ABSTRACT This study aimed to conduct a framing analysis on the coverage of the Law Yat incident, whereby a theft case was escalated into racist brawl in Malaysia. The study compared the coverage of mainstream Malay-, English- and Chinese-language as well as alternative newspapers. The findings indicated that the newspapers reported the incident with different intensity, prominence, news sources, news frames and valence. It was found that the Law Yat incident has been highly racialized by irresponsible bloggers, social media users and politicians in the country. The findings also reflected that race and ethnicity issues remain highly politicized in Malaysia.

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从盗窃到种族主义斗殴：马来西亚报纸对刘易斯事件的构架

摘要 本研究旨在对马来西亚一宗盗窃案升级为种族主义斗殴事件的报道进行框架分析。该研究比较了主流马来文、英文和华文以及其他报纸的报道。调查结果表明，报纸以不同的强度、突出程度、新闻来源、新闻框架和效价报道了这一事件。调查发现，罗一事件已被国内不负责任的博主、社交媒体用户和政客高度种族化。调查结果还反映出种族和民族问题在马来西亚仍然高度政治化。