Media Framing on Headline News of the COVID-19 Issues in Malaysia: A Study of Malaysiakini and Astro Awani

Since the outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic that hit world in early 2020 until 2021, society still currently face with dreadful situation and its control precautions even though various vaccines have emerged to treat this infectious disease. The community is also served a variety sensational hot news headlines about pandemic. This study aims examine available Malaysiakini Astro Awani, framing coronavirus coverage virus objective investigate major frames these two online portals terms their reporting approaches on COVID-19. research adopted qualitative content analysis for data collection process. For analysis, researcher read code based scheme from Entman, which consists four main categories, namely economic consequences, human interest impact, attribution responsibility, health severity. A sheet was created capture all relevant story information, including organization, publication date, title, narrative, frame definition, tone. findings provide exposure stay cautious vigilant posted by portals, especially sensitive issues like Furthermore, Malaysian Communication Multimedia Commission (MCMC) could act upon any outlets publishes such provocative misleading public help National Union Journalists Malaysia (NUJ) monitor each registered journalist adhere journalistic ethics ensure information remain true authentic.