News Media Socialization and Ethnic Tolerance 1 NEWS MEDIA SOCIALIZATION AND ETHNIC TOLERANCE AMONG YOUTH IN MALAYSIA Ezhar Tamam, Wendy Yee Mei Tien, Fazilah Idris, and Azimi Hamzah Institute for Community and Peace Studies Universiti Putra Malaysia 43400 Serdang, Selangor Paper presented 15 th AMIC Annual Conference organized by the Asian Media Information and Communication Center, 17- 2- July 2006, Penang, Malaysia