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Table of Contents
Executive Summary of Key Results for SINAR HARIAN..................................................................................... 3 Section 1: Media Coverage of Political Parties & Coalitions.......................................................................... 5 1.1 Volume of Coverage of Parties & Coalitions......................................................................................... 5 Figure 1: Volume of Coverage of Political Parties & Coalitions.......................................................... 5 Figure 2: Volume of Coverage of Political Parties & Coalitions: Government vs. Opposition vs. Independent/Other........................................................................................................................................6 1.2 Tone of Coverage of Political Parties & Coalitions...............................................................................7 Figure 3: Raw Tonal Coverage Volume of Political Parties & Coalitions............................................7 Figure 4: Negative Political Party & Coalition Coverage .................................................................... 8 Figure 5: Positive Political Party & Coalition Coverage.........................................................................9 Figure 6: Tone of Coverage of Political Parties & Coalitions: Government vs. Opposition vs. Independent/Other.....................................................................................................................................10 Section 2: Media Coverage of Politicians & Political Figures....................................................................... 11 2.1 Volume of Coverage of Politicians & Political Figures....................................................................... 11 Figure 7: Volume of Coverage of Politicians & Political Figures....................................................... 11 Figure 8: Volume of Coverage of Politicians & Political Figures: Government vs. Opposition vs. Independent/Other.....................................................................................................................................12 2.2 Volume of the Use of Politicians & Political Figures as Sources....................................................... 13 Figure 9: Volume of the Use of Politicians & Political Figures as Sources........................................13 Figures 10: Volume of the Use of Politicians & Political Figures As Sources: Government vs. Opposition vs. Independent/Other..........................................................................................................14 2.3 Tone of Coverage of Politicians & Political Figures............................................................................15 Figure 11: Raw Tonal Coverage Volume of Politicians & Political Figures......................................15 Figure 12: Negative Coverage of Politicians & Political Figures.......................................................16 Figure 13: Positive Coverage of Politicians & Political Figures..........................................................17 Figure 14: Tone of Coverage of Politicians & Political Figures: Government vs. Opposition vs. Independent/Other.....................................................................................................................................18 2.4 Tone of the Use of Politicians & Political Figures As Sources: Attack Politics or Negative Campaigning......................................................................................................................................................19 Figure 15: Attack Politics: Which Politicians and Political Figures Employ 'Attack Politics' Most Often?............................................................................................................................................................ 19 Figure 16: Attack Politics: Which Coalition Employs Attack Politics Most Often?..........................20 Section 3: Media Coverage of Issues.................................................................................................................21 3.1 Volume of Media Coverage of Policy Issues vs. Non-Policy Issues..................................................21 Figure 17: Coverage of Policy Issues vs. Non-Policy Issues.................................................................21 Figure 18: Media Coverage of Policy Issues......................................................................................... 22 Figure 19: Media Coverage of Non-Policy Issues................................................................................ 23 Section 4: A Brief Methodology..........................................................................................................................24 Section 5: Appendix 1 Tables.......................................................................................................................... 25 .................................................................................................................................................................................. 25 Section 6: Appendix 2 Coding Scheme......................................................................................................... 32
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(2) Coverage of Politicians and Political Figures Who is talked about the most? And how are they talked about? The volume of mention-level coverage given to politicians from both coalitions was skewed towards PR (66%). Najib Razak was the most mentioned politician, followed by Anwar Ibrahim. Of all the tonal categories used in the coverage of politicians and political figures, the neutral category was used very much the most often (89%), followed by the positive category then the negative category. However, of the non-neutral material, more positive and negative coverage was given to PR, while BN was attacked more often. Who is used as a source the most? And who engages in attack politics the most? Najib Razak and Anwar Ibrahim were used as sources most often. 3 SINAR HARIAN
Najib Razak (54.55%) was most commonly engaged in attack politics Overall, BN coalition politicians engaged in attack politics much more often than either opposition politicians. (3) Policy Issues vs. Non-Policy Issues Non-Policy Issues were given more coverage than Policy Issues. The Non-Policy Issue of Vision Policies and Programmes was the most covered issue overall.
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SAPP SPDP PRS PBS UPKO SUPP PRM MIC PBB Gerakan MCA Other PSM UMNO DAP PKR PR PAS BN 0
0.00 0.04 0.04 0.04 0.09 0.09 0.09 0.17 0.26 0.87 1.30 2.30 2.60 6.63 9.10 10.96 18.28 18.72 28.38 5 10 15
Volume
20
25
30
BN received the most coverage (23.38%), followed at a distance by PAS, PR, PKR then DAP. Refer to Table 1 for figures.
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Figure 2: Volume of Coverage of Political Parties & Coalitions: Government vs. Opposition vs. Independent/Other
Other
2.30
Independent
2.69
PR
57.06
BN
37.91
10
20
Volume
30
40
50
60
Once parties/coalitions' coverage volumes are combined, the PR coalition received the most mention-level coverage by a significant margin (57.06%), as opposed to BN (37.91%). Refer to Table 2 for figures.
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11%
78%
Of all the tonal categories used in the coverage of political parties and coalitions, the neutral category was used very much the most often (78%), followed by the negative category (11%) then the positive category (8%).
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Negative
40
50
60
70
BN were the most negatively covered (21.67%), followed by PAS (17.49%), PR (16.35%), UMNO (11.03%), then DAP (10.65%). PR were the most attacked (43.08%), followed at a distance by BN (23.08%), then DAP, UMNO and PKR, in that order. Refer to Table 3 for figures.
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Coverage Volume
BN receive the most positive (83.24%) and neutral (35.96%) coverage by a very significant margin, with the opposition coalition/parties receiving very little positive coverage at all. Refer to Table 3 for figures.
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Figure 6: Tone of Coverage of Political Parties & Coalitions: Government vs. Opposition vs. Independent/Other
Attacked 0.00 Positive PR Neutral Negative Attacked Positive BN Neutral Negative Attacked 0 10 20 30 36.74 37.64 35.38 40 50 60 70 49.44 50.00 57.96 55.13 64.62
Coverage Volume
When coalition and party coverage is combined into the two opposing coalitions, we see that overall, PR were attacked and covered negatively more then BN, but received around the same amount of positive coverage as BN. It should, however, be remembered that the neutral tonal category is overwhelmingly the largest category. Refer to Table 4 for figures and below for ratios. Coverage Type Positive Neutral Negative Attacked Tonal Weighting 8% 78% 11% 3%
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15
20
25
Only the top 20 most mentioned politicians are shown on this graph. Out of these 20, Najib Razak received the most mentions by a significant proportion (19.62%), followed by Anwar Ibrahim, then Hadi Awang, Nurul Izzah and Khalid Ibrahim, in that order. Refer to Table 5 for full figures.
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Figure 8: Volume of Coverage of Politicians & Political Figures: Government vs. Opposition vs. Independent/Other
66%
When the mentions of individual politicians and political figures are combined and merged into their respective coalitions, we can see that coverage of figures from both major coalitions is skewed quite heavily towards PR (66%). Refer to Table 6 for figures.
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Lim Guan Eng Nik Aziz Muhyiddin Yassin Lim Kit Siang Mahathir Mohamad Khalid Ibrahim Hadi Awang Election Commission Spokesperson Anwar Ibrahim Najib Razak 0
2.59 3.28 5.17 5.69 6.03 7.59 10.17 13.45 14.48 21.21 5
Coverage Volume
10
15
20
25
Of the politicians and political figures tracked, Najib Razak and Anwar Ibrahim were used as sources most often (21.31% and 14.48% respectively), followed by EC Spokespeople, Hadi Awang, then Khalid Ibrahim. Refer to Table 7 for figures.
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Figures 10: Volume of the Use of Politicians & Political Figures As Sources: Government vs. Opposition vs. Independent/Other
44%
Politicians from PR were used as sources more often (44.14%) than both BN politicians (33.97%) and independent/other political figures (21.9%). Refer to Table 7 for figures.
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Of all the tonal categories used in the coverage of politicians and political figures, the neutral category was used very much the most often (89%), followed by the positive category then the negative category.
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Coverage Volume
In terms of the tone of mentions of politicians and political figures, Anwar Ibrahim, Khalid Ibrahim and Nurul Izzah all received equally the most most negative coverage (19.05%), followed by Najib Razak and Lim Kit Siang. Najib Razak was the most attacked (75%), followed by Anwar Ibrahim (25%). Refer to Table 8 for full figures.
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Coverage Volume
In terms of the tone of mentions of politicians and political figures, Najib Razak received the most positive (24.14%) and neutral coverage (17.84%). Anwar Ibrahim received the second most neutral coverage (16.52%) followed by Hadi Awang, Nurul Izzah, then Khalid Ibrahim. Khalid Ibrahim received the second most positive coverage (17.24%), followed by Hadi Awang, Nurul Izzah, then Anwar Ibrahim. Refer to Table 8 for figures.
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Figure 14: Tone of Coverage of Politicians & Political Figures: Government vs. Opposition vs. Independent/Other
Negative 0.00 Attacked 0.00 Positive 75.86 67.18 76.19 25.00 24.14 30.18 23.81 75.00 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90
PR
BN
Coverage Volume
Overall, more positive and negative coverage was given to PR, while BN was attacked more often. It should, however, be remembered that the neutral tonal category is overwhelmingly the largest category. Refer to Table 9 for figures and below for ratios. Coverage Type Positive Neutral Negative Attacked Tonal Weighting 5% 86% 4% 1%
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2.4 Tone of the Use of Politicians & Political Figures As Sources: Attack Politics or Negative Campaigning
Figure 15: Attack Politics: Which Politicians and Political Figures Employ 'Attack Politics' Most Often?
Lim Kit Siang Lim Guan Eng Khalid Ibrahim 0.00 0.00 0.00
Jeffrey Kitingan 0.00 Hassan Ali 0.00 Hadi Awang 0.00 Chua Soi Lek 0.00 Baru Bian Ambiga Sreenevasan Nik Aziz Muhyiddin Yassin Mahathir Mohamad Anwar Ibrahim Nazri Aziz Najib Razak 0 10 20
Attack Volume
This graph is weighted to show attack politics as a proportion of overall use as source. Najib Razak (54.55%) was most commonly engaged in attack politics, followed by Nazri Aziz, Anwar Ibrahim, then Mahathir Mohamad. Refer to Table 10 for figures.
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Figure 16: Attack Politics: Which Coalition Employs Attack Politics Most Often?
14% BN PR Independent/Other
86%
This graph is weighted to show attack politics as a proportion of overall use as source. Overall, BN coalition politicians engaged in attack politics much more often than either opposition politicians. Refer to Table 10 for figures.
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40% 60%
More coverage overall is given to Non-Policy Issues than Policy Issues. Refer to Table 11 for figures.
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Policy Issues
4% Vision Policies/Programmes Environment Economy/Development Education Foreign Policy Domestic Policy, Crime & National Security Oppressive Legislation Health Religion
49%
7% 0% 5%
18% 0%
Of all Policy Issues covered,Vision Policies and Programmes were given the most coverage, followed by the Economy and Development, then Religion. Refer to Table 11 for figures.
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10% 23%
Non-Policy Issues
12%
4% 9%
11%
Ethnicity Religion Democracy & Human Rights Socioeconomic Status Mudslinging Gender Electioneering
31%
Of all Non-Policy Issues covered, Democracy & Human Rights was given the most coverage, followed by Ethnicity, Gender, Socioeconomic Status, then Electioneering. Refer to Table 11 for figures.
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Within each story, category/operator references were identified and coded at the sentence level (from period to period). The 21 categories identified and their sub-categories or 'operators' are outlined in Appendix 2. These 21 categories form the 'unit of analysis' for this study. Tone (positive, negative, neutral, attacking, or attacked) was determined based on matching each reference to a media frame or frames, supportable via emotive/descriptive/subjective language/vocabulary utilised by the either the news personnel or the source being quoted/paraphrased. As such, tone is not based upon coder opinion but on linguistic data. Coders were instructed to 'code as neutral' whenever there was a lack of linguistic data to support a positive/negative/attacking/attacked frame, or whenever they were unsure/conflicted. Data Analysis The data was analysed using the open source software package GNU Octave (a multi-disciplinary mathematical data analysis programme capable of SPSS/NVIVO-level statistical analysis, as well as much higher-level mathematical analysis). Scripts were composed to count occurrences of key datacodes, as specified by the project's finite code-listing set (see Appendix 2), for every row of coded data (i.e. every reference). Where appropriate, code-count occurrences have been normalised to provide the percentage of these key-code occurrences.
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37.912024
57.0628
2.686355 2.2964
TABLE 3 Parties & Coalitions BN DAP Gerakan MCA MIC PAS PBB PBS PKR PR PRS PRM PSM SAPP SPDP SUPP UMNO UPKO Other Attacked 23.077 12.308 1.5385 0 0 4.6154 0 0 4.6154 43.077 0 0 0 0 0 0 10.769 0 0 Negative 21.673 10.646 2.6616 1.9011 0 17.49 0 0.38023 10.646 16.35 0 0.38023 5.7034 0 0 0 11.027 0 1.1407 Neutral 27.75 9.4361 0.67002 1.34 0.22334 19.095 0.33501 0 11.669 17.755 0.055835 0.055835 2.4567 0 0.055835 0.11167 6.1977 0 2.7917 Positive 46.111 2.7778 0 0 0 22.778 0 0 7.2222 17.222 0 0 0.55556 0 0 0 3.3333 0 0 TOTAL 118.611 35.1679 4.87012 3.2411 0.22334 63.9784 0.33501 0.38023 34.1526 94.404 0.055835 0.436065 8.71566 0 0.055835 0.11167 31.327 0 3.9324
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BN
PR
TABLE 4 Attacked Negative Neutral Positive Attacked Negative Neutral Positive Attacked Negative Neutral Positive
TABLE 5 35.3845 34.2385 36.73941 49.4443 64.6158 55.132 57.9551 50 0 7.22433 5.304235 0.55556 Politician/Political Figure Abdul Rahman Dahlan Alfred Jabu Ambiga Sreenevasan Anwar Ibrahim Azmin Ali Baru Bian Bernard Dompok Chong Chieng Jen Chua Soi Lek Dzulkefly Ahmad Elizabeth Wong G. Palanivel Hadi Awang Hassan Ali Hishamuddin Hussein Ibrahim Ali James Masing Jeffrey Kitingan Karpal Singh Khalid Ibrahim Khalid Samad Lim Guan Eng Lim Kit Siang Liow Tiong Lai Mahathir Mohamad Maximus Ongkili Mohamad 'Mat' Sabu Muhyiddin Yassin Musa Aman Najib Razak Ng Yen Yen Nik Aziz Nizar Jamaluddin Nurul Izzah Rafizi Ramli Rosmah Mansur Siti Mariah Mahmud Taib Mahmud Teresa Kok Tian Chua Tony Pua William Mawan Wong Ho Leng Wong Soon Koh Yong Teck Lee Percentage (mention) 0.18868 0.37736 1.1321 15.66 1.1321 0.18868 0 0 0.9434 0.56604 0.18868 0.18868 9.434 0.18868 2.4528 0.75472 0 0 3.7736 7.3585 2.0755 2.4528 4.5283 0.75472 2.2642 0 1.5094 4.1509 0.37736 19.623 0.18868 3.2075 0.56604 8.6792 2.4528 0 0.56604 0 0.18868 1.5094 0.18868 0 0 0 0.18868
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Politician/Political Figure Chua Soi Lek Liow Tiong Lai Ng Yen Yen G. Palanivel Alfred Jabu Taib Mahmud Maximus Ongkili James Masing William Mawan Wong Soon Koh Abdul Rahman Dahlan Hishamuddin Hussein Mahathir Mohamad Muhyiddin Yassin Musa Aman Najib Razak Bernard Dompok Chong Chieng Jen Karpal Singh Lim Guan Eng Lim Kit Siang Teresa Kok Tony Pua Wong Ho Leng Dzulkefly Ahmad Hadi Awang Khalid Samad Mohamad 'Mat' Sabu Nik Aziz Nizar Jamaluddin Siti Mariah Mahmud Anwar Ibrahim Azmin Ali Baru Bian Elizabeth Wong Jeffrey Kitingan Khalid Ibrahim Nurul Izzah Rafizi Ramli Tian Chua Ambiga Sreenevasan Hassan Ali Ibrahim Ali Rosmah Mansur Yong Teck Lee
TABLE 6 Party etc. Percentage MCA MIC PBB PBS PRS SPDP SUPP 1.8868 0.18868 0.37736 0 0 0 0
Coalition
Percentage
BN
31.50978
UMNO
29.05694
UPKO
DAP
11.13206
PAS
17.92452 PR 66.22594
PKR
37.16936
Independent/ Other
2.26418
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Politician/Political Figure Chua Soi Lek Mahathir Mohamad Muhyiddin Yassin Musa Aman Najib Razak Nazri Aziz Taib Mahmud Anwar Ibrahim Baru Bian Hadi Awang Jeffrey Kitingan Khalid Ibrahim Lim Guan Eng Lim Kit Siang Nik Aziz Ambiga Sreenevasan Hassan Ali Vox Pop Male Vox Pop Female Public Opinion/Vox Pop General Election Commission Spokesperson
TABLE 7 Percentage (source) 0.51724 6.0345 5.1724 0.17241 21.207 0.68966 0.17241 14.483 0.34483 10.172 0 7.5862 2.5862 5.6897 3.2759 0.86207 0.68966 0.17241 0 6.7241 13.448
Coalition
Percentage
BN
33.96562
PR
44.13783
Independent
21.89624
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Politician/Political Figure Abdul Rahman Dahlan Alfred Jabu Ambiga Sreenevasan Anwar Ibrahim Azmin Ali Baru Bian Bernard Dompok Chong Chieng Jen Chua Soi Lek Dzulkefly Ahmad Elizabeth Wong G. Palanivel Hadi Awang Hassan Ali Hishamuddin Hussein Ibrahim Ali James Masing Jeffrey Kitingan Karpal Singh Khalid Ibrahim Khalid Samad Lim Guan Eng Lim Kit Siang Liow Tiong Lai Mahathir Mohamad Maximus Ongkili Mohamad 'Mat' Sabu Muhyiddin Yassin Musa Aman Najib Razak Ng Yen Yen Nik Aziz Nizar Jamaluddin Nurul Izzah Rafizi Ramli Rosmah Mansur Siti Mariah Mahmud Taib Mahmud Teresa Kok Tian Chua Tony Pua William Mawan Wong Ho Leng Wong Soon Koh Yong Teck Lee
TABLE 8 Attacked Negative 0 0 0 0 0 0 25 19.048 0 4.7619 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.7619 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19.048 0 0 0 0 0 14.286 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.7619 0 0 75 14.286 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19.048 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Neutral 0.22026 0.44053 1.3216 16.52 1.1013 0.22026 0 0 0.88106 0.66079 0.22026 0.22026 9.9119 0.22026 2.8634 0.88106 0 0 4.4053 6.3877 2.4229 2.4229 4.6256 0.22026 2.4229 0 1.7621 4.4053 0.44053 17.841 0.22026 2.6432 0.66079 8.1498 2.6432 0 0.66079 0 0.22026 1.3216 0.22026 0 0 0 0.22026
Positive 0 0 0 6.8966 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13.793 0 0 0 0 0 0 17.241 0 6.8966 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 24.138 0 10.345 0 10.345 3.4483 0 0 0 0 6.8966 0 0 0 0 0
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BN
PR
Independent/ Other
TABLE 9 Attacked Negative Neutral Positive Attacked Negative Neutral Positive Attacked Negative Neutral Positive
TABLE 10 Politician/Political Figure Chua Soi Lek Mahathir Mohamad Muhyiddin Yassin Musa Aman Najib Razak Nazri Aziz Taib Mahmud Anwar Ibrahim Baru Bian Hadi Awang Jeffrey Kitingan Khalid Ibrahim Lim Guan Eng Lim Kit Siang Nik Aziz Ambiga Sreenevasan Hassan Ali Vox Pop Male Vox Pop Female Public Opinion/Vox Pop General Election Commission Spokesperson Percentage (source + attacking) 0 9.0909 4.5455 0 54.545 18.182 0 9.0909 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.5455 0 0 0 0 0 0 Coalition Percentage
BN
86.3634
PR
13.6364
Independent
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TABLE 11 Issues Vision Policies/Programmes Environment Economy/Development Education Foreign Policy Domestic Policy, Crime & National Security Oppressive Legislation Health Religion Ethnicity Religion Democracy & Human Rights Socioeconomic Status Mudslinging Gender Electioneering Coverage 9.2027 0.084818 3.3503 0.84818 0.042409 1.3995 0.80577 0 3.0534 6.2341 2.4173 8.6938 2.9686 1.1874 3.3079 2.8838 PI/NPI Coverage
Policy Issues
18.787077
Non-Policy Issues
27.6929
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Party or Coalition 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. BN (Barisan Nasional) DAP (Democratic Action Party) Gerakan (Malaysian People's Movement Party) MCA (Malaysian Chinese Association) MIC (Malaysian Indian Congress) PAS (Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party) PBB (Parti Besaka Bumputera Bersatu) PBS (Parti Bersatu Sabah) PKR (People's Justice Party) PR (Pakatan Rakyat) PRS (Sarawak People's Party) PRM (Parti Rakyat Malaysia) PSM (Parti Sosialis Malaysia) SAPP (Sabah Progressive Party) SPDP (Sarawak Progressive Democratic Party) SUPP (Sarawak United People's Party) UMNO (United Malays National Organisation) UPKO (United Pasokmomogun Kadazandusun Murut Organisation)
4.
Organisations 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. Bersih Community-based organisations. Democracy- or human rights-oriented organisations (excluding Bersih) Environmentally-oriented organisations Ethnicity-oriented organisations JATI Perkasa Professionals organisations Religious organisations. Trade Unions Womens' rights or issues focused organisations. Youth or student focused organisations Election Commission
Politicians or Political Figure (Used as a Source) 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. Ambiga Sreenevasan (Bersih) Anwar Ibrahim (PKR) Baru Bian Chua Soi Lek Hadi Awang Hassan Ali Jeffrey Kitingan Khalid Ibrahim Lim Guan Eng Lim Kit Siang Mahathir Mohamad
5.
Policy Issues 1. Vision Policies or Programmes 1. 1Malaysia 2. GTP (Government Transformation Programme) 3. ETP (Economic Transformation Programme) 4. NKRA (National Key Results Areas) 5. NEP/'Bumiputeraism'
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PAS's Welfare State PKR's Buku Jingga NEM (New Economic Model) 'Transformasi' BN Manifesto PR Manifesto Other
6. 7. 8.
Health 1. 1Care 2. Other Religion 1. Apostasy 2. Islamic State 3. Hudud 4. Conversion (into Islam) 5. 'Allah' issue 6. Other
Environment 1. Deforestation/Land Rights 2. Recycling 3. Lynas 4. Polluting Industries (non-Lynas) 5. Damming Projects 6. Other Economy/Development 1. Recession 2. Welfare 3. Unemployment 4. Poverty 5. Privatisation 6. Growth/FDI 7. FTA/Globalisation 8. Inflation/Price Rises 9. Infrastructure 10. Housing 11. Other Education 1. Vernacular Schools 2. Access 3. PPSMI 4. Academic Freedom 5. System 6. PTPTN 7. Other Foreign Policy 1. Western World 2. Singapore (Mentions of) 3. Singapore (Comparison with) 4. China 5. India 6. Islamic World 7. Israel/Palestine 8. Indonesia 9. Other Domestic Policy, Crime, & National Security 1. Immigration 2. Illegals/Refugees 3. Terrorism (not Lahad Datu) 4. Crime 5. Lahad Datu Incident 6. Other Oppressive Legislation 1. ISA (Internal Security Act) 2. AUKU/UUCA (Universities and University Colleges Act 1971) 3. Sedition Act 4. PPPA (Printing Presses and Publication Act) 5. PAA (Peaceful Assembly Act 2012) 6.
9.
3.
Non-Policy Issues 1. Ethnicity 1. Malaysia 2. Chinese 3. Indian/South Asian 4. Orang Asli 5. Orang Asal, Sabah & Sarawak 6. Thai 7. Portuguese/Eurasian 8. Malay Rights 9. Other Religion 1. Islam 2. Buddhism/Taoism 3. Hinduism 4. Christianity 5. Sikhism 6. Religious Freedom (non-apostasy related) 7. Interfaith Dialogue/Unity 8. Interfaith Friction 9. Other Democracy & Human Rights 1. General Corruption 2. Electoral Corruption 3. Media Freedom 4. Electoral Reform 5. Electoral Legislation 6. 2-Party System 7. Protest/Rallies 8. Other Socioeconomic Sectors 1. Middle Class/Professionals 2. Working Class 3. Aristocracy/Monarchy 4. Civil Service 5. Military and Police 6. FELDA 7. Plantation/Estate Workers 8. Chine New Villagers 9. Senior Citizens/Retirees 10. RELA/Wataniah 11. Urban 12. Rural 13. Cost of Living
4.
2.
5.
3.
6.
4.
7.
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14. Other 7. 5. Territory 1. Kuala Lumpur 2. Labuan 3. Putrajaya 4. Johor 5. Kedah 6. Kelantan 7. Malacca 8. Negeri Sembilan 9. Pahang 10. Perak 11. Perlis 12. Penang 13. Sabah 14. Sarawak 15. Selangor 16. Terengganu 17. Sarawak Independence 18. Sabah Independence Mudslinging 1. Anwar/Sodomy 2. Altantuya 3. Rosmah 4. Penang CM 5. Selangor CM 6. NFC 7. Arms Deals 8. Psy/CNY Concert 9. Project IC 10. Taib Mahmud and Logging Expose 11. Other Gender 1. Sexuality 2. Women in politics 3. Personal/Private life 4. Womens' Issues 5. LGBT/Q 6. Appearance 7. Sexism 8. Other Electioneering 1. Event-specific Gifts 2. Handouts 3. Timely Developments 4. Election Promises 5. Baby-kissing 6. Cybertroopers/Social Media War 7. Other
8.
6.
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