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The Star OnlineCritique on The Star Online by Iqbal ShamsulThe has the unique distinctionof being the first Malaysian newspaper to have a parallel web site on theInternet. The site was launched sometime in 1993, two years before the WorldWide Web explosion took place. At the time it was the only source of Malaysiannews on the Internet. Today its position as the premier provider of Malaysiannews on the Internet is quite unchallenged, since other Malaysian news websites are in the Malay language and thus unreachable to the majority ofweb-surfers.The Star Online web site is composed of several major sections whichresemble strongly the arrangement of its paper counterpart. These sectionsare namely news, business, sports, features,archives, weather, commerce,education, technology, and leisure. Additionally, it has two sections uniqueto the web version of the paper: the Site Map, and the Write2Us section.The bulk of this critique will be on the news section, since it representsthe most significant part of the paper, both in terms of bulk of data devotedto it and in terms of the web hits this part receives. The news sectionis arranged quite simply, most of the news items are placed in the orderthey appear on the 'hard' version of The Star.

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So, at the topof the news section is the front page item and below it are the pieces placedon the subsequent pages of the newspaper. The presentation of news on thisweb site is quite orderly if simple.Surfers will notice that the site doesn't fully take advantage of theWeb media. In essence, what we find on the site is basically a digitizedversion of the things that are in the newspaper itself. No web links tosites related to the story is given, for example. This is quite a majordrawback since the major advantage of news presentation on the Web liesin the fact that the readers themselves are able to research the topic athand if s/he so desires and then form a fuller, and more in-depth mentalpicture of the subject. Even such sites as CNN.com and Slate.com providerelated web links.

As such, it is surprising to see that a newspaper thatconsiders itself a serious information provider fails to give its readersoption to explore news stories further than its own coverage of it.That aside, the site is one of the more visually clean and pleasant onesI've encountered on the Internet. All to often on-line news sources resortto garish graphics, wild animation and other attention-grabbers to theirweb site in vain efforts to portray itself as hip and cool to the web-surferset. Not only do most web-surfers usually see through such transparent devices,many are repelled by them and a site which employs such banal techniquesare usually shunned upon. That is one failing The Star Online doesn't have.Throughout the site readers are given navigation tool bars at the top andbottom of each page, making for simple and efficient browsing of the website. Also, the site uses eye-pleasing colors which on one hand is not toodull, but on the other, does not distract the reader from the meat of theweb site: news. The use of Java is also minimal, which is a boon for meat least. Ever so often my fourth-generation browser decides to crash ata Java-'enhanced' web site i.e.

While the use of Javais can be advantageous, more often than not it adds little to the qualityof news content at a web site.In conclusion, The Star Online is in general an excellent source of Malaysiannews on the Internet. Though it may have some minuses to it, the site'smany positive features more than outweigh its drawbacks.

While this siteis an excellent stand-alone site it does little to enrich a reader of the'hard' version of the paper. Overall, it is an excellent web sitefor Malaysians abroad and interested foreigners to obtain daily news fromthe South-East Asian nation.IQBAL SHAMSUL. Mechwarrior 5 mercenaries.

This is a list of newspapers published in Malaysia, sorted by language.

Published newspapers by languages[edit]

English[edit]

• The Borneo Post – English daily in Sarawak and Sabah
• Daily Express – English daily in Sabah
• Focus Malaysia – Malaysian weekly business paper^[1] One of the leading Malaysian corporate news provider.
• The Malaysian Reserve^[2]
• Malaysian Today – former English tabloid in Sarawak, now a weekly newspaper
• New Sabah Times – English daily in Sabah
• New Sarawak Tribune – English daily in Sarawak, re-published in 2010
• New Straits Times – Malaysia's only nationwide English-language broadsheet newspaper until 2005, now a tabloid
• The Star and its Sunday edition The Sunday Star
• The Sun – published every day except on Sunday

Malay[edit]

• Berita Harian – formerly a broadsheet, published in tabloid form since 6 July 2008
• Harakah – owned by Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS)
• New Sabah Times – Malay daily in Sabah
• Sinar Harian – community newspaper
• Utusan Borneo – Malay daily in Sarawak and Sabah, published by The Borneo Post
• Utusan Sarawak – Malay daily in Sarawak

Chinese[edit]

• China Press – 中國報
• Guang Ming – 光明日報, wholly owned subsidiary of Sin Chew Media Corporation Bhd
• Kwong Wah Yit Poh – 光华日报
• Morning Post – the most read Chinese daily in Tawau, Semporna, Kunak and Lahad Datu
• Nanyang Siang Pau – 南洋商報
• Oriental Daily News – 東方日報
• Overseas Chinese Daily News – 华侨日报, Chinese daily in Sabah
• See Hua Daily News – 诗华日报, largest and best selling Chinese daily newspaper on the island of Borneo
• Sin Chew Daily – 星洲日報
• United Daily News – 聯合報, Chinese daily in Sarawak and Brunei (not to be confused with the Chinese daily of the same name in Taiwan)

Indigenous[edit]

• New Sabah Times – Kadazan-Dusun daily in Sabah
• Utusan Borneo – Iban daily in Sarawak

Tamil[edit]

• Makkal Osai – மக்கள் ஓசை
• Malaysia Nanban – மலேசியா நண்பன்
• Tamil Nesan – தமிழ் நேசன்

Arabic[edit]

• Aswaq Magazine – business sectors and events; based in Selangor

Dutch[edit]

• Maleisië Nieuws – aggregated news on Malaysia; based in Kuala Lumpur

Urdu[edit]

• Pakistan Times Malaysia^[3]

Online newspapers[edit]

• Borneo Today^[4]
• Free Malaysia Today^[5]
• Labuan Times^[6]
• Malaysian Digest^[7]
• The Malaysian Insider - ceased publications in March 2016
• Asia Samachar^[8]
• Malaysia Today^[9]
• The Third Force^[10]
• Malaysia Outlook^[11]
• MyMalayTimes^[12]
• Metro News Tamizh^[13]

Defunct newspapers[edit]

• Watan - closed in 1996
• Sarawak Tribune – suspended in 2006, but has since been relaunched as the New Sarawak Tribune in 2010.
• Shin Min Daily News – Malaysia's first Chinese-language tabloid newspaper; publication ceased in 1994
• Sunday Mail – replaced by the Weekend Mail
• Weekend Mail – successor of the Sunday Mail, but was indefinitely suspended in 2006
• Utusan Malaysia – the only Malay-language newspaper to continue publishing in broadsheet size (owned by United Malays National Organisation) - Ceased publication in October 10 2019
• Utusan Melayu (Jawi script) – now a weekly newspaper and incorporating with Utusan Malaysia - Ceased publication in October 10 2019
• Kosmo! - ceased publication on October 10, 2019 (owned by Utusan Group)

References[edit]

1. ^Focus Malaysia
2. ^The Malaysian Reserve
3. ^Pakistan Times Malaysia
4. ^Borneo Today
5. ^Free Malaysia Today
6. ^Labuan Times
7. ^Malaysian Digest
8. ^Asia Samachar
9. ^Malaysia Today
10. ^The Third Force
11. ^Malaysia Outlook
12. ^MyMalay Times
13. ^Metro News தமிழ்