Online News Media Research Articles

Examining a Critical Geopolitics in the Determination of Indonesia and Timor Leste Land Boundaries in Noel Besi – Citrana Segment

This study examines the determination of Indonesia and Timor Leste land boundaries, especially in the Noel Besi - Citrana segment. This study uses critical geopolitical analysis, especially the geopolitical vision according to Agnew (2013) and O Tuathail (1996), to explain the issue of land boundaries in the Noel Besi – Citrana segment. This study uses qualitative methods, in which the primary data is drawn from in-depth interviews with several key informants. The secondary data is through scientific literature and news in online media. This study shows that the issue of land boundaries in the Noel Besi – Citrana segment is caused by the different geopolitical visions of the two countries (Indonesia and Timor Leste). Although the two countries both refer to the 1904 Treaty between the Netherlands and the Portuguese, which contains a territorial boundary agreement on the island of Timor, the two countries have different geopolitical visions. Indonesia perceives the mouth of the Noel Besi River as the beginning of determining the boundary line in the east. Meanwhile, Timor Leste perceives that the delimitation should be drawn from Noel Besi, depicted in a small ditch (Nono Tuinan) in the west. The two countries then visualized the Naktuka region in constructing a map of the country's boundaries based on their respective perceptions. These results support the arguments of Agnew (2013) and O Tuathail (1996), which emphasize the role of geopolitical vision in writing the world by visualizing the surrounding environment based on perceptions as outlined in the construction of images and maps.

Analyzing public sentiment on implementing the presidential threshold in Indonesia's presidential election system

The threshold Limits for presidential and vice presidential candidates have been a prominent topic since the introduction of direct presidential elections. Initially, the presidential threshold aimed to determine the candidates competing in the presidential election. However, over time, it has become a subject of prolonged debate, as it was perceived to undermine the rights of individuals in government and impede the principle of equality in democracy. This study utilizes qualitative research methods to gauge public sentiment regarding implementing the presidential threshold in Indonesia's presidential election system after the 2019 election. The research collected data through the Nvivo 12 Plus, utilizing sources such as Twitter (with the hashtag #presidentialthreshold) and online news media outlets, including Kompas, Detik, Tempo, Republika, and TribunNews. The study findings indicate that the percentage requirement is the most frequently discussed topic regarding the presidential threshold. Tempo is the online news media outlet that prominently highlights the issue. The analysis reveals that negative sentiment prevails in public opinion, comprising 63% of responses, while positive sentiment constitutes 37%. Tempo primarily represents positive sentiment, while Republika reflects negative sentiment. Positive public sentiment focuses on parliamentary support, while negative sentiment centers around candidates' opportunities.

Unmasking the Effect of News Media on Islamic Stock Market: Are ASEAN-3 Countries Vulnerable to Covid-19 News?

This study provides a novel viewpoint by clarifying the effect of the COVID-19 news on the fluctuations of the Islamic capital market in the ASEAN Region. It aims to explore the effect of news related to the COVID-19 pandemic on the movement of the Islamic stock index in ASEAN-3 countries (Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand). This research examined five news-related indices: panic emotion index, media hype index, sentiment index, fake news index, and contagion index. The research employed long-term daily secondary data covering one year during the COVID-19 pandemic to test the hypothesis. A total of 1086 data were analyzed using the panel regression method through EViews 9. The findings indicated that news media and the resulting sentiment have the potential to negatively affect the Islamic stock index movement through the panic and media hype index. The excitement and panic caused by the online news media negatively affected the movement of Islamic stock prices in the three ASEAN Islamic stock indexes, whereas fake news and contagion index were found to have no significant effect on the stock index movement.

Exploring critical media health literacy (CMHL) in the online classroom

Critical media health literacy (CMHL) is concerned with identifying healthrelated messages in the media, acknowledging the potential effects on health behaviours, critically analyzing the content of the message, and the subsequent application of the message to one’s health behaviours (Levin-Zamir & Bertschi, 2018). This exploratory research examined the CMHL skills of students (n = 120) in an entry-level, online asynchronous health and wellness course, by examining their ability to think critically about health-related themes presented in news media articles online and apply course-based knowledge during a Twitter event. Employing a content analysis of tweets from the event, students were found to illustrate CMHL skills when interacting with peers on Twitter, more than when directly assessing online news media. The findings suggest that the course curriculum be altered to include CMHL skills, to better equip students with the ability to identify accurate health information in the media.

Challenges and opportunities: application of clean and affordable energy in the development of the national capital of the archipelago

IKN is in a good and sufficient position in terms of energy security, especially in terms of renewable energy. To prevent harm to Kalimantan's ecology and natural beauty, it is vital to pay attention to and routinely checkfactors of energy efficiency and emission levels. This research aimed to look at the challenges and opportunities of implementing clean and affordable energy in the development of the National Capital of the Archipelago. This study used qualitative research methods that described the findings throughonline media, and the data source of this research is online news media. The data was obtained using the Ncapture feature on the Nvivo 12 Plus. The results of the study showed that the development of the Kayan River Hydroelectric Power Plant encourages economic development by as much as 37%, environmental development by as much as 35%, and social development by as much as 28%. Then the second challenge of hydropower development is environmental development, as much as 33.33%. The third challenge is economic development, which is 31.82%. Kayan hydropower construction will consist of five dams, the first phase will produce a 900-megawatt dam, the second dam of 1,200 megawatts, the third dam of 1,800 megawatts, the fourth dam of 1,800, and the fifth dam of 3,200 megawatts.

Discourses of Fear in Online News Media: Implications for Perceived Risk of Travel

This paper analyzes the role of Canadian online news media in framing travel during the pandemic. The article applies Altheide’s concept of the problem frame to reflect how news media contribute to the emergence of a highly rationalized problem that, in turn, generates a discourse of fear. While the impacts of COVID-19 on tourism have been extensively examined within tourism scholarship, less attention has been devoted to the impact of news media. Because travel and the pandemic are heavily intertwined, discourse analysis can help process media narratives, furthering our understanding of their role in influencing perceived risk of travel. A critical discourse analysis of over 100 online news articles was conducted using thematic analysis to uncover themes in Canadian media sources and to explore how the media have framed travel during the pandemic. The role of online news media in promoting fear was communicated through the themes of anxiety, antitrust, avoidance, and animosity. The role of the media in producing the problem frame in the context of travel was examined as well as its implications for perceived travel risk and tourism demand. The power dynamics between media, government, and the citizens it serves are also discussed.

PRINT AND ONLINE NEWS REVIEWS DURING 2021 THAT INFLUENCE THE INDONESIAN DEMOCRACY INDEX IN BLITAR CITY

This study aims to analyze news content in print and online media during 2021, which affects the Indonesian Democracy Index in Blitar City. The research subjects are news from January 1 to December 31, 2021, from the print media Radar Blitar and Memorandum, as well as online media from Bhirawa.com and Mayangkaranews.com. These four media have the highest number of readers in Blitar City. This study uses a qualitative method with a textual analysis approach and collects data through virtual searches, clippings, focus group discussions, and in-depth interviews. All Informants were determined based on the representation of the institutions contained in the measurement of the Indonesian Democracy Index. The results of a review of print and online news media during 2021 show that civil liberties, political rights, and democratic institutions in Blitar City show excellent performance.

Green Nature or Green Fantasies: Representations of Ecotourism in Vietnam

Although ecotourism is believed to help reduce the negative effects of vacationing inflicted on the natural world, it is still an ambiguous concept. The contentious interpretations of the term thus affect not only ecotourism in practice but also ecotourism policy development. This research article provides a qualitative analysis of how ecotourism is framed in Vietnamese online advertisements and news media coverage. The article’s theoretical underpinnings were gleaned via a review of the relevant literature. This was followed by a thematic analysis of online advertisements for thirty national parks and seventeen ecotourism sites/resorts in Vietnam. The article also features a thorough analysis of -related content from the country’s five most popular online newspapers. The research findings uncovered three major patterns of ecotourism representation in Vietnam: purely ecological tourism in national parks, nature-based tourism that is combined with anthropogenic landscapes as a form of pseudo-ecotourism in tourism resorts, and emerging checking-in hotspots at spontaneous sites. These patterns differ not only in the extent to which they correspond to the core elements of ecotourism but also in their perspectives of nature and the human–nature relationship. The implications of the three patterns for future ecotourism development in Vietnam, particularly concerns regarding policymaking and mismanagement, are discussed in the paper’s conclusions.

We Did It: A Content Analysis of Australian and New Zealand Online News Media Coverage of the Bid Process for the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup

The purpose of this study was to examine online news media coverage of the Australia–New Zealand joint bid to host the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup. Following neoliberal feminist theory and a postfeminist framework, the meanings and discourses of women’s empowerment produced in, and disseminated by, Australia and New Zealand’s popular online news media were explored. A content analysis was used to examine 77 domestic online news media articles published in response to the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup bid and hosting announcement. The findings revealed that the popular online news media centered on three themes: opportunities for women and girls in sport, legacy outcomes, and commercial benefits. However, there was a clear lack of critical engagement from the news media over the bid’s initiatives, claims, and promises. Only 2.5% of all online news media coverage engaged in meaningful discussion, analysis, and critique of the purported social and economic impacts of the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup. This study raises critical questions about the role of Australian and New Zealand (sport) media in (a) serving as a prominent forum through which the As One 2023 bid committee could circulate strategically crafted, preferred narratives regarding the event’s legacies and impacts to manufacture consent and public support for event hosting and (b) propagating a postfeminist celebration of women’s sport mega events that uncritically circulates specious claims of women’s empowerment, participation growth, and commercial benefits of the event.

2024 Presidential Election Sentiment Analysis in News Media Using Support Vector Machine

The 2024 presidential election is an event for all Indonesian people to determine their best leader. The presidential and vice presidential candidates are also competing to give their best efforts so that they can be elected as President and Vice President. The news media also provide news related to the 2024 presidential election with various titles that can interest their readers. Not infrequently the titles raised contain words that have sentiments, both positive and negative. In order to facilitate the analysis of the sentiments of these news titles, it is necessary to build a system that can detect the sentiments of these titles. In this study, we built a sentiment analysis system using the Support Vector Machine (SVM) method on news headline data obtained from online news media to detect whether news headlines contain positive or negative sentiments. For feature exctraction we compare the effect of FastText word embedding with TF-IDF for feature extraction. In the SVM method, several experiments were carried out on the attributes of C, kernel, gamma, and the ratio of the test data. The results obtained are a FastText can outperform TF-IDF for feature extraction. Also, combination of Kernel, C, and gamma values that give the best accuracy score of rbf, 1, and auto respectively at a test data ratio of 90:10, with an accuracy score of 99%.

"Flattening the curve": Communication, risk and COVID-19 pandemic in Turkey.

This study examines Turkish online news media coverage of the COVID-19 outbreak in the country. It explores media framing narratives, particularly how they reflected and promoted elite polarization or consensus in the COVID-19 debate. The findings shed light on Turkish political power dynamics during the first stage in the national response to the pandemic. The study highlights the calculations of political partisans who are keen on building a fragile consensus in an increasingly polarized society.

Analysis of How Local Online News Helped Shape Waste Management Policies in the Aftermath of the COVID-19 Pandemic

The purpose of this study was to provide an overview of the role played by local online news in improving policies on waste management in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic. This subject is worth examining since online news, as one of the pillars of democracy, must be able to present its strategic roles on issues of public concern at all levels. This research was conducted using the content analysis method. The study found that Radar Banyumas, a local online news media based in Banyumas Regency, published 28 news articles related to waste issues during the study period, which can be categorized into three major groups: policy articles, social criticism articles, and best practice articles. The study shows that Radar Banyumas is able to play an ideal role in influencing public policy agenda, overseeing policy implementation, providing education to the public, and providing solutions to waste problems. Radar Banyumas has acted as an ideal medium to help shape waste management policies at the regional level.
 Keywords: waste, local online news media, social criticism, policy recovery

Communication Strategy for Dissemination of Information on Blora Kuncara Application in Blora Regency

The Blora Kuncara application is part of the implementation of the Blora Regency smart city program. The app has been downloaded 500 times. But the number of downloaders is still far away with the number of productive people aged 15-65 years which amounted to 587,130 inhabitants in 2018. Therefore, this study aims to determine the communication strategy of the Communication and Informatics Service of Kabupeten Blora in disseminating information about the Blora Kuncara application to the public. The theory used is a communication planning model by Philip Lesly that divides planning into two actions, namely the organization that drives the activity and the public that is the target of the activity. The method used is descriptive qualitative with data collection techniques with interviews, observations, and documentation. The results showed that the communication strategy used by the Communication and Informatics Service of Blora Regency in the dissemination of the Blora Kuncara application was through direct communication, mass media (radio, internet) and through social media. Direct communication used is through socialization activities and special events. The dissemination of information through the internet is carried out through government websites and online news media. The spread through social media is carried out through Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and Youtube. Social media is used because it is more effective and efficient in disseminating information to the public. Based on the results of the study, it is recommended that local governments can streamline social media in dissemination activities of information to the public. However, collaboration with the mass media is also still carried out to increase public trust.Keywords: Blora Kuncara Application; Communication Strategy; Blora Distric; Dissemination Information; Communication Planning Model

Transvaginal mesh in Australia: An analysis of news media reporting from 1996 to 2021.

Transvaginal mesh (mesh) surgeries have been used to treat stress urinary incontinence (incontinence) and/or pelvic organ prolapse (prolapse). In Australia, as in many other countries, the harms caused by mesh eventually prompted individual and collective attempts to achieve redress. The rise of mesh surgery as a procedure, the experience of mesh-affected womenand the formal inquiries and legal actions that followed all occurred in social, cultural and discursive contexts. One strategy to understand these contexts is to track how the mesh and key actors in the mesh stories have been portrayed in mass media sources. We conducted a media analysis of the most highly read Australian newspapers and online news media platforms, focusing on how mesh and the interaction of stakeholders in mesh stories were presented to the Australian public. We searched systematically in the top 10 most-read print and online media outlets in Australia. We included all articles that mentioned mesh, from the date of first use of mesh in Australia to the date of our final search (1996-2021). After early scant media reporting focusing on the benefits of mesh procedures, major Australian medicolegal processes created a hook to shift reporting about mesh. The news media then played a significant role in redressing women's experienced epistemic injustice, including by amplifying previously ignored evidence of harm. This created an opportunity for previously unreported suffering to be revealed to powerful actors, in settings beyond the immediate control and epistemic authority of healthcare stakeholders, validating women's testimony and creating new hermeneutic resources for understanding mesh. Over time, media reports show healthcare stakeholders responding sympathetically to these new understandings in public discourse, contrasting with their statements in earlier media coverage. We argue that mass media reporting, in synergy with medicolegal actions and the Australian SenateInquiry, appears to have provided women with greater epistemic justice, giving their testimony privileged epistemic status such that it was considered by powerful actors. Although medical reporting is not recognised in the hierarchy of evidence embedded in the medical knowledge system, in this case, media reporting appears to have contributed to shaping medical knowledge in significant ways. We used publicly available data, print and online media outlets, for our analysis. Therefore, this manuscript does not contain the direct contribution of patients, service users, caregivers, people with lived experience or members of the public.

When Journalism Produces Horror Story: The Case of the INSENTIF Podcast by Tirto.id

TThis research aims to investigate the production of horror contents in the INSENTIF podcast channel by Tirto.id, an Indonesian online news media. When journalistic media are involved in the production of ghost stories and mystery, it raises concerns about journalistic basic principles of providing verified information. To understand this phenomenon, we conducted a qualitative case study and interviewed three key informants from the INSENTIF production team. Using Giddens’ structuration theory as an analysis framework, we identify that the INSENTIF production crews still perceive their routine as part of journalistic works. In writing the script, they strive to rely on credible sources and actualise the discipline of verification although they admit that they insert some fictional horrific scenarios at the beginning of each episode as well. Thus, they mention a disclaimer, explaining that their journalism practice, specifically on horror episodes, is not the same as the regular Tirto.id’s standard journalism. This research argues that the agents, in this case, seem to follow and reproduce the existing structure, rather than resist it.

Online news media and the framing of the executions under the Trump administration

ABSTRACT The federal government executed thirteen individuals in the last seven months of the Trump administration. While American media discourse in 2020 was focused largely on other events such as the COVID-19 pandemic and the presidential election, the news media nevertheless served as a key source of information about the executions to the American public. This study examines accounts of the executions from online news sources in order to identify the ways in which news outlets that lean to opposing ends of the political spectrum framed the executions. A thematic content analysis shows that the executions were discussed in the context of major events of the time, including the presidential election, the pandemic, and demonstrations calling for racial justice. News sources that lean to the political left tended to frame the executions as a political move by President Trump, who was backed by a conservative Supreme Court while neglecting more pressing issues like managing the pandemic. Right-leaning sources were more likely to frame the executions as overdue justice that had been unnecessarily delayed by frivolous lawsuits and baseless claims of racial injustice. Implications for public support and the future of capital punishment are discussed.

News as a Means of Popularization of First Aid Knowledge: Content Analysis of News Articles Related to Cases of Pediatric Cardiac Arrest in Schools and Kindergartens of Russia

RELEVANCE In Russia, insufficient motivation and low readiness of laypeople to provide first aid (FA) stipulate low rates of bystander cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and, as consequence, high mortality from cardiac arrest (CA). News reports on real cases of CA, in addition to describing circumstances of the event, may carry important information promoting FA provision among a wide audience. However, existing practice of presenting such content in Russian media sphere is unknown.AIM To investigate contemporary trends for presentation of information on the problem of CA and provision of help in CA in reports of online news media on the example of a news sample about cases of pediatric CA in kindergartens and schools of Russia.MATERIAL AND METHODS In August 2021, Google and Yandex were searched for Russian-language news reports describing cases of CA that happened in children in Russian schools and kindergartens in 2020, and structured content analysis of the news was carried out.RESULTS The study sample consisted of 207 news reports describing 21 unique case of CA. In 76.2% cases (n=16) CA occurred in children at school, in 23.8% cases (5) — at kindergarten. At least in 28.6% of cases (6) Emergency Medical Services providers did not attempt CPR at arrival on scene. FA provision by bystanders was described in two cases (9.5%), provision of help by medical employees of educational organizations — in six cases (28.6%). Only in one case (4.8%) the child was transferred to a hospital after successful resuscitation. In the rest of cases (n=20; 95.2%) biological death was verified on scene. Information on the value of FA for saving life in CA was present in one out of 207 news reports (0.5%); and there were no reports mentioning legal aspects of FA provision, describing procedure of FA in CA, or highlighting the importance of mass public resuscitation education.CONCLUSIONS News reports that describe cases of CA confirm high relevance of the problem, but do not carry important information related to popularization of FA knowledge. Inclusion of information on significance, principles and procedures of providing FA to CA victims into the content of the news reports is necessary for establishing positive public opinion and increasing motivation of the general population of Russia towards training in FA and FA provision. This in turn indicates the necessity for enhancing awareness of the professional journalistic community on the problem of FA provision in CA.

Sourcing practices of online news media in Switzerland during the war in Ukraine

IntroductionIn times of war, sourcing becomes a major challenge for journalists. Information is often unavailable because access is restricted or because reporting on the ground is prohibited, too dangerous, or even simply too costly for media having to work with limited resources. Which sources actually shape the news is a highly relevant question because news media still constitute the main channel of information for many citizens, especially when it comes to wars abroad. For a long time, scholars have diagnosed a dominance of official sources in war coverage but have not analyzed whether this is still the case with the advent of social media platforms, which potentially offer journalists other sources. Moreover, the integration of social media sources, such as Twitter or Telegram, is just one of many interdependencies in hybrid media environments. We aim to provide a more holistic understanding of sourcing practices in times of war by analyzing to what extent information from government and military sources, social media, other news media, and news agencies is featured as a main source in reporting on the war in Ukraine.MethodsIn our paper, we examine how 13 online media in Switzerland cover the war in Ukraine during the first 3 months after Russia's invasion—an example of a period in which journalists must typically identify reliable sources for reporting on the events surrounding such a war. Using a manual content analysis of 1,198 news articles, we analyze the sourcing practices that are visible in the reporting.ResultsOur results clearly show that information from other news outlets and social media and, above all, from news agencies plays an important role. Structural features of media types lead to distinct sourcing practices. Heavily commercialized, advertising-based media rely on news agency reports, other news media, and social media much more than subscription media or public service media. However, in all media types, actors from the government and the military are the most important source type.DiscussionOur study reveals patterns old and new in terms of sourcing practices war coverage in a European country not participating in, but affected by, the major war in Ukraine.

News Framing Analysis Of Rejection Issue Of The Film “Kucumbu Tubuh Indahku” On Republika.co.id

The purpose of this research was to explain the framing of the rejection issue of the film “Kucumbu Tubuh Indahku†on the online news media Republika.co.id. The type of this research is a qualitative research, descriptive approach using a framing analysis method. Based on the research results, it was found that Republika.co.id was more likely to reject the film “Kucumbu Tubuh Indahkuâ€. Among nine news analysed, it was found that seven news framed by Republika.co.id, tended to reject the film and present the news regarding the film from the negative side. On this side, Republika.co.id constructed the news by presenting the reason for the rejection of the film because it was considered to contain LGBT sexual deviation content. Although Republika.co.id tended to frame the news which seemed to reject the film, it also seemed to show the positive side of the film as found in two news which highlighted the response of the producers and directors to the film.

The Role of National Media Reporting in Supporting Defense Diplomacy Activities to Improve National Defense

One of the problems of the Republic of Indonesia's National Defense is that the minimum defense force has not been fulfilled, so policy and budgetary support are needed to increase this force, including defense equipment. This support is required from the legislature (DPR-RI), the executive (especially Bappenas and the Ministry of Finance), as well as positive public aspirations, one of the indicators of which is the direction of national mass media coverage. Regarding this effort, Defense Minister Prabowo Subianto carried out defense diplomacy activities by making a series of visits abroad, which raised pros and cons at home. Pointed starting from this background, this research aims to analyze how national online news media reports framing news regarding a series of visits to Indonesian defense diplomacy activities conducted by Defense Minister Prabowo Subianto for the October 2019-November 2021 period; and what is the impact of online news media coverage in helping support from stakeholders in supporting defense diplomacy activities to improve national defense. This research approach is qualitative. Research period October 2019-November 2021. Primary data collection techniques are through in-depth interviews with eight sources and analyzing the framing of 15 news related to 15 news in three online news media (Kompas.com. Detik.com, and Tribunnews.com). Secondary data collection techniques through library research. The results of the study show that the framing of national online news media is positive, which can be interpreted as playing a role in supporting the defense diplomacy activities carried out by Defense Minister Prabowo in the form of a series of overseas visits for the period October 2019November 2021; and positive framing by the national online news media as the aspirations of the community (public) has had a positive impact on the attitude of stakeholders (DPR-RI, Bappenas, Ministry of Finance) by responding positively to the Ministry of Defense's policies to meet the needs of the TNI's leading weaponry equipment to improve national defense