期刊名称：International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences
电子版ISSN：2222-6990
出版年度：2019
卷号：9
期号：2
页码：1024-1033
DOI：10.6007/IJARBSS/v9-i2/5661
语种：English
出版社：Human Resource Management Academic Research Society
摘要：This study examines how British colonial writers penned on their views towards the native Malays during colonial time. Thematic Content Analysis is used and the findings portraying Malays were deliberated. The extracts and full articles taken from Singapore Free Press (from the beginning till the last edition before Second World War), revealed the Malays were portrayed negatively in many aspects. Amongst were lazy (or lassitude, lethargic or peasant or indolent) stupid, uneducated, barbaric and ferocious. The language in the agenda was set to indoctrinate the Malays with a sense of dependency and inferiority. This had imperative allegations for the post-colonial nation states. It indicated that issue attributes salient in the media was functioning as a significant dimension to legalise the colonialism and how Agenda Setting playes its role.
