Creative industry must embrace responsibility and awareness, says Yadim
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- Yadim says Malaysia’s creative industry should pair creativity and commercial considerations with awareness of religious and social responsibility.
- Chief executive Zamri Zainal Abidin says creative works can strongly influence public thinking and values.
Malaysia’s creative industry must do more than pursue creativity and commercial returns, according to the Malaysian Islamic Outreach Foundation, or Yadim.
Yadim chief executive Zamri Zainal Abidin said creators should build awareness and responsibility toward religion and society into their work. He said that approach would support the production of quality content.
Zamri said the industry has a major influence on how society thinks and on the values it adopts, particularly through the content it produces.
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Originally published by Utusan Malaysia in Malay. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.
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