POPULAR TV FICTION, MEDIASCAPE, AND MALAY CULTURAL IDENTITIES

Mohd Muzhafar Idrus1*, Ruzy Suliza Hashim2, Raihanah M. M3, Harison Mohd Sidek4, Hazleena Baharun5, Noor Saazai Mat Saad6, Yurni Emilia Abdul Hamid7, Suzanah Selamat8

1Dr. Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia, MALAYSIA, muzhafar.idrus@gmail.com
2Prof. Dr. Universiti Kebangaan Malaysia, MALAYSIA, ruzy@ukm.edu.my
3Associate Prof. Dr. Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, MALAYSIA, raihanah@ukm.edu.my
4Associate Prof. Dr. Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia, MALAYSIA, harison@usim.edu.my
5Dr. Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia, MALAYSIA, hazleena@usim.edu.my
6Dr. Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia, MALAYSIA, noorsaazai@usim.edu.my
7Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia, MALAYSIA, yurniemilia@usim.edu.my
8Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia, MALAYSIA, suzanah@usim.edu.my
*corresponding author

Abstract

In Malaysia, a number of issues have transpired concerning the proliferation of TV fiction. Many of these complications include, but are not limited to concerns regarding feminism, patriarchy, economic imbalance, equity, power, social inequity, and religion. In this paper, we aim to locate TV fiction and Malay cultural identities across mediascape. Two primary objectives are central; firstly, this review embodies contextualization of TV fiction through examining some trajectories in which many popular TV fiction have been established. Secondly, this paper places Malay cultural identities in relation to the development and progress of mediascape. By examining these two central questions, we explore some of the many possibilities in which Malay cultural identities are explored, preserved, contested, and blurred in times of changing and challenging realities of Malaysian mediascape.   


Keywords: Popular culture, postcolonial literature, Malayness, media, TV fiction

 


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CITATION: Abstracts & Proceedings of ADVED 2016- 2nd International Conference on Advances in Education and Social Sciences, 10-12 October 2016- Istanbul, Turkey

ISBN: 978-605-64453-8-5