Journalist Independence as the Supervisor of 2018 Regional Election in Central Java
- DOI
- 10.2991/iccsr-18.2018.13How to use a DOI?
- Keywords
- independence; journalist; news
- Abstract
Journalist independence is doubtful when entering the political year like 2018 Election. Along with this situation Press Council affirms the role of press to ensure the press independence and to fulfill the right of people to obtain quality and fair information. This research focuses on the journalist who becomes the supervisor of 2018 Regional Election at Central Java. The supervisor (Panwas) is required to be neutral in supporting the election. The research problem is how the journalists who become the supervisors keep their independence in journalism activities. The research was conducted by constructivist paradigm, using qualitative descriptive approach. The researcher explored deep phenomena and described the obtained results from the field, by conducting interview to the journalists who become supervisor of 2018 Regional Election at Central Java. This study used the theory of social construction. This research used the theory of Social Construction of Reality introduced by Peter L. Berger and Thomas Luckman that stated reality was the result of social construction. The results of this study state that the journalists who become the supervisor of 2018 Regional Election at Central Java remain neutral and non-aligned to any political interests. The action is conducted through limited news making and coverage that do not cover any political, legal, governmental and political affairs.
- Copyright
- © 2018, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.
- Open Access
- This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).
Cite this article
TY - CONF AU - Alkomari Alkomari PY - 2018/07 DA - 2018/07 TI - Journalist Independence as the Supervisor of 2018 Regional Election in Central Java BT - Proceedings of the International Conference of Communication Science Research (ICCSR 2018) PB - Atlantis Press SP - 56 EP - 61 SN - 2352-5398 UR - https://doi.org/10.2991/iccsr-18.2018.13 DO - 10.2991/iccsr-18.2018.13 ID - Alkomari2018/07 ER -