scholarly journals Citizen Journalism and Public Participation in the Era of New Media in Indonesia: From Street to Tweet

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 79-90
Author(s):  
Iswandi Syahputra ◽  
Rajab Ritonga

Citizen journalism was initially practiced via mass media. This is because citizens trusted mass media as an independent information channel, and social media like Twitter was unavailable. Following mass media’s affiliation to political parties and the rise of social media, citizens began using Twitter for delivering news or information. We dub this as citizen journalism from street to tweet. This study found that such process indicates the waning of mass media and the intensification of social media. Yet, the process neither strengthened citizen journalism nor increased public participation as it resulted in netizens experiencing severe polarization between groups critical and in support of the government instead. We consider this as a new emerging phenomenon caused by the advent of new media in the post-truth era. In this context, post-truth refers to social and political conditions wherein citizens no longer respect the truth due to political polarization, fake-news-producing journalist, hate-mongering citizen journalism, and unregulated social media activities. Primary data were obtained through in-depth interviews with four informants. While conversation data of netizens on Twitter were acquired from a Twitter conversation reader operated by DEA (Drone Emprit Academic), a big data system capable of capturing and analyzing netizen’s conversations, particularly on Twitter in real time. This study may have implications on the shift of citizen journalism due to its presence in the era of new media. The most salient feature in this new period is the obscurity of news, information, and opinions conveyed by citizens via social media, like Twitter.

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 68-79
Author(s):  
Masad Masrur Buchori

The agenda setting of Mass Media in Indonesia, which tends to be pro towards the presence of the Job Creation Law, is considered not an actual articulation of the public interest (receiver) which it should represent. Theory, research, and even digital surveys involving the mass media as news subjects (channels) assess that the mass media are trapped in insignificant, normative news and do not accommodate counter opinions in an objective and balanced manner. The public then uses new media, especially social media, to mobilize a movement against the Job Creation Law, or to broadly mobilize pro-democracy forces through this movement. Although social media is not a mass media that applies measurable journalistic principles, social media offers digitization, convergence, interactivity, and development of network, which are considered more effective in articulating the true public interest in political communication towards the government as the messenger (sender). Keywords: government; job creation law; mass media; social media  


2018 ◽  
Vol 35 (2) ◽  
pp. 151 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cut Rabiatul Adawiyah ◽  
NFN Sumardjo ◽  
Eko S. Mulyani

<strong>English</strong><br />The government commits to achieve food sovereignty and self-sufficiency, especially those of rice, corn, and soybean (Pajale) in 2017, 2018, and 2019, respectively. One of the problems is low speed of technological innovation adoption at farm level because of extension workers and farmer group’s communication is not dynamic. This study aims to analyze factors influencing technological innovation adoption of the Rice, Corn and Soybean Special Effort (Upsus Pajale) activities and roles of farmer group communication on technology adoption in Upsus Pajale activities. The research was conducted in Malang Regency, East Java Province. Primary data were collected using questionnaires from 90 respondents. Qualitative data were collected through in-depth interviews with key informants and direct observation. Primary data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and a logistic regression model. The results showed that factors influencing technological innovation adoption in Upsus Pajale activities in Malang Regency were farmers’age, nonformal education, land holding size, mass media, farmers’ assistants, and the farmer group communication. Factors influencing the roles of farmer group communication were farmers’age, the size of controlled arable land, cosmopolity level, non-formal education, mass media, and farmers’ companion.<br /><br /><br /><strong>Indonesian</strong><br />Pemerintah saat ini telah berkomitmen untuk mewujudkan kedaulatan pangan serta swasembada pangan, terutama komoditas padi, jagung, dan kedelai (Pajale) yang ditargetkan terwujud berturut-turut pada tahun 2017, 2018, dan 2019. Salah satu permasalahannya adalah kecepatan adopsi inovasi teknologi di tingkat petani masih rendah karena peran komunikasi penyuluh dan kelompok tani masih belum dinamis. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menganalisis faktor-faktor yang berpengaruh terhadap adopsi inovasi teknologi pada kegiatan upaya khusus (Upsus) Pajale dan menganalisis faktor-faktor yang berpengaruh terhadap peran komunikasi kelompok tani terhadap adopsi inovasi teknologi dalam kegiatan Upsus Pajale. Lokasi penelitian dipilih secara sengaja di Kabupaten Malang, Provinsi Jawa Timur. Data diperoleh melalui wawancara menggunakan kuesioner dengan responden sebanyak 90 orang dan didukung oleh data kualitatif melalui wawancara mendalam terhadap beberapa informan kunci dan observasi langsung. Data dianalisis menggunakan statistik deskriptif dan inferensia regresi model logistik. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa faktor-faktor yang memengaruhi adopsi inovasi teknologi pada kegiatan Upsus Pajale di Kabupaten Malang adalah umur petani, pendidikan nonformal, luas lahan yang dikuasai, peran media informasi, peran pendamping, dan peran komunikasi kelompok tani. Faktor-faktor yang memengaruhi peran komunikasi kelompok tani adalah umur petani, luas lahan yang dikuasai, tingkat kekosmopolitan, pendidikan nonformal, peran media informasi, dan peran pendamping petani.


2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 135
Author(s):  
Murni Ratna sari Alauddin ◽  
Nursamsir Nursamsir ◽  
Indar Ismail Jamaluddin

After the earthquake, tsunami, and liquefaction on 28 September 2018, the condition of the five-story building was damaged, but it is still inhabited by dozens of families. This paper seeks to explore the attitude of the Palu City Government-Regional People's Representative Council (DPRD), residents, and parties outside the government and outside the residents regarding the use of these flats after the earthquake. The research was conducted qualitatively. Primary data were collected from direct observation and interviews and sources of mass media coverage also complement the secondary data needs. Borrowing Robert K Merton's structural functionalism theory, this research finds a condition if after a disaster, residents strengthen their institutions by building consensus or mutual agreement. Meanwhile, the City Government of Palu, although stated that they prohibited them from returning to the apartment, they have not been able to provide a more feasible housing solution after the earthquake. Ironically, members of the DPRD, as partners of the mayor in the government in Palu City, do not yet know about this condition.


Author(s):  
Oryza Devi Salam

The nature of humans in their lives is to carry out communication activities. An individual can be said to communicate with other people if both have an understanding of the meaning of the message conveyed in their interactions. The progress of information communication technology provides an opportunity for individuals to interact more easily through the internet. In 2017, the number of internet users in Indonesia was recorded at 143.26 million, or 54.68 percent of Indonesia's total population. This number increased compared to the previous year, namely in 2016 which was recorded at 132.7 million. Of the numbers recorded, 130 million of them are active on social media in term of New Media Communication, or noted as information technology-based communication, makes social media as primary chosen for individuals interacting socially in cyberspace. This study aims to analyze how the personal branding forming in social media instagram refer to eight laws of personal branding such as: specialization, leadership, personality, distinctiveness, visibility, unity, persistence and goodwill. The best personal branding must be meets on these eight laws. The type of research conduct as qualitative descriptive, which the method is case study. The data used are primary data from interviews with selected informants and secondary data: documents in the form of photos and texts of digital natives on their Instagram. The data were analyzed by data reduction, data display by arranging it according to the pattern and then verification that is drawing the conclusion to answer the research question. Refer to the results of the study, the conclusion is personal branding of digital natives on Social Media Instagram need to be manage to meet all eight laws of personal branding.Keywords: Communication, Digital Natives, New Media, Social Media


Author(s):  
Sahar Khamis

This chapter analyzes the role of new media, especially Internet-based communication, in accelerating the process of political transformation and democratization in Egypt. It analyzes the Egyptian media landscape before, during and after the 2011 revolution which toppled the regime of President Hosni Mubarak. In the pre-revolutionary phase, the eclectic and paradoxical political and communication landscapes in Egypt, and the role that new media played in paving the way for the revolution, is discussed. During the 2011 revolution, the role of new media, especially social media, such as Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube, is highlighted in terms of the multiple roles they play as catalysts for change, avenues for civic engagement, and platforms for citizen journalism. In the post-revolutionary phase, the multiple changes and challenges exhibiting themselves after the revolution are analyzed, especially the divisiveness between different players in the Egyptian political arena and how it is reflected in the communication landscape.


2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 275-293 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yipeng Xi ◽  
Aaron Ng

While much research stereotypes mass media in authoritarian contexts as mouthpieces of the ruling party, we argue that successful social media–driven activism also requires the support of mass media, even in authoritarian contexts. To investigate the roles of social media and mass media on collective mobilization, we analyzed a case in Guangzhou, China, and conducted in-depth interviews to conceptualize the interconnected relationship between social media and mass media from the perspective of resource mobilization. Findings reveal that social media facilitated the mobilization of participants by providing less fungible and timely resources at the initial stages of collective action. However, it is the more fungible and enduring resources provided by the mass media that sustain the intensity of external pressures to the government. The complementarity between social and mass media in atomized collective action in China is in essence the configuration between exclusive and monopolized resources mediated by a middle-ground discursive mode—“implied truth.”


2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (V) ◽  
pp. 305-322
Author(s):  
Abdikadir Dubow Mohamed ◽  
Felix Kiruthu

Public participation plays an important role in the democratization of countries globally. The accomplishment of public participation process is determined by how well it is organized.  This study sought to examine the effects of public participation on local legislation in Banadir region of Somalia. The study was guided by the following objectives, to investigate factors that led to public participation, examine the design of public participation mechanism; investigate the process of public participation and analyze the consequences of public participation. The research will employ a descriptive research design. The study population comprised all the stakeholders including the youth, elders, staff employed by the regional government, the clergy, politicians and the non-governmental organizations involved in public participation in Banadir region. Purposive sampling was done to come up with the sample size of the study. Regarding the variance among the target population, where a number of target population involved, the sample size of this study was 130 respondents. Eighty (80) of the respondents were community members including local politicians, clergies, traders, university lecturers, university students, farmers, chiefs and opinion leaders. Twenty (20) of the participants were management staff and heads of national civil labor departments. Thirty (30) respondents were also from the Local community elders who are engaged in public participation programs in Banadir Region.  Both secondary and primary data was accessed for the study. Primary data was collected from the identified stakeholders using the questionnaires, while secondary data was obtained from books and journals from Kenyatta University Post Modern Library. The study used two theories: New public management theory and Cornwall’s Theory of Participation that describe the relevance of public participation public development. Data processing and cleaning was done; the descriptive statistics was utilized quantitative data. Statistical tables and graphs was present the result. Content analysis was used to analyze qualitative data. The study found out that the citizen’s attitude has an impact on public participation. When citizens have a positive attitude towards the local legislation services, there are high chances they will participate. The study also found out that public participation design and process have an influence on local legislation. Therefore, the study recommends that the government and other stakeholders should come up with various ways of ensuring that all citizens are informed about public participation. The study also recommended that public participation design and process should be improved with the aim of improving public participation.


Koneksi ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Mediatrix Rahabav ◽  
Moehammad Gafar Yoedtadi

The development of technology that has brought big changes in human life, one of which is the presence of new media that makes it easier for humans to carry out communication activities. New media has a positive impact if it wisely chooses information, news and impressions as needed. Instagram social media includes new media, which is a platform for sharing photos, videos as well as a means of building relationships between people. However, the lack of control and strict sanctions by Instagram and the government have made some users free to upload pornographic content. The @pompa.kaka account includes Instagram users who are suspected of containing a lot of pornographic content. This study aims to determine and measure how much content contains pornographic elements on the Instagram account @pompa.kaka. This study uses a quantitative approach with content analysis methods. Analysis by coding on 340 samples by coder 1 and coder 2. Coding is carried out based on 7 categories of pornography according to Law No.44 of 2008. After the coding process between coders is complete, then a reliability test is carried out to prove the validity of the data and measuring instruments. reliable. The results of this study indicate that 97% of the content uploaded to the @pompa.kaka account contains pornographic elements.Perkembangan teknologi yang membawa perubahan besar dalam kehidupan manusia, salah satunya adalah kehadiran media baru yang memudahkan manusia dalam melakukan aktivitas komunikasi. Media baru membawa dampak positif apabila digunakan secara bijak dengan memilih informasi, berita serta tayangan sesuai kebutuhan. Media sosial instagram termasuk media baru, yang menjadi platform untuk berbagi foto, video sekaligus sarana membangun hubungan antar manusia. Namun kurangnya kontrol serta sanksi tegas oleh pihak instagram dan juga pemerintah membuat beberapa pengguna bebas mengunggah konten pornografi. Akun @pompa.kaka termasuk pengguna Instagram yang diduga banyak memuat konten mengandung unsur pornografi. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui serta mengukur berapa banyak konten yang mengandung unsur pornografi pada akun instagram @pompa.kaka. Penelitian ini menggunakan pendekatan kuantitatif dengan metode analisis isi. Analisa dengan melakukan coding pada 340 sampel oleh coder 1 dan coder 2. Coding dilakukan berdasarkan pada tujuh kategori pornografi sesuai Undang-undang No.44 tahun 2008. Setelah proses coding antar coder selesai, kemudian dilakukan uji reliabilitas untuk membuktikan keabsahan data serta alat ukur yang reliabel. Hasil penelitian ini menunjukan bahwa 97% konten yang diunggah pada akun @pompa.kaka mengandung unsur pornografi.


Author(s):  
Suryan Widati

<em><span style="color: #550055;">The purpose of this research is to explore accountability</span> practice applied in a franchise school in Malang, which critically analyzed based on Habermas Critical Theory. The primary data was collected by interviewing the owner of the franchise and through direct observation towards the school activities. The result shows that market accountability was established in the form of?? social media and mass media documentations. In particular to this school, the market<span style="color: #550055;"> accountability described as a mechanism to</span> reach parents satisfaction and to attract new students and investors, which seem to be dominant motivation in practice. It was contrary to the initial mission which stated that the?? school should be run based on social interest. At last, this paper is expected to<span style="color: #550055;"> enrich the study about accountability.</span></em>


ICCD ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 92-96
Author(s):  
Ni Made Ras Amanda

Information, communication, and technology (ICT) in communities now have been major needs. Media nowadays developed in to new media like social media. Social media have different characteristic compared to mass media. One of the differences is the source or communicator. In social media, the communicator often unknown. The other characteristic is, social media has a massive effect through individual user. Ironically, not all the news and information which spread out in social media is a real news or fake news and hoaxes. In the other hand, social media user didn’t have media literacy to recognize the fake and the real news. to counter that, it needs to build awareness and empowering community of anti-hoax in Denpasar, as the biggest city in Bali. The activities were socialization in diverse age, researched, and campaign in the heart of Denpasar involving the vice governor of Bali Province.


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