Framing Analysis of the Jakarta Post.com’ COVID-19 Coverage: March 2020

DOI

10.2991/assehr.k.201219.008How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Framing Analysis, Covid-19, The Jakarta Post

Abstract

The Jakarta Post.com played a major role in delivering the latest information for Covid-19 virus. The current issue regarding the Covid-19 pandemic is about (1) the role of the government in making policies to deal with Covid-19, especially in Jakarta, (2) The role of the media in conveying information about Covid-19. News is not necessarily present in the community, but is mobilized by the media. Information relating to an issue, framed in such a way as to be presented to the reader. This research wants to see how the Covid-19 issue is framed through the news of The Jakarta Post.com in March 2020. The method used is the R. Entman Framing analysis. This study analyzes the news framing of Covid-19 using four elements of R. Entman: defining the problem, diagnosing the cause, moral judgment, and treatment recommendations. The conclusion of this study states that The Jakarta Post.com puts the news in a balanced manner. Apart from providing support to the government, this media also acts as a control medium for government policies, particularly the Jakarta government.

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© 2020, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Markus Utomo Sukendar
AU  - Agustyarum Pradiska Budi
PY  - 2020
DA  - 2020/12/21
TI  - Framing Analysis of the Jakarta Post.com’ COVID-19 Coverage: March 2020
BT  - Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Social and Political Sciences (ICOSAPS 2020)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 45
EP  - 49
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.201219.008
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.201219.008
ID  - Sukendar2020
ER  -