Media in Malaysia -Summary of Lecture

Today we learnt about the Media in Malaysia. There were a couple of things that was mentioned:
1) Media systems
2) control and ownership - based on state owned, GLC owned, political party owned and privately owned
3)The radical change in the media esp. in the press -  reformation rally 1998 - change in how people use and consume information and the emergence of social media
4) Change in circulation and readership to hits and alerts - speed of information sent to audience
5) Journalism - reporters without borders, press freedom is compromised through the use of regulation and the need for press freedom.
6) Journalists in Malaysia - credibility and the need to tell the truth but are 'handcuffed' by (5)
7) Gatekeeping, watchdogs and agenda setting.