Nowadays, online journalism has become
one of major news stories that being chased by peoples in Malaysia. The readers
are mostly teenagers that frequently using internet as their mainstream network
to search for news and information. As for others, this is an opportunity for
the dissident voices to take a step and make it as their mainstream media since
newspaper and television are being taken by government in terms of the politics
content. Malaysiakini, TheMalaysianInsider, KeadilanDaily is one of many dissident
voices that can be found here in internet.
Dissident voices, or as it meaning, “a
person who disagrees, especially one who disagree with the government” has
turning table of peoples who search for radical politic news. For now, the most
current issue is about to abrogate PTPTN in Malaysia, and to introduce free
education in higher education. As we can see in KeadilanKini, it was stated
that certain people make a priority to certain people that become one of main
factor for the student to make a stand for their voices on the road. As in the
StarOnline, the strike on abolishing PTPTN and writing off loans will be burden
the government. As we can see, the content of the news are more radical on
KeadilanKini rather than StarOnline.
from KeadilanKini |
from TheStarOnline |
This type of sensational news is more
readable by young generation because the content of it is more aggressive and
abuse rather than conventional newspaper. They put the ultimate sources which
are naturally bizarre than the information also need to be as same level as the
news itself; even it’s already being exaggerated.
Based on Google Trends, MalaysiaKini
is more likely being search on rather than Utusan at Google. This is shown that
people are aware and conscious more about sensational news! This is not a
shocking fact since the internet already becomes one major source of the news,
and also dissident voices.
MalaysiaKini leading on "most daily unique visitors" from July 2007 to January 2009 |
Line Graph on searching index on July 2011 until April 2012 |
Dissident voices is not typically
happen in Malaysia, in United States of America, they also have their own
dissident voice, but the difference is, they’re using newspaper instead of
internet bases. Every country who has access to internet has their own
dissident voices who against the government, a big organization or new
establish website who run by people who concern about their groups of people.
Since there is no censorship or restrictions
in internet in Malaysia, the power of dissident voices is already become one of major
factors in 2008 General Election when Barisan National have suffer their major
losses for the first time! Steven Gan, Chief Editor of an online portal,
MalaysiaKini said, “Free from censorship, media on the internet successfully
laid the foundations of real journalism to political tsunami in 2008 which saw
the then prime minister Tun Abdullah Ahmad Badawi acknowledged the government
had lost the battle on the internet”.
Steven Gan |
The reasons for online journalism to
support dissident voice, is it become powerful tools to get young people
attentions since they’re the biggest group of people who use internet as daily
basis. They’re people who generate the politician direction in future, and
legally to vote later in General Election. So, organization that is against the
government, solely take this advantage and become one of major alternate news
from mainstream media.
But, the validity of the news in online journalism is always on doubt. Where they find the sources? They found it from their leader? from the sectors which being issued? or from their own assumption? The credibility of the news itself can't stand alone, and it was supported by others online journalist who believe their opinions are reasonable and can be logically acceptance by others.
The media user also need to find the truth about the news. They can't rely on one sources only and can't be bias when accepting the facts that not parallel with their own opinions. They need to aware mainstream media will always show the news solely to the government performance or development. whereas on online journalism, the news are usually more radical and more acceptance by the teenagers who want the demand of truth; even the truth is a lie.
That's what happen on Bersih 3.0 rally, because the pro-government news and dissident voices news bring the good and bad about the rally itself. they try to convince the viewers by showing some facts, effect and causes that will lead by joining the rally. on the other hand, the dissident voice want the world to know that they only want the fair elections to be held for this year General Election.
The new media become so powerful, even the government itself can't control the abundant of information on the internet. that's why the mainstream media has being bias towards the government, so the news on certain topic can be neutral as media user searching for different side of the story.
So the conclusion is, the dissident voice are fully utilized the online journalism very well. Why the government doesn't want to take the chance? Or the mainstream media are powerful enough to spread the news to the public? Even so, online journalism will always become one of the new tools to spread the news, without a restriction from the government and gatekeeper.
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