Abstract
Social media has become a crucial tool for advocacy efforts as it has the power to connect individuals and communities globally and amplifying voices for crucial issues. On 9th September 2021, the High Court in Kuala Lumpur ruled that children born overseas to Malaysian mothers who are married to foreigners are automatically conferred Malaysian citizenship. However, on 13 September 2021, the Malaysian government filed an appeal against the decision. This study employs non-probability sampling and qualitative content analysis, to analyse postings on the Instagram account of ‘Family Frontiers’, a women’s rights non-governmental organisation (NGO) that advocates equal citizenship rights for Malaysian women and their overseas-born children. This study will focus on ‘Family Frontiers’ account from 9th September 2021 to 16th September 2022 concentrating on four areas which are: 1) the personal experiences of the Malaysian mothers affected 2) Politicians’ support towards Family Frontiers 3) #TarikBalikRayuan social media campaign 4) Information of the citizenship case.
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Aleza Nadia Othman, Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM), Malaysia
Shazleen Mohamed, Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM), Malaysia
Paper Information
Conference: KAMC2024
Stream: Media Studies
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To cite this article:
Othman A., & Mohamed S. (2024) Exploring Instagram Advocacy for Citizenship Rights of Children Born to Malaysian Mothers Overseas ISSN: 2436-0503 – The Kyoto Conference on Arts, Media & Culture 2024: Official Conference Proceedings (pp. 443-459) https://doi.org/10.22492/issn.2436-0503.2024.39
To link to this article: https://doi.org/10.22492/issn.2436-0503.2024.39
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