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The Asian Media & Mass Communication Conference 2010 Osaka, Japan
Table 8: The Main Issues In The Malaysia Blogsphere 12 th General Election 2008
1. The transparency of election
Issues f (%)
2. Human right, justice and economy
3. Graft and Cronism
4. Leadership of Abdullah
5. Others
Total
Source: Nazri & Shuhaimee, 2008:65
Based from the main issues which acquired place in the Malaysia Blogsphere the whole situation
can be divided into five main issues namely the only involving the transparency of election, human rights
justice and economy, corruption and cronism, leadership of Abdullah and many others totalling to 151
altogether. Based from the figures it was discovered that issues relating to transparency of election stood at
50 which brought the highest percentage of 33.1% followed by 32.5% in the issue of human right, justice
and economy. Corruption and cronism also acquired a place which stood at 17 bringing the percentage to
11.3%. Meanwhile issue on Abdullah’s leadership only stood at 8.6%
Effects airing from the combination on the control of media by the government had resulted in the
tendency to acquire reports and discussions from the bloggers especially on the sensitive issues mentioned
earlier which in the end undermined the hegemony of National Front which was later manifested in its
defear as shown below:
50
49
17
13
22
151
33.1
32.5
11.3
8.6
14.5
Table 9 : Results of The Parliamentary Seat In The 12 th General Election
State BN* DAP** PKR*** PAS**** Total
Perlis 3 - - - 3
Kedah 4 - 5 6 15
Kelantan 2 - 3 9 14
Terengganu 7 - - 1 8
Pulau Pinang 2 7 4 - 13
Perak 13 6 3 2 24
Pahang 12 - 2 - 14
Selangor 5 4 9 4 22
Kuala Lumpur 1 5 4 1 11
Putrajaya 1 - - - 1
N. Sembilan 5 2 1 - 8
Melaka 5 1 - - 6
Johor 25 1 - - 26
Labuan 1 - - - 1
Sabah 24 1 - - 25
Sarawak 30 1 - - 31
Total 140 28 31 23 222
* BN = National Front
** DAP = Democratic Actions Party
*** PKR = The People’s Justice Party
**** PAS = Islamic Party of Malaysia
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