Media Massa, Pemerintah dan Pemilik Modal

Abstract

Democratization of communication, is the starting point of mass media in promoting the achievement of a prosperous information society. But the problem, is not easy to build a democratic ideal. Because a number of people within the government still puts power in response to the message -the message conveyed by the media. On the other hand, there are still investors who interpret that identic democracy with freedom of action which is detrimental to the business is run. But democracy barriers associated with reporting transparency could have emerged from people who prefer introversion past due jargon about harmony and alignment.Keywords: mass media, the government and the power of capital owners

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“…Although, compared to other aspects of crisis, communication in natural disasters has received less systematic attention (Seeger, Sellnow, & Ulmer, 2003). Disaster communication should be done to encourage the spirit of victims, including those who remain to survive in the disaster (Susanto, 2011). Disaster communication is also conducted as an effort to convey true and accurate information and from credible sources so that it can be fully trusted by the society.…”

“…Through communication that is guided to the ethics of communication in delivering the message, from one source to each to obtain understanding, then communication becomes very essential when natural disasters happened (Susanto, 2011). It is certainly not easy to organize integrative disaster messages with mutual understanding of government agencies, private sector, and the wider society.…”

“…Rogers (Susanto, 2011) suggests that "the modernization of communication technologies to be more important, although more difficult to implement". According to Boos, Koolstra and Willems (Priest, 2010) that exposure to mass media can affect public opinion.…”

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“…Iklan partai di media milik HT juga diikuti dengan kegiatan partai di tengah masyarakat. Seperti dalam kegiatan bagi-bagi gerobak, partai tidak serta merta memberikan secara cumacuma, melainkan berusaha menjaring dukungan dan ikatan dengan calon pemilih (Susanto, 2013).…”

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