Problematika pers lokal dalam menghadapi kontestasi pemilihan kepala daerah (pilkada) di Provinsi Sumatera Barat

Main Author: Dianto, Icol
Format: Article PeerReviewed Book
Bahasa: ind
Terbitan: Program Studi Komunikasi dan Penyiaran Islam Fakultas Dakwah dan Komunikasi UIN Walisongo Semarang , 2018
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Online Access: http://repo.iain-padangsidimpuan.ac.id/452/1/B2.pdf
http://repo.iain-padangsidimpuan.ac.id/452/
http://journal.walisongo.ac.id/index.php/icj/article/view/2942/pdf
http://dx.doi.org/10.21580/icj.2018.3.2.2942
Daftar Isi:
  • Local press problems in facing the contestation of the election of Regional Heads in West Sumatra Province can be grouped into two broad lines: first, the local press is dragged into a conflict of interest in the election of the Regional Head including 1) The Press supports one candidate pair, 2). Incitement of the success team, 3). The interests of media owners and stakeholders in media companies. Second, the intervention of the Regional Head towards local media includes 1). Change the Regional Head changes journalists, 2). Contract termination threats and 3). Media blockade. As for the solution to the problem, an alternative solution can be proposed that: 1). Re-guided Law Number 40 of 1999 concerning Press. 2). Balancing the press as a business industry with the press as a professional institution (social control). 3). The media owner should not use and manipulate his press company into the realm of practical politics. 5). In establishing cooperation with local governments, strive to stick to the principles and ethics of the journalistic profession. 6). Journalists must increase the capacity and quality of journalistic products, adhere to journalists' code of ethics, and not bring the profession into the realm of practical politics. 7). Report regional heads or parties who attempt to intimidate the media and journalists in carrying out their profession, to the Public Information Commission (KIP), police and Ombudsman at certain levels of government.