Abstract

The reform of public service broadcasting (PSB) faces many obstacles in countries with political transition such as Indonesia.After 1998-political change, the arrival of ideas to establish PSB in Indonesia in two decades lacks of appropriate policies.As in other transitional states in Eastern Europe, there is the lack of regulatory design as well as its implementation.This paper examines process of formulating PSB law in 2002, particularly pays attention to industry capture over the making process as a critical tool to observe a long-controvercial of broadcasting law revision process in Indonesia (2012-2016).By use public interest and capture theories in regulation, this paper answers why the outcome of PSB regulation is weak by observing how the law was made.This study provides new analysis on PSB media law that still rare in Indonesia. As independent and non-profit body, Indonesian PSB represented by RRI (Radio of the Republic Indonesia) and TVRI (Television of the Republic Indonesia) is protected by Broadcasting Act.32/2002. It was enacted in favor of two actors: authoritarian officials with interest to use PSB as their mouthpiece in one side and the industry groups with interest to apply free market policy on the other.

Highlights

  • Introduction and Research DesignAs a public policy, redesigning public service broadcasting (PSB) regulation in the world is a complex negotiation process, influenced by political system and the strength of economic and social culture of a country

  • I will look at PSB regulatory outcome in the Broadcasting Act as starting point and to limit this study, I will select four debates: legal status of PSB, structure, service area and funding system among actors and it will be explained in these two periods: agenda setting/first discussion (1998-2000) and negotiation/decision making phase (2000-2002)

  • The agency's main mandate to regulate PSB to maximize benefit of society is captured and the agency acts in favour of the industry interest due to their lack of knowledge on the broadcasting system in the policy making process

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Summary

Introduction and Research Design

As a public policy, redesigning public service broadcasting (PSB) regulation in the world is a complex negotiation process, influenced by political system and the strength of economic and social culture of a country. Change in political system from authoritarianism to liberal in transitional countries in Europe and Asia has a direct effect on the process of formulating new media laws, actors involved and the result. It is mostly indicated by contradictory policy outcome between public and private interest. I will look at PSB regulatory outcome in the Broadcasting Act as starting point and to limit this study, I will select four debates: legal status of PSB, structure, service area and funding system among actors and it will be explained in these two periods: agenda setting/first discussion (1998-2000) and negotiation/decision making phase (2000-2002). My last observation in years 2000-2002 would enrichs while other PSB policy model especially in Europe and the US will be used for comparison

PSB Regulatory Governance
Public Interest in Broadcasting Sector
Capture Theory of Regulation
Debates on Indonesian PSB
Legal status
Service area
Captured by Industry
Findings
Conclusion
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