Health is Wealth: A Corpus-driven Analysis of the Portrayal of Mental Health in Malaysian English Online Newspapers

In view of the increase mental health cases in Malaysia, it is timely to examine how Malaysian newspapers portray issues. A corpus-driven approach was employed identify adjective collocates for node word health, determine semantic grouping and investigate portrayal issues two newspapers. total 585 news articles, from January 2020 December were collected New Straits Times The Star Online. Antconc 3.5.8 software used generate a discourse analysis portrayed. 22 identified Times, while 34 extracted 13 similar found based on collocates, four group adjectives (emotive, miscellaneous, size evaluative) identified. seemed positive because reports concentrated initiatives taken by government NGOs handle situations with aim educating public raising their awareness about health. present study has contributed significantly research Asian context, since review literature revealed that mostly West. Furthermore, which systematic rigorous allows comparison language across large datasets.