CONSTRUCTION OF POLITICAL NEWS RATNA SARUMPAET TOWARD PRABOWO-SANDIAGA CAPRES IMAGE ON MEDIA ONLINE (Study : Framing Analysis on Kompas.com and Tempo.co)

Abstract

The construction of political news becomes important especially during the President's 2019 campaign period. Political reality becomes an issue that is always awaited by the public. The purpose of this research is to find out the framing conducted by the online media Kompas.com and Tempo.co in the hoax Ratna Sarumpaet news coverage of the political image of the Prabrowo-Sandiaga pair candidates based on analysis of Zhongdang Pan and Gerald M. Kosicki framing. The theory in this study is the Theory of Social Reality Construction. The research method used in this study is a qualitative method with analysis of Framing Zhongdang and Gerald M. Kosicki. The results of the study explain the online media Kompas.com and Tempo.co construct the reality of negative images of the Prabowo-Sandiaga couple related to the Ratna Sarumpaet hoax case seen from the choice of words, news perspective, language style used by showing the impact of the Prabowo-Sandiaga couple's involvement as negative opinions emerge in the eyes of the public. The implication in this research is that the media should use word selection and language style that is easily understood by the reader while prioritizing the balance of news in the journalistic code of ethics, and the use of layout in reporting and for researchers to conduct further research using Robert N. Entman's framing method to more emphasizing certain aspects of reality in the direction of framing a news.