@article{MAKHILLTSS201510622851, title = {News Angle as a Non-Human Actor in the Construction of Newsworthiness: A Case Study of Sinar Harian}, journal = {The Social Sciences}, volume = {10}, number = {6}, pages = {1352-1362}, year = {2015}, issn = {1818-5800}, doi = {sscience.2015.1352.1362}, url = {https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?issn=1818-5800&doi=sscience.2015.1352.1362}, author = {Siti S.}, keywords = {newsworthiness,news angle,Actor network theory,Sinar Harian,Malaysia}, abstract = {News construction is always associated with the news angle. It is the focus of the news that determines what is being emphasized in a news story, thus forming the identity of a particular newspaper. This study, focusing on a newspaper in Malaysia known as Sinar Harian, demonstrates how news angles actually construct news. Deploying actor network theory, this research treats news angles as non-human actors that directly influence what becomes news, thus able to trace how identity of a newspaper is formed. It is through the process of enrolment that the identity of a newspaper is being stabilized. Here, the newspaper identity is the result of the process rather than the ‘context’ of news production. This study concludes that the inclusion of non-human actors is always useful in understanding a particular social phenomenon.} }