JOURNALISM AND DEMOCRACY: THE ROLE OF JOURNALISM TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF DEMOCRACY IN INDONESIA
Keywords:
Media studies, media impact, Indonesia private television program, agenda-setting effect, freedom of the press, framingAbstract
There is no doubt that Mass Media (journalism) have great impact on social life. The impact is greatly depended on who controls the media. This means the impact of media could be negative or positive. In the hand of good people mass media can be used to mobilize people toward constructive activities. In the contrary, in the hand of bad people, it can encourage destructive social movement.This study is trying to uncover the role of news television in improving the quality of democracy in Indonesia. To do it, two private televisions are chosen to be the sample of media, i.e. TvOne and MetroTV.
This research applies two approaches. First conducted contain analysis to describe the content of television news program. News broadcasted by, from November – December 2015, the two media were recorded. Second uses agenda-setting approach to determine the correlation between the media content and public opinion. For this reason, a survey was conducted to collect evidences to analyze the impact of agenda-media on agenda public.
The research provides enough evidence that the media have successfully encouraged public to get involved in any publicly dispute or discussion as a result of news broadcasting. Through framing strategy the media are able to influence public opinion. Moreover, the media have the power of streaming the public’s aspiration toward social movement, sometime in the form of political protest.
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