Modern Slavery and Feminisation of Victimisation
The Portrayals of Foreign Women as the Other in Malaysian Crime Reporting
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21731143 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Norealyna Misman (University of Malaya), Hamedi Mohd Adnan (0000-0002-7096-5225, University of Malaya), Amira Firdaus (0000-0002-0609-7371, University of Malaya), Nur Haniz Mohd Nor (0000-0002-3019-4817, Taylor's University) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 26 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 79-94 |
| Publication date | 2023-05-22 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Jurnal Pengajian Media Malaysia (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1511-2284 • E-ISSN: 2231-8143 |
| Publisher | Univ. of Malaya (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.22452/jpmm.vol26no1.5 |
| OpenAlex | W4400334245 |
| Language | EN |
This study is conducted mainly to analyse Malaysian crime reporting involving foreign women .Using the concept of othering and thematical discourse analysis as the methodology, this study identifies the main themes of foreign women as victims based on headlines and news text published in The Star, The New Straits Times, The Sun, and The Malay Mail. Foreign women are reported as victims routinely. They were victims under the rhetoric of Modern Slavery and the Feminisation of Victimisation. The narrative constructed them as a problem and threat due to their status as the 'other'
Criminology · Poison control · Political science · Sociology · Victimisation · Asian Studies and History · Gender Studies · Human Factors and Ergonomics
| Highly cited | No |
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