Hans Georg Gadamer's Hermeneutics for News Anchor

Abstract

Globalization has a significant impact on increasing the need for information through the media in society. Television is one of the means of information that is trusted and easily accessible to the public. News anchors or news anchors on television carry an important role in disseminating information to the public. News anchors are an important part of broadcasting news information on television in realizing pre-planned news show programs. It doesn't stop there, television news anchors play an important capacity in influencing thoughts, persuasion, and shaping public opinion through the information they present to the public. In addition to proper expression and word selection, they are also obliged to deliver news in a language that is easy to understand, and understandable to television viewers. News anchors prepare themselves with information, knowledge, and competence before breaking the news. This paper presents an explanation of how the concept of understanding news texts can be seen from the perspective of Gadamer's hermeneutic philosophy. The research method used in solving the problem is the Hermeneutic analysis of a German philosopher named Gadamer. The news material in a news text is analyzed to bring out a new understanding by the process of mixing two horizons between the text of the news writer and the horizon news anchor along with the theory of communication competence and the study of hermeneutics. Hermeneutics helps news anchors present news well through preconceptions so that there is a melting of horizons and a history of influence that results in an understanding of dialogue or conversation with individuals, groups, and communities in this case the television audience so that a new horizon is reached.