Discourse Analysis of Online News on Green Economy and Blue Economy for Sustainable Development: The Case in Indonesia

Abstract

This study aims to describe the concept of a green economy and a blue economy in Indonesia in 2016-2020, to realize sustainable development, with indicators of poverty alleviation, employment, utilization of natural resources, and reduction of waste. The research method is qualitative-descriptive used by analyzing the news from five reputable online news media in Indonesia using NVivo 12 plus software and other literature related to research problems. The results showed that the intensity of reporting on the green economy discourse varies between each online news media, namely: labor absorption indicators are more dominant reported by Tribunnews.com and Kompas.com, natural resource management by Tempo.co, waste reduction by Detik.com, and poverty alleviation by Antaranews.com. Meanwhile, in the blue economy concept, the most dominant indicators reported are indicators of efficiency in using natural resources by Tempo.co and Kompas.com, poverty alleviation by Detik.com and Antaranews.com, and waste-free indicators by Tribunnews.com. Furthermore, word frequency analysis on the green economy concept shows that the most frequently reported topics are about the use of renewable energy, while in the blue economy concept, the most frequently discussed topics are about fish farming for sustainable food and the cleanliness of the oceans from waste. Compared to the blue economy concept, the green economy concept has been reported more by the media. However, the blue economy concept is a bit more favored because it is cheaper and more environmentally friendly/waste-free. This is because no waste is wasted at all on the concept of a blue economy.