Magic Bullet Analysis

The magic bullet theory which is also referred as the hypodermic model is applied in the news by shooting and injecting the negative perceptions about LGBT community to the intended audiences’ mind such as the passive audiences and homophobic community. Based on the Magic Bullet Theory, the media are thought to have power to shape the public opinion and persuade them to behave in what the media write (Baran, 2009). Those passive audiences who have knowledge on the LGBT issues but never provide any direct responses towards what the media reports will automatically believe in what media portrays the LGBT as in the news. By virtue of the claims were given by someone who is prominent and trustworthy such as our Prime Minister, Datuk Seri Najib

The actors whom played the role of religious neighbours of the three LGBT friends are the superego in the musical. By virtue of they opposed the ideology of LGBT and made a firm stand that a sincere and loyal Muslim will not go against the Islam. In fact, they were trying to reintroduce the three LGBT friends about the teaching of Islam. In this case, we can see the characters of the religious neighbours have acted as the conscience, maintaining the sense of morality and the prohibited of taboos, and the critical and moralising role to the intended audiences (Baran, 2009). The children or teenagers’ mind set will be influenced as the superego is the dominance in the Asmara Songsang.
In the ending of Asmara Songsang, the LGBT friends were break apart after the reintroduction of Islam teaching by the superego. As a result, some of them decided to ask for forgiveness and willing to be a normal human being who obeys the religion beliefs. However, there were still LGBT who refused to repent upon their behaviour of being LGBT and were killed by the lightning storm. This has indicated the importance of the presence of superego in this musical. This is because the superego in the musical will be the factor of influencing the youths on developing the idea of Malaysia’s LGBT

Based on the analysis we done, the news has a clear stand on opposing the ideology of LGBT in Malaysia. By using the proclamations from the public figures in Malaysia with firm confirmation that there is no room for LGBT community to obtain equal rights as the normal Malaysian community. Islam was the main gatekeeper for this issue as the lifestyle of LGBT community is against the nature of Islam. Apart from that, the identity of Muslim will be destroyed if LGBT is not demolish because there will be issue of liberalism arise among the LGBT and Muslim. A harmonious country of multi-ethnics and diverse cultural backgrounds will be