS for their own benefit, and not merely for social networking.

The term moral panic has been widely adopted both by the mass media and in everyday usage to refe... more The term moral panic has been widely adopted both by the mass media and in everyday usage to refer to the exaggerated social reaction caused by the activities of particular groups and/or individuals. Such activities are invariably seen (at the time at least) as major social concerns and the media led reaction magnifies and widens the 'panic' surrounding them. This review starts by considering Stan Cohen's seminal work on and analysis of moral panics -indeed it was his initial research in the early 1970s that popularized the term itself -and looks at Jock Young's almost contemporaneous study of drug users. More recent studies that have reflected on and attempted to refine Cohen's work, including Young's revisiting of the notion that moral panics 'translate fantasy into reality', are highlighted as is the relationship between 'signal crimes' and moral panics. It then considers some historical and contemporary examples of moral panics surrounding some quite different activities (and perpetrators of them) -in particular, garotting in mid-Victorian England, 'hoodies' and paedophilia. The review concludes that there are key elements to moral panics and that these panics are the result of real events and actual behaviour and cannot be dismissed as myths.

The Pedagogical Seminary and Journal of Genetic …, Jan 1, 1950

Abstract 1." Through an investigation of the esthetic concepts of a group of 37 children in ... more Abstract 1." Through an investigation of the esthetic concepts of a group of 37 children in a psychiatric setting an exposure of the dynamic correlations between the structure of the personality and the sense of beauty was attempted…. The number of specific, esthetic ...