The development of technology and the communication industry has caused drastic changes in the media industry, especially print media. A great number of newspapers and magazines stopped printing because it was difficult to compete with online media. Therefore, the term “news desert” appears to refer to a community or area that is not covered by newspapers due to the declining population of local newspapers in various regions. The community or region seems to have disappeared from the public eye. Important issues, problems, and aspirations of residents in the region are no longer heard and their existence seems to be no longer essential. This is certainly troubling, especially regarding the function of the media as the fourth estate in democracy. However, in various regions, online alternative media are now emerging that only focus on local issues, especially issues that are not or rarely touched by mainstream media. This study aims to find out how online alternative media try to overcome the phenomenon of news desert in Indonesia. The research was conducted by case study approach with two sources of information for data collection. The first one is manual observation on two online alternative media Bandung Bergerak and Bale Bengong and the second one is interviews with the Editor-in-Chief of the two media. Based on this research, several results were obtained, 1) alternative media report news about local communities that are rarely presented in the mainstream media and causing news desert, 2) an in-depth data-based journalism approach and citizen journalism in alternative media are capable of uniting local communities and communities, 3) news that does not rely on clickbait or the latest updates in online alternative media can be enjoyed without expiration, and 4) the proximity of online alternative media to the society is one of the leading strategies for overcoming the news desert.
Penelitian ini menjelaskan tentang penggunaan Instagram sebagai third place virtual kaum pria selama pandemi Covid-19 melanda. Diketahui, selama pandemi Covid-19, aktivitas masyarakat terkungkung hanya di rumah saja sehingga rumah yang sedianya menjadi first place juga berfungsi sebagai second place, yaitu tempat kerja. Sementara untuk mengunjungi third place yakni tempat untuk bersosialisasi secara santai sulit dilakukan karena adanya anjuran dan perintah untuk diam di rumah demi meniadakan penularan Covid-19. Sebagai alternatif, para pria melirik media sosial, terutama Instagram, sebagai sarana berkomunikasi yang aman tanpa bersentuhan secara fisik karena komunikasi dilakukan dengan komputer sebagai mediasinya. Dengan menggunakan metode kualitatif berupa analisis isi, peneliti menilai unggahan-unggahan di akun Instagram @bapak2id yang menjadi pilihan banyak kaum pria sebagai tempat bersosialisasi secara virtual. Hasil dari penelitian menunjukkan bahwa akun Instagram @bapak2id menjadi pilihan sebagai third place virtual karena konten dan interaksi yang dihadirkan di akun tersebut memenuhi delapan karakteristik yang disyaratkan Oldenburg (1989) agar sebuah tempat bisa disebut sebagai third place. Konten @bapak2id yang penuh humor, hangat, terbuka untuk siapa saja, dan low profile membuat kaum pria membentuk koneksi dengan para founder maupun dengan sesama pengikut akun tersebut.
AbstrakMedia cenderung menjadikan kelompok marginal sebagai objek pemberitaan yang mengedepankan sensasi. Masalah mereka baru tersentuh ketika berkaitan dengan tragedi karena media lebih memberi tempat bagi narasumber elit seperti para pejabat, aparat, dan tokoh dari kelompok mayoritas. Dengan mengabaikan berita-berita seputar masyarakat marginal, media pun kian menjauh dari fungsi utamanya sebagai pilar keempat demokrasi Tak heran jika kemudian masyarakat memiliki krisis kepercayaan kepada media massa untuk isu-isu kaum marginal. Mereka lantas mencari cara untuk menciptakan ruang-ruang baru untuk menyuarakan masalah-masalah mengenai kaum marginal, salah satunya adalah melalui jurnalisme warga. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menganalisis kehadiran jurnalisme warga sebagai perwujudan fifth estate, sebuah konsep dari William H. Dutton yang menyebutkan bahwa media sosial dan internet berfungsi menghadirkan bentuk akuntabilitas demokrasi baru. Pendekatan yang dilakukan adalah kualitatif dengan strategi penelitian studi kasus dan metode pengumpulan data berupa wawancara, analisis isi, dan studi literatur. Subjek penelitian di sini adalah portal berita Bale Bengong yang fokus pada isu seputar masyarakat Bali dengan pemimpin redaksi Bale Bengong sebagai informan. Hasil penelitian menemukan bahwa Bale Bengong menjalankan kelima strategi dalam fifth estate dalam memotret masyarakat marginal yakni 1) searching, 2) creating, 3) distributing/leaking, 4) networking, dan 5) collective intelligence. Untuk menjaga akuntabilitas sebagai media yang mengusung konsep jurnalisme warga, Bale Bengong tetap menghadirkan jurnalis profesional sebagai gatekeeper berita.  AbstractThe media tends to make marginalized people as objects of news that puts forward sensation. They are only highlighted in the media when it comes to tragedy because the media gives more space to elite sources such as the government officials and figures from the majority group. By ignoring news about marginalized communities, the media is moving away from its main function as the fourth estate. It is not surprising then that people have a trust issue in the mass media, especially for issues of the marginalized. They look for ways to create new spaces to voice problems regarding these groups, one of which is through citizen journalism. This study analyzes the presence of citizen journalism as the embodiment of the fifth estate, a concept from William H. Dutton stating that the internet serve to present a new form of democratic accountability. It uses qualitative approach with case study as the research strategies and data collection methods in the form of interviews, content analysis, and literature studies. The subject of this research is the Bale Bengong news portal which focuses on issues surrounding Balinese society with editor-in-chief Bale Bengong as the informant. The results of the study found that Bale Bengong carried out all five strategies in the fifth estate in portraying marginalized communities, namely 1) searching, 2) creating, 3) distributing/leaking, 4) networking, and 5) collective intelligence. To maintain accountability as a media that carries the concept of citizen journalism, Bale Bengong employs professional journalists as news gatekeepers.
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