Networked National Private TV Mass Disobedience Against Obligations of 10% Local Broadcasts in

Abstract

Democratization of broadcasting in Indonesia was built starting with the enactment of Broadcasting Law No. 32 of 2002 concerning networked broadcasting systems. With the network broadcasting system there is no television station that is centered in Jakarta, television stations must have network stations in each of the desired areas. This system includes the obligation to broadcast locally by 10% of the number of broadcasts per day. One of the empirical phenomena is the non-compliance of the majority of the national networked private television in the area against one of the contents of the broadcasting law. This article looks at in detail how the national networked private television station understands local broadcasts in the area. By using qualitative research methods that also use critical discourse analysis as an analysis, the results to be obtained are to provide a detailed analysis of the reluctance of the networked national private television stations to the obligations of 10% of local broadcasts. A detailed description of the political economy theory of the media on the decision of the networked national private television station in interpreting local broadcasts is a fundamental reason for the decision.