Implied Bias in Buddhism as Appeared in Headline Languages of Online Newspaper

Abstract

This article is a part of a qualitative research “Implied Bias in Buddhism as Appeared in Headline Languages of Online Newspaper” The two purposes are:-   1) to study “Bias in Buddhism. 2) to study the languages of the online newspaper headlines; and 3) to analyze the implied bias as appeared in the language of the online newspaper headlines. “Bias” in Buddhism is the analysis criteria to analyze the data from the online newspaper headlines: Thairat, Dailynews, Matichon and Khaosod. (Collecting data from February, B.E. 2562 – July B.E. 2562)

From the results of the research, it was found 1) “Agati (Bias)” in Buddhism means wrong course of behavior consisting of Chandagati (biased caused by love or desire), Dosagati (prejudice caused by hatred or enmity), Mohagati (biased caused by delusion or ignorance) and Bhayagati (biased caused by fear).  2) The languages of the headlines in online newspapers are diverse in terms of words, sentences, idioms and metaphors. 3) The most implied bias in Buddhism was found in Thairatonline, there are 16 times. The least implied bias was found in Matichononline. There are 6 times. The most bias implies in headline language of online newspapers is “Dosagati”. There are 16 times. The least bias implies in headline language of online newspapers is “Bhayagati”. There are 3 times.