Foregrounding technology over politics? Media framings of federal elections in Malaysia

摘要

Mainstream and alternative media play an important role in circulating powerful narratives within and often beyond a country's borders. This article specifically examines how Malay-sia's media have framed the relationship between information and communication technolo-gies (ICTs) and the country's electoral process. To this end, the authors conducted a contentanalysis of selected domestic mainstream and alternative media sources for two weeks beforeand two weeks after Malaysia's last three federal elections – 1999, 2004 and 2008 – to gaugehow coverage has changed over time with shifts in the local political landscape and growingICT access and usage.