Reporting Politics: A Political Journalism Study from the Perspectives of Journalists in Malang Raya

PPolitical journalism as a field of study under the banner of journalism study, needs to be explored deeper in the context of Indonesia. Indonesia is one of the biggest democratic countries in the world. The country has implemented the system of direct elections in every five years to elect regional...

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Main Authors: Nisa Alfira, Kendita Agustin Maudy Apsari, Rachmad Gustomy, Sabrina Afia Apriliyanti
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Language:English
Published: P3M STAIN Kediri 2023-07-01
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Online Access:https://jurnalfuda.iainkediri.ac.id/index.php/mediakita/article/view/871
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author Nisa Alfira
Kendita Agustin Maudy Apsari
Rachmad Gustomy
Sabrina Afia Apriliyanti
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Rachmad Gustomy
Sabrina Afia Apriliyanti
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description PPolitical journalism as a field of study under the banner of journalism study, needs to be explored deeper in the context of Indonesia. Indonesia is one of the biggest democratic countries in the world. The country has implemented the system of direct elections in every five years to elect regional leaders as well as president and vice president. This paper aims to shed light on the practice of political journalism in Malang Raya. Malang Raya is a region in East Java Province which is comprised of Kota Malang, Kabupaten Malang and Kota Batu. The writers conducted semi-structured interviews with 6 reporters. The findings of this research are: (i) journalist and contributors do not obtain a complete freedom in the process of gathering the news and writing the news; (ii) journalist and contributors have obeyed the Indonesian ethics of journalistic, and (iii) to some extent, there are some factors influencing political reporting, i.e.: the interests of media firms, local culture, and geographical locations. Furthermore, politics is an interesting and challenging issue to report. Journalists can face some challenges and problems in reporting politics, as it also happened to our informants. In general, media firms have capacity to interpret the politicians conduct, and influence voters behaviour. In return, politicians are also in need of media, in terms of disseminating their ideas and obtaining some information about the communities.
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spelling doaj.art-74a76338cc4b42aea81c4b66004d2ab92023-12-12T05:15:16ZengP3M STAIN KediriJurnal Mediakita2579-37212615-33272023-07-017222024710.30762/mediakita.v7i2.871918Reporting Politics: A Political Journalism Study from the Perspectives of Journalists in Malang RayaNisa Alfira0Kendita Agustin Maudy Apsari1Rachmad Gustomy2Sabrina Afia Apriliyanti3Universitas BrawijayaUniversitas BrawijayaUniversity of BirminghamUniversitas BrawijayaPPolitical journalism as a field of study under the banner of journalism study, needs to be explored deeper in the context of Indonesia. Indonesia is one of the biggest democratic countries in the world. The country has implemented the system of direct elections in every five years to elect regional leaders as well as president and vice president. This paper aims to shed light on the practice of political journalism in Malang Raya. Malang Raya is a region in East Java Province which is comprised of Kota Malang, Kabupaten Malang and Kota Batu. The writers conducted semi-structured interviews with 6 reporters. The findings of this research are: (i) journalist and contributors do not obtain a complete freedom in the process of gathering the news and writing the news; (ii) journalist and contributors have obeyed the Indonesian ethics of journalistic, and (iii) to some extent, there are some factors influencing political reporting, i.e.: the interests of media firms, local culture, and geographical locations. Furthermore, politics is an interesting and challenging issue to report. Journalists can face some challenges and problems in reporting politics, as it also happened to our informants. In general, media firms have capacity to interpret the politicians conduct, and influence voters behaviour. In return, politicians are also in need of media, in terms of disseminating their ideas and obtaining some information about the communities.https://jurnalfuda.iainkediri.ac.id/index.php/mediakita/article/view/871political journalismjournalistsmalang rayapolitical reporting
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Kendita Agustin Maudy Apsari
Rachmad Gustomy
Sabrina Afia Apriliyanti
Reporting Politics: A Political Journalism Study from the Perspectives of Journalists in Malang Raya
Jurnal Mediakita
political journalism
journalists
malang raya
political reporting
title Reporting Politics: A Political Journalism Study from the Perspectives of Journalists in Malang Raya
title_full Reporting Politics: A Political Journalism Study from the Perspectives of Journalists in Malang Raya
title_fullStr Reporting Politics: A Political Journalism Study from the Perspectives of Journalists in Malang Raya
title_full_unstemmed Reporting Politics: A Political Journalism Study from the Perspectives of Journalists in Malang Raya
title_short Reporting Politics: A Political Journalism Study from the Perspectives of Journalists in Malang Raya
title_sort reporting politics a political journalism study from the perspectives of journalists in malang raya
topic political journalism
journalists
malang raya
political reporting
url https://jurnalfuda.iainkediri.ac.id/index.php/mediakita/article/view/871
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