Navigating Indonesian Media Independence: An Analysis of Kompas.com’s Framing of the Government’s Physical Distancing Policy from coding with confidence 2020 Watch Video

⏲ Duration: 11 min 62 sec
✓ Published: 29-Sep-2023

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74552nnnGovernment power and control of the media are two things that always go together. The government must continually exert control over the media to retain its hegemony. As a control node, the concept of laws and regulations arises. This event makes the media a supporter and agent of the government’s interests. This paper aims to evaluate how Kompas.com, one of Indonesia's mainstream online media, frames the government's social restriction policy in response to the Covid-19 outbreak. From