Under the shadow of the state: Media framing of attacks on West Papuan students on Indonesian online media

The attack on the West Papua student dormitory in Surabaya, East Java, Indonesia, on 16 August  2019 by the Islamic Defender Fronts (FPI), Communication Forum for Retired Children of the Indonesian Military/Police (FKPPI) and Pancasila Youth (PP) sharpened Indonesia’s crisis with West Papua. The ba...

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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:3f64ae0029fd43d4b98a6042bf6ba11e2021-12-02T13:27:35ZUnder the shadow of the state: Media framing of attacks on West Papuan students on Indonesian online media10.24135/pjr.v26i2.11241023-94992324-2035https://doaj.org/article/3f64ae0029fd43d4b98a6042bf6ba11e2020-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://ojs.aut.ac.nz/pacific-journalism-review/article/view/1124https://doaj.org/toc/1023-9499https://doaj.org/toc/2324-2035 The attack on the West Papua student dormitory in Surabaya, East Java, Indonesia, on 16 August  2019 by the Islamic Defender Fronts (FPI), Communication Forum for Retired Children of the Indonesian Military/Police (FKPPI) and Pancasila Youth (PP) sharpened Indonesia’s crisis with West Papua. The baldly racist attack then ignited repression, as well as demonstrations from West Papuans in various cities. In such a crisis, Indonesian online media does not provide proportional voices from West Papuan society. That adds to a record of how bad the practice of journalism related to West Papua so far appears to be. This study conducted a quantitative framing analysis, examining the number of reports, use of resource persons and the use of framing of crisis in the news, on six Indonesian online media: okezone.com, detik.com, kompas.com, tribunnews.com, cnnindonesia.com and tirto.id in the period of August 13-31, 2019. From the 2,471 news reports, it can be seen that most of the main news sources used by the media are from the government and the apparatus and police. West Papuan society received only scant coverage compared with the range of news of the attacks on West Papua student dormitories and their effects. The dominant crisis frames that appear in the news are the frame of attribution of responsibility and frame of conflict. The frame of human interest, frame of morality and frame of economic take the bottom three positions. Justito AdiprasetioAsia Pacific Networkarticlecase studiesconflict reportingcrisis journalismframingIndonesiaonline mediaCommunication. Mass mediaP87-96Journalism. The periodical press, etc.PN4699-5650ENPacific Journalism Review, Vol 26, Iss 2 (2020)
institution DOAJ
collection DOAJ
language EN
topic case studies
conflict reporting
crisis journalism
framing
Indonesia
online media
Communication. Mass media
P87-96
Journalism. The periodical press, etc.
PN4699-5650
spellingShingle case studies
conflict reporting
crisis journalism
framing
Indonesia
online media
Communication. Mass media
P87-96
Journalism. The periodical press, etc.
PN4699-5650
Justito Adiprasetio
Under the shadow of the state: Media framing of attacks on West Papuan students on Indonesian online media
description The attack on the West Papua student dormitory in Surabaya, East Java, Indonesia, on 16 August  2019 by the Islamic Defender Fronts (FPI), Communication Forum for Retired Children of the Indonesian Military/Police (FKPPI) and Pancasila Youth (PP) sharpened Indonesia’s crisis with West Papua. The baldly racist attack then ignited repression, as well as demonstrations from West Papuans in various cities. In such a crisis, Indonesian online media does not provide proportional voices from West Papuan society. That adds to a record of how bad the practice of journalism related to West Papua so far appears to be. This study conducted a quantitative framing analysis, examining the number of reports, use of resource persons and the use of framing of crisis in the news, on six Indonesian online media: okezone.com, detik.com, kompas.com, tribunnews.com, cnnindonesia.com and tirto.id in the period of August 13-31, 2019. From the 2,471 news reports, it can be seen that most of the main news sources used by the media are from the government and the apparatus and police. West Papuan society received only scant coverage compared with the range of news of the attacks on West Papua student dormitories and their effects. The dominant crisis frames that appear in the news are the frame of attribution of responsibility and frame of conflict. The frame of human interest, frame of morality and frame of economic take the bottom three positions.
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title Under the shadow of the state: Media framing of attacks on West Papuan students on Indonesian online media
title_short Under the shadow of the state: Media framing of attacks on West Papuan students on Indonesian online media
title_full Under the shadow of the state: Media framing of attacks on West Papuan students on Indonesian online media
title_fullStr Under the shadow of the state: Media framing of attacks on West Papuan students on Indonesian online media
title_full_unstemmed Under the shadow of the state: Media framing of attacks on West Papuan students on Indonesian online media
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publisher Asia Pacific Network
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