Media and communication as antecedents to the transformation agenda in Malaysia

Challenges and realities

Special issue of Journal of Asian Pacific Communication 25:2 (2015)

Editor

Ali Salman | National university of Malaysia

[Journal of Asian Pacific Communication, 25:2] 2015. vi, 157 pp.

Publishing status: Available
Published online on 7 December 2015

https://doi.org/10.1075/japc.25.2

Table of Contents

Introduction
Media and communication as antecedents to the transformation agenda in Malaysia: Challenges and realities Ali Salman	166–168
Articles
Sustaining internet usage in the emerging digital economy: Transforming urban living? Ali Salman, Mohd Yusof Hj. Abdullah, Normah Mustaffa and Wan Amizah Wan Mahmud	169–180
Transformation challenge for magazines advertising expenditure (ADEX) revenue in Malaysia Shahrul Nazmi Sannusi, Normah Mustaffa and Muhammad Adnan Bin Pitchan	181–190
Diabetes knowledge in health communication research: Are we measuring the right knowledge? Emma Mohamad, Mohd Rezal Hamzah, Sabariah Mohamed Salleh and Abdul Latiff Ahmad	191–207
Social capital and the learning organization: Transformation in Malaysian public sector Wan Idros Wan Sulaiman, Maizatul Haizan Mahbob and Shahrul Nazmi Sannusi	208–219
Social media and the arab spring: Dissemination of information among Malaysians Fauziah Ahmad, Dafrizal Samsudin, Faridah Ibrahim, Abdul Latiff Ahmad, Badrul Redzuan A.H., Normah Mustaffa, Mohd Yusof Hj. Abdullah and Chang Peng Kee	220–230
Malaysia’s contemporary broadcast media regulation through the eyes of regulators Chang Peng Kee, Kho Suet Nie, Rudiger Korff and Sascha Helbardt	231–242
Control and freedom of the Internet: Challenges faced by the government Muhammad Adnan Bin Pitchan, Wan Amizah Wan Mahmud, Shahrul Nazmi Sannusi and Ali Salman	243–252
The acceptance of government transformation program (GTP) among urban and rural communities Maizatul Haizan Mahbob, Noorazwa Rahmat and Wan Idros Wan Sulaiman	253–266
The transformational reading of Gen Y on British greatness through historical documentary Mohd. Nor Shahizan Ali, Mat Pauzi Abd. Rahman, Ali Salman and Mohd. Azul Mohammad Salleh	267–278
Regular papers
“Gossip makes us one” A qualitative analysis of the role of gossip in the process of Taiwanese immigrants’ social integration in Canada Pei Hua Lu	279–304
Consumers’ attitudes toward advertising by traditional Chinese medicine practitioners Kara Chan, Lennon Tsang and Yanni Ma	305–322

Cited by (1)

Cited by one other publication

Giles, Howard, Herbert Pierson & Marinus van den Berg

2025. A welcome and farewell message. Journal of Asian Pacific Communication 35:1 ► pp. 1 ff.

This list is based on CrossRef data as of 30 march 2026. Please note that it may not be complete. Sources presented here have been supplied by the respective publishers. Any errors therein should be reported to them.

Subjects and metadata

Communication Studies

Media and communication as antecedents to the transformation agenda in Malaysia

Challenges and realities

Special issue of Journal of Asian Pacific Communication 25:2 (2015)

Cited by one other publication

Communication Studies

Linguistics

Main BIC Subject

Main BISAC Subject