This document provides a code sheet for categorizing newspaper articles. It includes codes for the coder, article number, newspaper type, date, position, size, relevance, type of article, subject, direction, source of information, and function. The codes would be used to systematically analyze attributes of the newspaper articles.

1. Appendix A Code Sheet 53
APPENDIX A
CODE SHEET
A. Coder: 1 2
B. Article number: ______
C. Type of newspaper:
1. Sin Chew Daily 2. The Star
D. Date: __________
E. Day
1. Monday 2. Tuesday
3. Wednesday 4. Thursday
5. Friday 6. Saturday
7. Sunday
F. Position of article:
1. Front page 2. Inner cover page
G. Size of article:_______cm²
1. 0 cm²-150 cm² 2. 150.1 cm²-300 cm²
3. 300.1 cm²-450 cm² 4. 450.1 cm²-600 cm²
5. 600.1 cm²-750 cm² 6. 750.1 cm²-900 cm²
H. Relevance: _____________%
1. 0%-25% 2. 25.1%-50%
3. 50.1%-75% 4. 75.1%-100%
I. Type of article:
1. Straight news 2. Opinion
J. Subject in the article:
1. National Front (NF) 2. Opposition parties (OPP)

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3. Neutral
K. Direction of the article:
1. Neutral 2. Supportive towards NF
3. Negative towards NF 4. Supportive towards OPP
5. Negative towards OPP
L. Source of information:
1. National Front 2. Opposition parties
3. Election Commission 4. Unknown
5. Other
M. Function of the article:
1. Informative 2. Education
3. Entertainment