Dr. Nicole Yang Lai Fong is an Associate Professor in the Journalism Programme of Xiamen University Malaysia. Her areas of research include media and ethnicity, media and social problems, media and diplomacy, political communication, and media sociology. Selected publications: Framing Interethnic Conflict in Malaysia: A Comparative Analysis of Newspapers Coverage on the Hindu Rights Action Force (HINDRAF), International Journal of Communication 6 2012, 166-189; Framing Interethnic Conflict in Malaysia: A Comparative Analysis of Newspapers Coverage on the Keris Polemics, Ethnicities 14 (2) 2014, 252-278; Framing the Bilateral Relations between Malaysia and China: The News Coverage of Flight MH370, Journal of Media and Communication Research 11 (1) 2019, 38-56.