Proceedings of the 2nd Social and Humaniora Research Symposium (SoRes 2019)

The Views of Online Media Journalists About Implementation of the Truth Principle in Covering Event of 212 Reunion

Authors
Arba’iyah Satriani, Andalusia Neneng Permatasari, Tia Muthiah, Fadhila Nur Rizky Islami, Kireina Dwi Faraumina
Corresponding Author
Arba’iyah Satriani
Available Online 3 March 2020.
DOI
10.2991/assehr.k.200225.023How to use a DOI?
Keywords
online media journalists, the truth principle, 212 reunion
Abstract

In journalistic practice, the meaning of the truth is debatable. It is something absurd because it can be interpreted differently depending on the needs. According to Harsono in the book of “Elements of Journalism” that is written by Bill Kovach and Tom Rosenstiel, the meaning of the truth is in the functional level, not in the level of philosophical. For example, in the daily lives people need information about traffic jam, weather forecasts, currency rates or football match. This article explores the views of three online media journalists about the implementation of the first principle of the nine element of journalism which is “the first obligation of the journalist is to the truth” when they were covering the event of reunion of 212 on December 2nd, 2018.This research implements a qualitative method by interviewing the journalists from republika.co.id, detik.com and liputan6.com. They were journalists who were assigned by their offices to cover the event. The result shows that as journalists who were on the spot of event, they would only publish news articles based on the facts they gather from the place of coverage.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the 2nd Social and Humaniora Research Symposium (SoRes 2019)
Series
Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research
Publication Date
3 March 2020
ISBN
10.2991/assehr.k.200225.023
ISSN
2352-5398
DOI
10.2991/assehr.k.200225.023How to use a DOI?
Copyright
© 2020, 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/).

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