Communicating Haze Crisis Online: Comparing Traditional Media News and New Media Perspectives in Singapore

Lin, Trisha T. C.

doi:10.1080/17524032.2018.1488754

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“…Given the strong social, economic, and environmental impacts of the periodical transboundary SEA haze problem, media and communication research into these catastrophes has been surprisingly limited. Only two studies, conducted within a two-decade period, were identified (Lin, 2018;Massey, 2000). Both studies show similar patterns of media framing.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Based on the aforementioned findings by Massey (2000) and Lin (2018), we could deduce that traditional media coverage of the transboundary haze in ASEAN member countries tended to avoid confrontational or conflict frames and that this pattern remained the same over the past two decades.…”

Section: State Of Research On Transboundarymentioning

confidence: 94%

“…Considering these conditions, it is plausible to expect that mass media in Singapore gave more attention to the problem and its solutions and that Indonesian media gave less attention. However, previous research has shown a persistent pattern of conflict avoidance in Singaporean (and Malaysian) mass media on the issue (Lin, 2018;Massey, 2000). The question arises: have the media in Singapore and Malaysia changed their perspective?…”

Section: Structural Conditions As Influencing Factors On Framing Of Hazementioning

confidence: 97%

“…The only two studies on media coverage of forest fires and the SEA haze problem are those from Massey (2000) and Lin (2018). The study done by Massey (2000) aimed to determine the thematic breadth of the reporting on the Southeast Asian smoke-cloud haze of 1997-98.…”

Section: State Of Research On Transboundarymentioning

confidence: 99%

“…A recent study conducted by Lin (2018) looked at the transboundary haze crisis in ASEAN in 2013. This study differed from that conducted by Massey (2000) in that it only investigated the issue framing in Singapore.…”

Section: State Of Research On Transboundarymentioning

confidence: 99%

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Regularity of a Crisis: Media Framing of the 2015 Transboundary Haze Issue in Indonesia, Singapore, and Malaysia

Rochyadi-Reetz¹,

Budiono²,

Wolling³

2020

JKMJC

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The problem of the haze caused by huge forest fires persists as an annual transboundary problem for Indonesia and the rest of Southeast Asia. In 2015, the problem was worse than ever before, affecting many countries in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and causing respiratory ailments for more than half a million Indonesians. This study explores the media framing of the haze problem in Indonesia from June to December 2015. Using Entman's framing approach, it investigates how media outlets from Indonesia, Malaysia, and Singapore covered the crisis. Articles from six online media outlets published in these three countries were analysed. Using cluster analysis, this research identified three frames as follows: (1) crisis frame, (2) immediate action frame, and (3) regular problem frame. The first cluster/frame consists of articles giving high salience to all problems and causes of the forest fires provoking the haze. In contrast, the second frame mostly ignores causes and problems and focuses almost exclusively on the need for immediate action. The third frame, which represents more than 60% of the articles, covers the haze problem as a regular issue without emphasizing prominently either the different aspects of the problem itself or its causes and solutions. Further results show that the media in Singapore and Malaysia used the crisis frame more often than the media in Indonesia.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: State Of Research On Transboundarymentioning

confidence: 94%

Section: Structural Conditions As Influencing Factors On Framing Of Hazementioning

confidence: 97%