The elegance of technology has various impacts on the life cycle of today's society. From a positive point of view, every activity can be done via various existing media including new media. However, the use of modern technology without control will also cause problems in society. During the COVID-19 pandemic, the spread of fake news has increased since day 1. To combat this negative and ill situation, the official page Sebenarnya.my has been created on Facebook to help society identify fake news. The page would repost all the fake news pertaining to the Covid-19 pandemic, or anything related and identify the number of shares made by Facebook users on that fake news. Thus, this study was conducted to identify the number of shares by Facebook users as identified and posted on Sebenarnya.my Facebook page and to investigate the dominant themes of the fake news spread. Content analysis was conducted to answer the objectives of the study. A total of 50 fake news postings on March, April, and May 2020 on the Sebenarnya.my Facebook page were selected. The findings showed various amounts of fake news posting within three months. Similarly, the percentage data for sharing by Facebook users recorded different amounts. Finally, few themes were identified to be the most dominant ones of fake news related to the COVID-19 issue that were posted by netizens.

iPad merupakan sebuah peranti yang direka hasil gabungan komputer dan tablet. Kegunaannya semakin meluas dan meliputi pelbagai urusan sama ada di pejabat dan sekolah ataupun untuk beraktiviti santai seperti bermain permainan video atau melayari internet. Peranti ini turut dijadikan medium untuk menimba ilmu di sekolah seawal tahun 2010 sebagai satu alat bantuan pembelajaran dan pengajaran di sekolah-sekolah terpilih di Malaysia. Kajian ini dijalankan untuk melihat keberkesanan penggunaan iPad dalam kalangan pelajar sekolah menengah dengan menggunakan kaedah kualitatif iaitu temubual separa struktur. Oleh kerana ini adalah kajian awal, para penyelidik hanya menemubual dua orang guru dari setiap sekolah iaitu Sekolah Menengah Imtiaz Ulul Albab, Melaka dan Kolej Genius Insan, Nilai yang menggunakan iPad dalam pembelajaran dan pengajaran mereka. Antara persoalan yang akan dijawab dalam kajian ini termasuklah kebaikan dan keburukan penggunaan iPad dalam kalangan pelajar, rutin penggunaan iPad dalam pembelajaran dan pengajaran sepanjang waktu sekolah, dan cabaran menimba ilmu barakah dengan peranti teknologi komunikasi yang terkini. Artikel ini merupakan ringkasan hasil dapatan awal kajian yang masih sedang berjalan. Hasil temubual awal menunjukkan penggunaan iPad di kedua buah sekolah ini menjadikan pembelajaran lebih efektif dan memudahkan guru-guru berinteraksi untuk menyampaikan maklumat, nota dan tugasan kepada semua murid.

The study aimed to identify the contents of the editorial in Al-Quds Palestinian newspaper by analyzing its contents in order to identify its issues and topics and their geographical origin, its language, writing style, persuasive methods used, and the extent of its adherence to the technical characteristics. The study is a descriptive research, where the researcher followed the survey studies approach and through it, the content analysis method. The researcher prepared a content analysis form as an instrument of the study.The researcher chose the editorials in Al-Quds newspaper during the period from January 1st2020 to January 1st2021. The editorials were randomly selected using the “industrial week” method where the sample of the study was 47 editorials. The study was concluded with a set of results. Foremost, political issues ranked first in editorial with a percentage of 73.61%. Then, military issues with 9.45% followed by social issues with 7.54%. Regarding political issues, the issues of settlement and the annexation plan ranked first with a percentage of 15.09% and the national geographic scope of the issues of the editorialarticle ranked first with a percentage of 65.22%. The "positive trend" of the editorial article towards the issue it handles ranked first with a percentage of 53.20%. The writing methods of the editorial article varied where the “discussion” method rankedfirst with a percentage of 31.91% and logical persuasion methods ranked first with a percentage of 61.90%

Objective - In portraying Islam, especially after the September 11 attacks, a number of studies found that terrorism has been repeatedly associated with Islam/Muslims by most of the international media. There is a perception that international media play a vital role in creating a relationship between Islam/Muslims and terrorism in their coverage that leads to the formation of frames on Islam/Muslims and terrorism. Methodology/Technique - Based on this view, the researcher has conducted a content analysis of two international news magazines, Time and The Economist, aimed at examining the frames at four different periods of sampling; a one year period right before September 11, a one year period right after September 11, a one year period after five years of September 11 and a one year period after ten years of September 11. This study has applied a content analysis as the research methodology in collecting, coding and analyzing the data. All paragraphs pertaining to the issue during the study periods were analyzed. A total of 4,443 paragraphs was analyzed to determine the existence of frames. Findings - The researcher has found the total of ten significant frames used by both Time and The Economist in covering stories related to Islam/Muslims throughout the four periods being studied. Novelty – This study expands the research made before on the labeling of international media on Islam and terrorism in terms of the time frame, scopes of indicators and measurement as well as the types of media selected.

Numerous researches have proven that Islam has been negatively portrayed by the western media for many accusations against Muslims on terrorist attacks or alleged 'terror plots' following the 911 1 incident. The media represent a deliberate and concerted effort to associate Islam with terrorism. As the world mourns the mark of the tenth year of the fateful event, we witness significant events including the electoral presidency of Barrack Obama, the Arabs spring movement and the death of Osama Bin Laden. The events have urged the researchers to uncover the patterns of the framings on Islam and its association with terrorism by the two most influential international news magazines; Time and The Economist. Using the content analysis approach, the researchers have chosen articles that place a special focus on Muslims or Islam, either directly or indirectly. The rationale for conducting quantitative content analysis is to obtain the labelling tendency and to search for any significant differences in labelling patterns between the four periods selected; one month before Sept 11, one month right after Sept 11, one month after 5 years and finally for one month 10 years after the incident. The sampling procedure for related articles in these two news magazines was based on constructive week basis. Finally, the researchers have made conclusions on the framing patterns whether Islam is still associated with terrorism after 10 years of 9/11 like it was during the most crucial period right after the incident.

TikTok, a burgeoning social media platform, has captured the interest of today's youth at an increasing rate. This research delves into the detrimental effects of TikTok content on the mindset and behaviour of young users, with a specific focus on its adverse implications. Its objective is to unveil the negative repercussions of TikTok on the youth psyche, particularly concerning self-esteem and body image, while also scrutinizing its influence on behaviours like addiction and procrastination. The study stems from mounting concerns regarding TikTok's potential harm to young individuals and the necessity to comprehend the correlation between social media engagement and youth well-being. Quantitative data for this study were gathered via surveys among communication students at the Faculty of Leadership & Management (FKP), University Sains Islam Malaysia (USIM) Nilai, Negeri Sembilan. A total of 106 Bachelor of Communications with Honours students participated as respondents. The outcomes of this research could serve as a compass for students and parents, guiding them toward fostering a more balanced and responsible usage of TikTok among young users. Its significance lies in enlightening students about mindful consumption of social media content and educating parents on TikTok's impact on their children. Ultimately, these findings aid in crafting strategies to alleviate the negative repercussions of TikTok usage, thereby promoting a positive mindset and responsible conduct among the youth.

Al-Jazeera has given its estimated 35 to 45 million viewers within the Muslim world, daily news feed that stands up to its network slogan "The Opinion and the Other Opinion". The network has been the important source and for the first time, represents not only the voice of Arab region, but also the voice of Islamic world into the international news agenda. Therefore, it is vital to understand the discourse presented in the news to understand its meaning and direction. This study analyzes the news clips of Al-Jazeera English coverage of the war in Gaza which started on December 27, 2008 and ended on January 21, 2009. Analysis of the clips has been done using Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA), which assumes language and social process are deeply implicated with one another Findings identified (5) distinctive discourses from the selected news clips. Among themes are "Israels are attacking Palestinian, not only Hamas", and "The Zionists keeps lying"; which interlinked as it highlighted a continuous suppression towards Palestinian by Israeli. For Al-Jazeera, this can be regarded as counter discourse to the western media reporting on the conflict.

Researching on Islam and Muslims-related issues in the media have been a never-ending debate and always have been updated time by time. It catches the attention of academics, scholars, preachers, researchers to discuss on the alternative platform in reducing or somewhat controlling what the media should report about particularly on Islam and Muslims issues. The aim of this study is to examine the reportings related to Islam and Muslims issues of the Western newspapers. Interviews were conducted among eight Malaysian media practitioners to identify how they translate the meaning of work as a journalist in Islamic context, and also to find out their best practices in producing a balanced and fair news reporting. The interviews were later transcribed verbatimly, analyzed and deliberated their experiences towards this issue. Results show that they believe as Muslim journalists, they should be true, trusted and not bias in reporting news. Further, they also find out that having good references from experts and doing some research before reporting on any issues are very important especially in reporting news globally. Thus for them, the adaptation of good journalistic practices represent a positive image of Islam and Muslims in order to continue creating a surrounding of Islam and Muslims at present and in the future.

This special issue of Da’wah in the Media for Muslims’ Sustainability brings together six selected articles presented at 2017 International Conference on Islam, Media and Communication (ICIMaC) which was held on 8 & 9 August. The conference was organized by Communication Program, Faculty of Leadership and Management, Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia (USIM). The topics presented discussed on the relationship between Muslims identity in new media and the use of social media and film as a platform to spread da’wah. However, there are three invited articles from outside which have been included together in this issue to discuss on the representation of Muslims’ sustainability.

Issues related to terrorism have been reported excessively by the media in order to tell public by giving recent and significant information. Currently, online media are known to be a major source of news as they can provide information without any delayed to ensure the society stay connected with and being informed on the latest issues. Therefore, this article is specially designed to explore on how the main online news portals in Europe (http://www.euronews.com/) and Africa (http://allafrica.com/) report issues on recent attacks in Paris and Mali. The objectives in this article are threefold: to compare the coverage of news reporting; to identify the news sources used and lastly to identify the news themes that emerged in news reporting. To perform this, a qualitative content analysis approach on two different case studies have been employed and all the news samples were analysed using qualitative software namely QSR NVivo 11. The results indicated that Paris attack issues received 25 news coverage compared to Mali attack issues at 19 news coverage. In terms of news sources used, majority of the news articles used official sources such as Minister, Police officer, spokesperson, media, leader, authorities and security forces. The findings also revealed several news themes such as suspected attackers, rescue efforts, security efforts and death toll are emerged in this analysis.

Research on media representation on Islam and Muslims have been carried out widely in the post 9/11 tragedy from a cultural, religion, political and social group lens. However, this paper discusses a science fiction film, Interstellar (2014), directed by Christopher Nolan. It is a film about space exploration by a group of scientists in their quest to find a new planet for humankind to replace the earth. The film portrays scenes of the scientists travelling into places in space - the wormhole and other potential planets for a living. Apart from highlighting space and its discovery journey from the perspective of modern science, this film can also be explored from the perspective of Islam. Many scenes in the movie represent and translate what Allah SWT has thought of Muslims through verses in the al-Quran. What are the scenes, and how does it relate to verses in the Quran? This paper uses qualitative content analysis to highlight selected verses of Kauniyah (verses explaining about Allah’s creation of the universe and its system) in the al-Quran as evidence that reflects the truth of al-Quran and the Islamic teachings. The findings are highlighted based on the relationship of scenes containing this evidence in the film with the verses in the Quran and their meanings.

Harta wakaf perlu dipelihara demi memastikan manfaatnya berkekalan. Namun begitu, tidak semua harta yang diwakafkan boleh kekal selamanya. Sesetengah harta seperti kenderaan dan barangan elektrik mempunyai jangka hayat tertentu. Ia akan mengalami kerosakan dan kemusnahan. Sesetengahnya tidak produktif. Justeru, demi memastikan kelestarian harta wakaf, para fuqaha berpandangan harta yang telah rosak atau musnah perlu ditukar dengan harta yang seumpamanya untuk mengekalkan manfaat harta wakaf. Proses tersebut dinamakan Istibdal. Ia adalah penyelesaian terakhir kepada pewakaf demi memastikan manfaat harta wakaf terus dinikmati oleh penerima manfaat. Persoalannya, adakah harta tersebut boleh diistibdal semata-mata untuk tujuan mengembangkan lagi kekayaan harta wakaf? Kertas ini akan melihat sejauh mana proses istibdal boleh dilakukan terhadap harta wakaf. Pandangan-pandangan fuqaha akan dianalisa untuk mencapai resolusi terbaik demi kelestarian harta wakaf. Natijahnya, istibdal pada harta wakaf boleh dilakukan dengan pelbagai cara demi menjaga dan menjamin kemaslahatan harta wakaf.

From the perspective of Islam, zakat and prayers are synonym. In Malaysia, income zakat is a major contributor to state treasury compared to other types of zakat. However, until today the awareness of many civil servants regarding the payment of income zakat, is not yet comprehensive. Some previous studies have shown that they still choose a scheduled salary deduction (PGB) for income tax payment rather than income zakat. Researchers conducted a study on the role of media in Malaysia in injecting awareness and understanding on targeted group on the importance of income zakat through PGB as an alternative to income tax. This quantitative survey aimed at: 1) measuring the effectiveness of the media in channeling the awareness of government staff on this issue and 2) measuring the level of understanding of the group on the obligation to pay the income of zakat through monthly salary deduction. A total of 500 civil servants within the Management and Professional groups (grades 41 and above) around Selangor, Putrajaya and Kuala Lumpur were listed as the selected respondents in the survey. Researchers found that the majority of respondents were informed about the importance of income zakat through the Internet compared to other media sources. While the print media is the main source of information for people over the age of 40. The findings show that electronic media is a major source of information for young people who earn more than RM 4000 monthly.

The Internet has become a crucial part of Malaysia and Indonesian people's lives today. The variety of social media in it can be one of the best references for publishing various information. The internet as a public space that can be accessed by many people requires accurate and unique information. Majlis Bandaraya Seremban (MBS) has its local content style. At the same time the Bandung city government; through the Regional Work Unit (SKPD)) chose to apply a unique local content using Sundanese and Sundanese idioms in the Instagram account to convey information. A variety of information and work programs are campaigned and can be well-accepted by the public. This research uses the descriptive method to describe and analyze Instagram account management, information selection. This research consideration of using local content and its impact on the city of Seremban and Bandung. The subjects of this study are the staff and leaders of Majlis Bandaraya Seremban and Bandung Regional Government Work Unit (SKPD), especially those who handle the Instagram accounts. Communication messages related to the current situation in Seremban and Bandung can be conveyed more quickly, and well-understood by people in Seremban Bandung and everyone should do it, especially the Majlis Bandaraya Seremban, and Bandung City Government as a source of information. Being smart in using digital media, thus, is the key to the success of public communication strategy applied by Majlis Bandaraya Seremban and Bandung Government to the citizens of Seremban and Bandung in the hope that there will be good communication between them; communication that supports each other, reciprocity, and mutual benefit. The results of the study show that local content presented on Instagram can attract the attention of the community and facilitate the delivery of information to the public.

The idea to embark this study on Islam and Muslim issues is still relevant due to there are many reportings from the Western media especially about Middle East. On that account, the purpose of this study is to find out the solution to encourage more positive reporting about Islam and Muslim issues. Eight Malaysian media practitioners have been interviewed to share their experiences and ideas in finding an answer to formulate a new, fair and balanced guideline to be practiced. All of them were interviewed via face-to-face methods and phone calls. From the interview, the researchers found out the important tips with regards to assisting students, journalists and individuals to become more expert in writing news accurately. The researchers found out how a journalist played the role of an Islamic journalist and anchor the meaning of Islamic journalism. In addition, the results of this study also managed to formulate a guideline in writing reports or news related to Islam and Muslim community to produce a positive image of Islam and the Muslims in the media.

Perdebatan dan perbincangan mengenai kandungan media sosial seperti Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, WhatsApp dan sebagainya dalam pengaruhnya menyebarkan kandungan seperti berita, foto dan video yang berkait dengan ekstrem dan keganasan seakan berleluasa. Kepantasan media sosial sebagai platform digital bertindak untuk menyebarluaskan kandungan berkaitan isu keganasan dari dalam dan luar negara perlu dipastikan kesahihannya. Hal ini kerana kandungan di media sosial berupaya untuk membentuk pengaruh, fikiran, dakyah dan ideologi yang tidak benar kepada pengguna terutama dalam kalangan remaja. Oleh itu, kajian ini akan membincangkan secara umum berdasarkan literatur yang lepas untuk melihat sejauh mana perbincangan mengenai isu keganasan di dalam media sosial ini telah didebatkan. Ini kerana, isu penyebaran kandungan berkaitan terrorisme di alam maya ternyata memberi impak ke atas pemikiran dan tindakan untuk meningkatkan kes-kes berkaitan keganasan sama ada secara fizikal ataupun serangan ideologi pemikiran. Selain itu, kajian ini juga telah menemubual enam pakar bidang untuk mendapatkan pengalaman dan pengetahuan mereka mengenai isu penggunaan media sosial sebagai platform penyebaran ideologi terrorisme. Selain itu, penyelidik juga cuba mendapatkan beberapa saranan dan cadangan untuk membendung isu ini terutama dalam kalangan pelajar IPT. Berdasarkan hasil kajian ini, cabaran untuk menangani isu ini sepatutnya dipikul oleh semua pihak yang berkepentingan sama ada dari pihak kerajaan dan pentadbiran, pihak berkuasa, pembuat dasar dan polisi, pihak media dan juga pengguna media sosial itu sendiri. Kesedaran, pendidikan dan pemulihan tentang isu keganasan ini perlu dipergiatkan yang mana akhirnya akan membantu untuk mencapai keamanan, keadilan dan memperkukuhkan institusi yang berkesan, bertanggungjawab dan inklusif di semua peringkat.

Satu kajian mengenai nilai-nilai Islami dalam media bukanlah sesuatu yang baru. Peristiwa bersejarah pada 11 September 2001 telah memberi persepsi buruk kepada imej Islam dan penganutnya. Selain itu, imej Islam yang dipaparkan melalui drama, filem, akhbar dan saluran media lain yang turut menambah kepada persepsi negatif terhadap Islam. Oleh itu, menariknya kajian ini ingin mengenal pasti secara khusus bagaimana filem yang bukan dikategorikan sebagai filem Islamik boleh menggambarkan ajaran Islam. Oleh itu, sebuah filem Bisik Pada Langit (BPL) telah digunakan sebagai sampel untuk kajian ini. Jalan cerita BPL akan dianalisis melalui kaedah analisis kandungan kuantitatif untuk melihat kekerapan ajaran Islam yang ditunjukkan. Hasil kajian menunjukkan bahawa ajaran Islam di BPL telah dijelaskan menerusi solat, membaca al-Quran, menutup aurat, melakukan kebaikan kepada ibu bapa dan sebagainya. Melalui penemuan ini, ia membuktikan bahawa filem bukan Islam telah memainkan peranan sebagai medium untuk meningkatkan nilai positif dan ajaran Islam demi kebaikan masyarakat. Yang paling penting, korelasi antara filem bukan Islam dengan ajaran Islam telah terbukti melalui BPL.

Peranan media masih dibincangkan secara relevan kerana ia menjadi medium utama dan penghubung dalam menyampaikan informasi, hebahan, berita dan lain-lain sama ada melalui gambar, teks, video, infografik dan sebagainya secara pantas. Kini, cabaran utama dilihat kepada kandungan media digital yang mendominasi selera masyarakat. Justeru, untuk mengekalkan keseimbangan kandungan media yang disiarkan, para penyelidik melihat perlunya kita kembali kepada pengamalan konsep manhaj wasatiyyah atau prinsip kesederhanaan Islam (moderation) agar setiap individu mempunyai kesedaran dan memahami secara tuntas apakah kandungan media yang patut disiarkan dan dipersembahkan kepada masyarakat di seluruh dunia. Perkara ini menjadi satu keperluan kerana wujudnya elemenelemen negatif dalam penulisan, video, gambar dan sebagainya yang menjadi punca kepada perpecahan dan pergaduhan. Justeru, para penyelidik menemubual lapan orang pengamal media di Malaysia untuk melihat sejauhmana peranan mereka dalam membantu membentuk kandungan media yang seimbang. Hasil daripada temubual menunjukkan bahawa peranan mereka dengan memperkasa etika kerja Islam dapat membantu untuk memastikan setiap kandungan atau berita yang disampaikan mengikut etika yang betul. Selain itu, hasil temubual juga menunjukkan bahawa terdapat beberapa kaedah untuk menghasilkan kandungan media yang wasatiyyah, adil dan seimbang untuk menjadi panduan kepada warganet, individu atau sesiapa sahaja yang ingin menyampaikan hebahan atau maklumat terutamanya apabila disebarkan melalui media sosial.

Setiap insan pasti mengalami sakit. Pesakit perlukan rawatan. Lazimnya perawat merawat pesakit berasaskan kepercayaan, ilmu, tradisi dan persekitaran. Nabi Muhammad s.a.w telah mengamalkan beberapa teknik rawatan untuk merawat diri sendiri, ahli keluarga dan para sahabat. Kajian ini bertujuan 1) meneliti keberkesanan rawatan nabawi terhadap pesakit 2) menyatakan kewujudan teknik rawatan yang lebih mesra jiwa, lebih selamat dan lebih jimat berbanding ubat berasaskan kimia dan dadah 3) mengenalpasti sesetengah institusi perubatan di Malaysia yang masih mengamalkan legasi nabawi ini dalam era kemajuan perubatan moden. 4) menyatakan bahawa sebahagian kaedah ini tertakluk kepada kajian dan ujian yang sesuai dengan kehendak persekitaran, peredaran zaman ramuan perubatan. Metod Kajian ini berdasarkan pengalaman khidmat rawatan pengkaji sendiri dan penglibatan beliau dengan persatuan perubatan Islam ternama dalam negara serta penelitian terhadap teks al-Quran dan al-Sunnah. Kajian ini mendapati tiada kritikan terhadap pelbagai kaedah perubatan kecuali berkaitan penggunaan pelbagai bahan herba. Berasaskan pengalaman rawatan pengkaji, terdapat puluhan kes kesembuhan pesakit melalui penggunaan herba yang dinyatakan dalam hadis tetapi terdapat juga puluhan kes kesembuhan pesakit disebabkan pengguna bahan-bahan herba tempatan.

Not much attention has been given to Islamic films produced in Malaysia. However, the role to spread dakwah through media is an obligation. In the effort to vary the medium of da’wah, a film is seen as an influential way that can be explored as film can be an interesting tool/medium to spread da’wah, rather than through the conventional preaching, books, magazine and others. To understand the role of film in spreading the da’wah, the researchers reviewed two different films produced which are; Bisik Pada Langit (2017) and Adiwiraku (2017). For the analysis purpose, a set of coding sheet is created to record the film plot. The storyline of each film was analysed quantitatively using content analysis method to determine the frequencies of Islamic values emerged in these films. As a result, this article introduces themes that can visualise the Islamic values as appeared in non-Islamic films. These themes can illustrate how the Islamic values have been portrayed in those films which eventually deliver a positive message to the society especially on Islamic teachings. Through this discovery, it proves that non-Islamic film has played a role as medium to enlighten Islamic images and teachings for the benefit of society. Most importantly, the correlation between non-Islamic films with Islamic teachings has been proven through these selected films. Keywords : Islamic values, non-Islamic film, media and dakwah, media representation