Abstract
Pedophilia Metaphor in Malay Newspaper
Highlights
A metaphor is a comparison between two elements. Thibodeau and Boroditsky (2011) say that the use of metaphor helps to explain complex issues such as criminal matters or news
This section discusses in detail and about the metaphorical data process of the sexual crime of pedophilia that is being analyzed systematically using the Hybrid theory
NSTP's published Malay newspaper has highlighted the sexually explicit crimes in Malaysia implicitly through expressions or lexical that deal with the use of the criminal law
Summary
A metaphor is a comparison between two elements. Thibodeau and Boroditsky (2011) say that the use of metaphor helps to explain complex issues such as criminal matters or news. In 1980, Ronald Reagan used the metaphor of War on Drugs which causes the community to change their views on drug addicts and drug dealers as the enemy of society. This clearly shows that the use of metaphor in addressing crime could influence the views of society which leads them to take action against the issue. This proves that the metaphor is the jewel as it has a rather huge impact on influencing the mind of the people to grasp complex ideas such as crimes
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