Mass Media Reform and Democratization in the Indonesian Context

Jamhur Poti; Mohd Khairie Ahmad

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Mass Media Reform and Democratization in the Indonesian Context

Jamhur Poti, Mohd Khairie Ahmad

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The reforms that took place in Indonesia in 1998 were the starting point for community demands for a democratic system. This article is a conceptual article that aims to answer the challenges of democratizing the mass media in the Indonesian context. For 32 years, the Indonesian government system tended to adhere to an autocratic system. The freedom of the mass media or the press is monitored, so that freedom of information and news is limited. So that the information that reaches the public has experienced distortion and is no longer relevant. So strong in autocratic regimes. However, after the 1998 reformation, democracy has made significant progress, with the fulfillment of the rights of civil society, there is a process of transferring authority which previously became the exclusive rights of the state to become the authority of the public. In line with this matlamat, the transition of the broadcast media system system is monitored by a government order that is free from pressure and interference with the interests of power. The mass media or the press is no longer the fourth pillar in democracy, but the mass media or the press is a part that must be guarded, because the mass media or the press represents itself as the main public space and also determines the dynamics that not only function socially and economically, but also function. ideological. Apart from that threats to mass media workers and journalists still occur, even though threats and violence are carried out more by group interests. In fact, democracy actually contains civilization and order in social life which has a very noble goal in running the government. In general, it can be said that a democratic system requires a very dynamic consensus and interaction between the state, the media industry, and the civil society. Because in a democratic system there is no institution that feels more dominant than others.

Published in	Social Sciences (Volume 10, Issue 1)
DOI	10.11648/j.ss.20211001.14
Page(s)	28-35
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Reform, Challenge, Mass Media Democracy

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Jamhur Poti

Communication Department, School of Multimedia Technology & Communication, University Utara Malaysia, Kedah Darul Aman, Malaysia
Mohd Khairie Ahmad

Communication Department, School of Multimedia Technology & Communication, University Utara Malaysia, Kedah Darul Aman, Malaysia

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