Unveiling the coverage patterns of newspapers on the personal data protection act

doi:10.1016/j.giq.2017.02.006

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题名	Unveiling the coverage patterns of newspapers on the personal data protection act
作者	Chua，Hui Na 1; Wong，Siew Fan 1; Chang，Younghoon 2; Libaque-Saenz，Christian Fernando 3
发表日期	2017-04-01
发表期刊	Government Information Quarterly
ISSN/eISSN	0740-624X
卷号	34 期号:2 页码:296-306
摘要	Internet-enabled technology has significantly increased the amount of personal data that are being collected, used, processed and even transferred to third party organizations. To protect the privacy of data owners and the security of these data, the Malaysian government has enforced the Personal Data Protection Act (PDPA) in 2013. Several studies found that Malaysians have low awareness of the PDPA. Prior literature also shows that the framing of news stories by the media has significant influence on public awareness and perception toward a covered topic. In this paper, we investigated how the Malaysian newspapers frame the PDPA news. We extracted a total of 793 news articles between January 1st 2010 and July 31st 2015 from ten local English newspapers. The results show that newspapers in general have not given the PDPA enough attention considering its potential impact on data privacy and security. Nonetheless, newspapers do publish significantly higher number of PDPA articles after the enforcement period compared to before the enforcement period. The newspapers also mostly position the PDPA news in the Technology section. The results also show that more PDPA news originated from foreign sources compared to local sources or the government. Our findings provide insights into the coverage patterns of local newspapers and the insufficient level of prominence given to the PDPA. The findings have implications for both the government and the newspapers as a media.
关键词	Data protection act Framing Government information dissemination Newspaper media PDPA Privacy
DOI	10.1016/j.giq.2017.02.006
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语种	英语English
Scopus入藏号	2-s2.0-85013998972
引用统计	被引频次：7[WOS] [WOS记录] [WOS相关记录]
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	https://repository.uic.edu.cn/handle/39GCC9TT/6366
专题	北师香港浸会大学
通讯作者	Chang，Younghoon
作者单位	1.Dept. of Computing and Information Systems,Sunway University,Malaysia 2.Division of Business and Management,BNU-HKBU United International College,China 3.Department of Engineering,Universidad del Pacífico,Peru
通讯作者单位	北师香港浸会大学
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Chua，Hui Na,Wong，Siew Fan,Chang，Younghoonet al. Unveiling the coverage patterns of newspapers on the personal data protection act[J]. Government Information Quarterly, 2017, 34(2): 296-306.
APA	Chua，Hui Na, Wong，Siew Fan, Chang，Younghoon, & Libaque-Saenz，Christian Fernando. (2017). Unveiling the coverage patterns of newspapers on the personal data protection act. Government Information Quarterly, 34(2), 296-306.
MLA	Chua，Hui Na,et al."Unveiling the coverage patterns of newspapers on the personal data protection act". Government Information Quarterly 34.2(2017): 296-306.