The decision making process in the newsrooms based on
interpretation, influence and pervasiveness of the news from
different media organizations is unarguable. This study examines the
decision making process in the public and private newsrooms of
three major broadcasting houses namely TV1 and TV3 to determine
the process of how this happens. The objectives of this study is to
identify the changes that have taken place in the editing policies, to
explore the internal and external factors that have influenced the
decision making process and to study if news programming patterns
have changed since Najib’s reign as Prime Minister and which
government policies have influenced the network’s programming.
This study engages in several qualitative methodologies specifically
in-depth interviews and document analysis. Notable editors, chief
editors and group editors gave in-depth interviews on their decision
making process and issues that ‘dampen’ the process of nation
building in shaping the trajectory of the news. The findings showed
that the decision making process in these three newsrooms are made
through consensus by a specific group of people. Two daily meetings
are conducted on a daily basis to determine news coverage and
headlines. Although it sounds simple but there are internal and
external factors that influence the decision making process. While
government broadcast newsrooms predominantly runs on the
government model, the private broadcast newsrooms follow the
professional model but with different approaches. Media
organizations give coverage to all government policies as and when
it happens and not as a daily routine. The study implies that
decision-making made under policy considerations are more
stringent in terms of control, procedures and protocol in Malaysia.
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Author Name: Roslina Abdul Latif
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