scholarly journals EKSISTENSI PUBLIC SPHERE DALAM MEDIA MAINSTREAM: Studi pada Rubrik Citizen Journalism Tribun Yogyakarta

2018 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 233
Author(s):  
Yanti Dwi Astuti

Citizen Journalism phenomenon became a trend in the world of journalism and became a new public space for society. One of the mainstream media that is Tribun Jogja newspaper adopted the trend into its rubric called Citizen Journalism rubric. In practice, however, there is an enormous amount of preaching incompatible with the essential meaning of citizen journalism and the public space itself. Where it tends to be very flat and descriptive does not touch on the essence of the meaning of public space is the discussion process that prioritizes rational and critical debate and still apply the process of screening and editing by editors. This is in stark contrast to the spirit of the presence of citizen journalism that is free from any intervention, freely voicing opinions, interactivity, unlimited space, no competition between authors, and no strict detection of news content. Based on this assumption, this research will try to uncover how the existence of public space through Citizen Journalism rubric of Tribun Jogja in the period of one year since its presence which is from 2011 to 2012. Data obtained through in-depth interviews and documentation in the form of Citizen Journalism rubric in Tribun Jogja. Data analysis using three stages of discourse analysis on the news consisting of text analysis, social cognition, and social context. This study reinforces the fact that mainstream media is not a free and neutral channel, but a tool of dominant groups and also produces dominant ideologies. So put the rubric named citizen journalism into utopia. Recommendations for editors Citizen Journalism and Koran Tribun Jogja, should provide more news coverage space both in print and online editions, and submit the management of Citizen Journalism rubric to outsiders who have no direct ties with the media concerned, so that the dimension of independence can Achieved.Fenomena Citizen Journalism menjadi trend dalam dunia jurnalisme dan menjadi ruang publik baru bagi masyarakat. Salah satu media mainstream yaitu koran Tribun Jogja mengadopsi tren tersebut ke dalam rubriknya yang dinamakan rubrik Citizen journalism. Namun dalam prakteknya, terdapat banyak sekali kecenderungan pemberitaan yang tidak sesuai dengan makna hakiki dari citizen journalism dan ruang publik itu sendiri. Dimana cenderung sangat datar dan deskriptif tidak menyentuh pada esensi dari makna ruang publik yaitu pada proses diskusi yang megedepankan debat rasional dan kritis serta masih diberlakukannya proses penseleksian dan editing oleh redakturnya. Hal ini sangat kontras dengan semangat hadirnya citizen journalism yang bersifat bebas dari intervensi siapapun, menyuarakan pendapat secara leluasa, interaktifitas, tidak terbatasi oleh halaman (unlimited space), tidak ada persaingan antar penulis, dan tidak adanya penseleksian ketat terhadap konten beritanya. Berdasarkan asumsi tersebut penelitian ini akan mencoba membongkar dan menggambarkan bagaimana eksistensi ruang publik melalui rubrik Citizen Journalism Tribun Jogja dalam kurun waktu tiga tahun sejak kehadirannya yaitu mulai 2011 hingga 2012. Penelitian ini menguatkan fakta bahwa media mainstream bukanlah saluran yang bebas dan netral, melainkan sebuah alat dari kelompok dominan dan juga memproduksi ideologi dominan. Sehingga menempatkan rubrik yang bernama citizen journalism menjadi utopia. Rekomendasi bagi redaktur rubrik Citizen Journalism dan Koran Tribun Jogja, sebaiknya memberikan space pemberitaan rubrik ini lebih banyak lagi baik pada edisi cetak maupun online, dan menyerahkan pengelolaan rubrik Citizen Journalism pada pihak luar yang tidak memiliki ikatan langsung dengan media yang bersangkutan, sehingga dimensi independensi dapat tercapai. 

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 256-277
Author(s):  
Antoine Lilti

Abstract The Enlightenment has often been presented as the ideological programme of modernity, the set of ideas and values from which modern, democratic and secularized Western societies have emerged. This reading, however, fails to account for the diversity and polyphony of the Enlightenment. Another reading, that of Michel Foucault, insisted on the ethos of modernity that the Enlightenment would have brought: a critical relationship with the present and current events. Conversely, this interpretation neglects the militant and collective dimension of the Enlightenment that favoured emancipation through knowledge. This article suggests, rather, seeing in the Enlightenment a way of problematizing modernity, of thinking about its contradictions. It develops this argument from a case study: the philosophes’ reflections on the public and its ambivalences. The optimism of the Enlightenment’s fight against prejudice was counterbalanced by a more pessimistic analysis of the new public space and of the media obstacles to the dissemination of knowledge and critical thinking.


First Monday ◽  
2005 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sandor Vegh

This paper provides a thorough analysis of the mainstream media representation of hackers, hacking, hacktivism, and cyberterrorism. The intensified U.S. debate on the security of cyberspace after September 11, 2001, has negatively influenced the movement of online political activism, which is now forced to defend itself against being labeled by the authorities as a form of cyberterrorism. However, these socially or politically progressive activities often remain unknown to the public, or if reported, they are presented in a negative light in the mass media. In support of that claim, I analyze five major U.S. newspapers in a one–year period with 9–11 in the middle. I argue that certain online activities are appropriated for the goals of the political and corporate elite with the help of the mass media under their control to serve as pretext for interventions to preserve the status quo. Thus, the media portrayal of hacking becomes part of the elite’s hegemony to form a popular consensus in a way that supports the elite’s crusade under different pretexts to eradicate hacking, an activity that may potentially threaten the dominant order.


Author(s):  
Samuel Llano

As is described in this conclusion, more than the media and culture, Madrid’s public space constituted the primary arena where reactions and attitudes toward social conflict and inequalities were negotiated. Social conflict in the public space found expression through musical performance, as well as through the rise of noise that came with the expansion and modernization of the city. Through their impact on public health and morality, noise and unwelcomed musical practices contributed to the refinement of Madrid’s city code and the modernization of society. The interference of vested political interests, however, made the refining of legislation in these areas particularly difficult. Analysis of three musical practices, namely, flamenco, organilleros, and workhouse bands, has shown how difficult it was to adopt consistent policies and approaches to tackling the forms of social conflict that were associated with musical performance.


2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 193-207
Author(s):  
Kathryn Shine ◽  
Shane L. Rogers

This study examines Australian teachers (n = 268) and parents’ (n = 206) self-reported perceptions of education news coverage and how the coverage affects them. Overall, the participants reported a perception that news coverage of teachers, schools, the education system and standardised testing was generally negative in tone. Participants reported typically feeling demoralised by negative stories and inspired by positive stories. A high importance was placed upon the public perception of education by participants. However, trust in the media reporting of educational issues was low. An exception to this general pattern of findings was that participants did not place as much importance upon the public perception of standardised testing and reported being less affected by negative or positive stories on that topic compared to the other education aspects. This research is one of the few studies to investigate the potential emotional impact that news coverage of education can have on media consumers.


2018 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 205630511877601 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew S. Ross ◽  
Damian J. Rivers

Twitter is increasingly being used within the sociopolitical domain as a channel through which to circulate information and opinions. Throughout the 2016 US Presidential primaries and general election campaign, a notable feature was the prolific Twitter use of Republican candidate and then nominee, Donald Trump. This use has continued since his election victory and inauguration as President. Trump’s use of Twitter has drawn criticism due to his rhetoric in relation to various issues, including Hillary Clinton, the size of the crowd in attendance at his inauguration, the policies of the former Obama administration, and immigration and foreign policy. One of the most notable features of Trump’s Twitter use has been his repeated ridicule of the mainstream media through pejorative labels such as “fake news” and “fake media.” These labels have been deployed in an attempt to deter the public from trusting media reports, many of which are critical of Trump’s presidency, and to position himself as the only reliable source of truth. However, given the contestable nature of objective truth, it can be argued that Trump himself is a serial offender in the propagation of mis- and disinformation in the same vein that he accuses the media. This article adopts a corpus analysis of Trump’s Twitter discourse to highlight his accusations of fake news and how he operates as a serial spreader of mis- and disinformation. Our data show that Trump uses these accusations to demonstrate allegiance and as a cover for his own spreading of mis- and disinformation that is framed as truth.


2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 229
Author(s):  
Alexander Arie Sanata Dharma

The COVID-19 pandemic has lasted more than one year, and vaccines are the primary expectation of ending it. The vaccine development successfully accelerated from 10-15 years to only about 12-16 months through several adjustments. In a health crisis, the vaccine can be accepted through Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) by a country's regulatory authority. In Indonesia, the role is carried out by the Indonesia Food and Drug Administration (BPOM). This study proposes analyzing the manifestation of the principles of the New Public Service in issuing EUA for the COVID-19 vaccine. This research uses qualitative methods through secondary data analysis on written sources of information such as websites, reports, social media, books, and journals. Based on the analysis, in issuing the EUA COVID-19 vaccine, BPOM has performed the principles of the New Public Service. BPOM, with all stakeholders, insisted on their values (quality, safety, and efficacy) to facilitate the EUA process due to the urgency of the emergency. With this effort, the public can afford vaccines that safe and meet the efficacy and quality standard within the expected time.Keywords : COVID-19, Emergency Use Authorization, Indonesia FDA, New Public Service


2019 ◽  
pp. 100-122
Author(s):  
Francis L. F. Lee

This chapter reviews the relationship between the media and the Umbrella Movement. The mainstream media, aided by digital media outlets and platforms, play the important role of the public monitor in times of major social conflicts, even though the Hong Kong media do so in an environment where partial censorship exists. The impact of digital media in largescale protest movements is similarly multifaceted and contradictory. Digital media empower social protests by promoting oppositional discourses, facilitating mobilization, and contributing to the emergence of connective action. However, they also introduce and exacerbate forces of decentralization that present challenges to movement leaders. Meanwhile, during and after the Umbrella Movement, one can also see how the state has become more proactive in online political communication, thus trying to undermine the oppositional character of the Internet in Hong Kong.


2011 ◽  
Vol 65 (1) ◽  
pp. 139-167 ◽  
Author(s):  
Héctor Perla

AbstractThis article examines the determinants of public support for the use of military force. It puts forward a Framing Theory of Policy Objectives (FTPO), which contends that public support for military engagements depends on the public's perception of the policy's objective. However, it is difficult for the public to judge a policy's objective because they cannot directly observe a policy's true intention and influential political actors offer competing frames to define it. This framing contestation, carried out through the media, sets the public's decision-making reference point and determines whether the policy is perceived as seeking to avoid losses or to achieve gains. The FTPO predicts that support will increase when the public perceives policies as seeking to prevent losses and decrease when the public judges policies to be seeking gains. I operationalize and test the theory using content analysis of national news coverage and opinion polls of U.S. intervention in Central America during the 1980s. These framing effects are found to hold regardless of positive or negative valence of media coverage.


2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
pp. 255-275
Author(s):  
Yiqin Ruan ◽  
Jing Yang ◽  
Jianbin Jin

Biotechnology, as an emerging technology, has drawn much attention from the public and elicited hot debates in countries around the world and among various stakeholders. Due to the public's limited access to front-line scientific information and scientists, as well as the difficulty of processing complex scientific knowledge, the media have become one of the most important channels for the public to get news about scientific issues such as genetically modified organisms (GMOs). According to framing theory, how the media portray GMO issues may influence audiences’ perceptions of those issues. Moreover, different countries and societies have various GMO regulations, policies and public opinion, which also affect the way media cover GMO issues. Thus, it is necessary to investigate how GMO issues are covered in different media outlets across different countries. We conducted a comparative content analysis of media coverage of GMO issues in China, the US and the UK. One mainstream news portal in each of the three countries was chosen ( People's Daily for China, The New York Times for the US, and The Guardian for the UK). We collected coverage over eight years, from 2008 to 2015, which yielded 749 pieces of news in total. We examined the sentiments expressed and the generic frames used in coverage of GMO issues. We found that the factual, human interest, conflict and regulation frames were the most common frames used on the three portals, while the sentiments expressed under those frames varied across the media outlets, indicating differences in the state of GMO development, promotion and regulation among the three countries.


2012 ◽  
Vol 1 (3) ◽  
pp. 203-225 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shimazono Susumu

Abstract Until the 1990s, a commonly held view in Japan was that Buddhism had withdrawn from public space, or that Buddhism had become a private concern. Although Buddhist organizations conducted relief and support activities for the people affected at the time of the Great Hanshin Earthquake in 1995, they were often seen to be out of place, and little attention was given to them by the media. However recently there are areas in which Buddhism can be seen as playing new roles in the public sphere. Religious organizations seem to be expected to perform functions in fields that lie outside the narrow definition of religion. These expectations are becoming stronger among Buddhist organizations as well. In this paper, I describe some areas in the public sphere in which Buddhist groups are starting to play important roles including disaster relief, support of the poor and people without relatives, provision of palliative care and spiritual care, and involvement in environmental and nuclear plant issues.


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