The effect of contemporary political scenerio in Malaysia: the change in attitude towards mainstream newspaper reading habit / Izatul Azzuar Ibrahim, Dahlia Permid and Mohd Hazry Osman

Before we go any further, it is important to state that this project paper is part of the subject requirements for the Research Methodology Subject (MGT 368) to completing the Diploma Business Studies program. In the other hand, this project paper is designed to achieved several objectives, there are:

• To see the reality that said by several group of people about the government exploit the mainstream newspaper to be on the their side.

• The existing of non-mainstream newspaper can cause society's doubt towards the news reported in the mainstream newspaper.

• Maybe without political turbulent that happened in Malaysia lately the nonmainstream newspaper will get no attention to be read by the public.

• To look either mainstream newspaper or non-mainstream newspaper are tendency by the politician factors.

The readers of newspaper in Klang Valley and Malacca were been selected to be respondent for this study. From this project paper we can find out whether or not there the political turbulent change the interest of reading newspaper among the readers.