Veronika, Veronika and Murtiningsih, Bertha Sri Eko (2022) Analysis of conflict: Online media coverage of the St. Lidwina Church incident. SEARCH Journal of Media and Communication Research, 14 (1). ISSN 2672-7080
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Abstract
News about religious intolerance in Indonesia lacks the appropriate nuances to minimise and resolve conflicts. Further, unbalanced coverage can have an impact on conflicts that recur. One of the events that attracted widespread attention in Indonesia was the St. Lidwina Church incident in Yogyakarta. This study used the perspective of peace journalism from McGoldrick and Lynch and applied the framing method from Entman to look at the exaggeration of certain aspects of reality by four online media outlets (Cnnindonesia.com, Republika.co.id, Detikcom, Tribunnews.com). The analysis of 118 news articles show that these media implemented the principle of peace journalism in some aspects: (1) they avoided a conflict involving two parties fighting on one particular problem; (2) they avoided treating the conflict as if it only occurred at the particular time and place of violence but, failed to avoid (a) highlighting the chronology of the incident; (b) the use of emotional words; (c) the use of adjectives such as “cruel”, “brutal”, and “barbaric”; (d) the use of labels such as “terrorist” and “extremist”. This study encourages journalists who cover conflicts to understand that local values can be employed as an emerging conflict resolution. Further, it is crucial to understand and use cultural values in reporting on conflicts as a part of peace journalism.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Keywords: | Framing, news, peace journalism, online media, local values |
| Subjects: | 000 Computer Science, Information and General Works > 070 News Media, Journalism and Publishing > 070 News, mass media, journalism, and publishing |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Communication > Digital Journalism |
| Depositing User: | Administrator UMN Library |
| Date Deposited: | 07 Oct 2022 05:58 |
| Last Modified: | 07 Oct 2022 05:58 |
| URI: | https://kc.umn.ac.id/id/eprint/23013 |
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