The Rocket (magazine)
{{Short description|Monthly political magazine in Malaysia}}
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The Rocket is a monthly political news magazine published in Malaysia. Founded in 1966, it is one of the oldest magazines in the country. Subtitled as "From Malaysians for Malaysians", it is also one of the alternative media outlets of Malaysia.{{cite book
|editor2=Khoo Boo Teik|editor1=Francis Loh Kok Wah|chapter=Defining Democratic Discourses. The Mainstream Press|title=Democracy in Malaysia: Discourses and Practices|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VvyrAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA149|year=2014|publisher=Curzon|isbn=978-1-136-82508-8|page=149|author=Mustafa K. Anuar}}
History and profile
The Rocket was founded in 1966. The magazine is affiliated with Democratic Action Party.{{cite book|editor1=Lars Willnat|editor2=Annette Aw|title=Political Communication in Asia|year=2009|publisher=Routledge
|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=D0aTAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA138|isbn=978-1-135-89511-2|page=138|author1=Ezhar Tamam|author2=Manimaran Govindasamy|location=New York; London|chapter=Political communication practices and research in Malaysia: an overview}} Although it was started as a publication aimed at the general public, the Malaysian government restricted its sale to party members,{{cite journal|author=Edmund Terence Gomez|title=Monetizing Politics: Financing Parties and Elections in Malaysia|journal=Modern Asian Studies
|date=September 2012|volume=46|issue=5|pages=1370–1397 |doi=10.1017/S0026749X12000200|s2cid=145737532 }} because one of the major funds for the party was revenue from sales of The Rocket. Following this regulation, it has been sold only to party members.{{cite journal|author1=Azahar Kasimal
|author2=Mohd Azizuddin Mohd San|title=The 2013 general elections in Malaysia: An analysis of online news portals|journal=Kasetsart Journal of Social Sciences|date=August 2016|volume=37|issue=2|pages=119–125|doi=10.1016/j.kjss.2015.05.001|doi-access=free|url=http://repo.uum.edu.my/19213/1/KJSS%2037%202016%20119%20125.pdf}}
Since its establishment, The Rocket has been subject to bans. For instance, on 22 May 1969, the magazine and other political party publications were temporarily banned in Malaysia.{{cite book|editor=Philip Mathews|title=Chronicle of Malaysia: Fifty Years of Headline News, 1963-2013|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=md9UAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA116|year=2014|publisher=Editions Didier Millet|isbn=978-967-10617-4-9
|page=116|location=Kuala Lumpur}} In the late 1990s, it was again temporarily closed.{{cite journal|title=Alternative media springs up to challenge|journal=The Irrawaddy|date=July 1999|volume=7|issue=6|url=https://www2.irrawaddy.com/article.php?art_id=1547}} In 2010, the renewal of the publishing permits of the magazine and of other opposition publications was delayed.{{cite journal|author1=Kannan Loganathan
|author2=Ali Salman|author3=Emma Mirza Wati Mohammad|title=Fetters on Freedom of Information and Free Speech in Malaysia: A Study of the Licensing and Sedition Law|journal=E-Bangi|date=2015|volume=10|issue=2|url=https://myjurnal.mohe.gov.my/public/article-view.php?id=101393}}
The Rocket is published on a monthly basis. The magazine has Malay, Chinese and English editions.{{cite book|editor1=John D. H. Downing|editor2=John Derek Hall|title=Encyclopedia of Social Movement Media|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OSkKAOoaSGIC&pg=PA21|year=2011|publisher=SAGE Publications|isbn=978-0-7619-2688-7|page=21
|location=London}} The circulation of The Rocket sharply decreased following the Malaysian general election in 1990.{{cite journal|author=Anil Netto|title=Media Freedom in Malaysia|journal=Media Asia|date=2002|volume=29|issue=1|pages=17–23|doi=10.1080/01296612.2002.11726658|s2cid=156806409 }}
References
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External links
- {{Official website|https://www.therocket.com.my/}}
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Category:Political magazines published in Malaysia