BIBLIOMETRIC ANALYSIS ON STUDIES RELATED TO RELIGIOUS TELEVISION PROGRAM IN MALAYSIA

Abstract

Abstract

Television broadcast media has played a significant role in cultivating Dakwah Islamiah in Malaysia. This positive progress leads to the elevation of religious broadcasting programs, in line with the increase of viewer interest towards these types of programs, and the manpower required to aid the interested parties is easily accessible nowadays. This scenario has intrigued researchers to carry out studies regarding this topic to provide authorized data and input to the benefit of the concerned parties. Thus, the objective of this study is to identify and classify literatures and studies related to Islamic television programs. The methodology used is bibliometric analysis towards the literatures gathered from various sources such as thesis, dissertations, articles, proceeding papers, chapters in books, and books. The process of collecting data is produced through searching in article databases, libraries, and websites related to the topic. The result shows that 124 literatures had been found from different type of studies, and themes discussed, which are written in Malay and English languages. This finding indicates that further studies need to be carried out with regards to analysis study on the originality of the content used in the programs, and field study on the need and tendency of the viewers. Furthermore, this study gives a positive implication for the interested parties to produce a competitive religious television program by using attractive and comprehensible contents.

Keywords: Bibliometric analysis, religion programs, television