POPULAR TV FICTION, MEDIASCAPE, AND MALAY CULTURAL IDENTITIES

Mohd Muzhafar Idrus; Ruzy Suliza Hashim; Raihanah M. M; Harison Mohd Sidek; Hazleena Baharun; Noor Saazai Mat Saad; Yurni Emilia Abdul Hamid; Suzanah Selamat

doi:10.18769/ijasos.280369

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POPULAR TV FICTION, MEDIASCAPE, AND MALAY CULTURAL IDENTITIES

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In Malaysia, a number of issues have transpired concerning the proliferation of TV fiction. Many of these complications include, but are not limited to concerns regarding feminism, patriarchy, economic imbalance, equity, power, social inequity, and religion. In this paper, we aim to locate TV fiction and Malay cultural identities across mediascape. Two primary objectives are central; firstly, this review embodies contextualization of TV fiction through examining some trajectories in which many popular TV fiction have been established. Secondly, this paper places Malay cultural identities in relation to the development and progress of mediascape. By examining these two central questions, we explore some of the many possibilities in which Malay cultural identities are explored, preserved, contested, and blurred in times of changing and challenging realities of Malaysian mediascape.

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Mohd Muzhafar Idrus
Malaysia

Ruzy Suliza Hashim
Malaysia

Raihanah M. M
Malaysia

Harison Mohd Sidek
Malaysia

Hazleena Baharun
Malaysia

Noor Saazai Mat Saad
Malaysia

Yurni Emilia Abdul Hamid
Malaysia

Suzanah Selamat
Malaysia

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December 18, 2016

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Idrus MM, Hashim RS, M RM, Sidek HM, Baharun H, Mat Saad NS, Abdul Hamid YE, Selamat S (December 1, 2016) POPULAR TV FICTION, MEDIASCAPE, AND MALAY CULTURAL IDENTITIES. IJASOS- International E-journal of Advances in Social Sciences 2 6 706–710.

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