In East Malaysia, the most popular English newspaper in Sarawak is the Borneo Post and in Sabah, it is the Daily Express. But the most widely circulated newspapers in Malaysia are the two main Malay dailies, ie, Berita Harian and Utusan Malaysia. Malaysia is fast moving in to the multimedia super corridor. This can be another venue for women to make use to strengthen women's cause or to be made use of. In fact, the media seems bent on degrading women and portraying them as objects of male gaze, male sexuality and male violence.
Television carries a combination of local and foreign programmes.
Many of the local Malay, Tamil and Chinese dramas portray women as emotional, weak and long suffering, which has been the stereotypical image put forth for so long. Exploitation of women is not a new issue. Despite public protests on certain advertisements or programmes that degrades women's moral, there seems to be an increase in the use of women in media to portray and carry a sexist and sexual message. It seems to be a current norm and the institution that encourages portrayal of such images, including advertisers, writers and producers, are the ones that's earning hugh profits. This is indeed a frightening situation.