Available online at http://www.journalijdr.com ISSN: 2230-9926 International Journal of Development Research Vol. 07, Issue, 08, pp.14808-14812, August, 2017 ORIGINAL RESEARCH ARTICLEORIGINAL RESEARCH ARTICLE OPEN ACCESS POLITICAL JOURNALISM IN MEDIA CONVERGENCE ERA 1Dudi Iskandar, 2Antar Venus, 2Herlina Agustin, and 2Aceng Abdullah 1Ph.D Candidate of Communication Science of Padjadjaran University, Bandung, West Java, Indonesia, and Lecturer of Faculty of Communication Science of Budi Luhur University, South Jakarta, Indonesia 2Lecturer of Communication Science of Padjadjaran University, Bandung, West Java, Indonesia ARTICLE INFO ABSTRACT Article History: Indonesia presidential election campaign, June 5-July 5 2014 was the most crucial period of the Received 19th May, 2017 practice of journalism and media organizations in Indonesia. Reports of three media groups Received in revised form (Kompas Group, Media Group, and MNC Group) during the 2014 presidential election campaign 18th June, 2017 is the focus of this study. This paper is the second stage of research results (discourse practice) of Accepted 05th July, 2017 three planned phases as critical discourse analysis of Norman Fairclough (text, discourse practice, th Published online 30 August, 2017 dan socio cultural levels). In the 2014 presidential campaign, Media Groups and MNC Group are very much in the interest of their owners. While the Kompas Group at the editorial level is not Keywords: visible even though they have historical connection with the ideology of a particular party. The Media convergence, coverage of Kompas Group on PDIP is not as massive as Media Group reporting on Nasdem News, Power, party or MNC Group about Hary Tanusoedibjo. Kompas Group is more viscous economic and Presidential election business interests than ideology and politics. While the news in Media Group and MNC Group is more political than a pure journalistic work. *Corresponding author Copyright ©2017, Dudi Iskandar et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Citation: Dudi Iskandar, Antar Venus, Herlina Agustin, and Aceng Abdullah, 2017. “Political journalism in media convergence ERA”, International Journal of Development Research, 7, (08), 14808-14812. INTRODUCTION dealing with presidential election campaign 2014. Kompas Group is one of them. News polarities in Media Group and In the 2014 presidential election campaign the media's political MNC Group are very subtle. Media Group with Surya Paloh preferences to couples candidates are Prabowo Subianto-Hatta and Nasdem party, and Hary Tanusoedibjo at MNC with Rajasa or Joko Widodo-Jusuf Kalla. The political choice must Hanura party. Each uses the media for the political interests of be carefully taken by the media because it will clash with the its owners. Television, in particular, that uses public attitude of media independence character. Almost most of the frequencies should be used for public purposes rather than for media in the 2014 presidential election are drawn to the issue certain political campaigns. Meanwhile, Kompas Group is not of presidential election. Appraisal tendencies appear to certain vulgarly in a certain position, but from the news angle we can candidates. However, what should be underlined is the see the tendency of Kompas Group support to certain couples. standard of journalistic ethics code. It is the community that This article talks about the practice of producing the news will test and assess news from one media. The public must be (discourse practice) in three media groups (Kompas Group, aware that there is no neutral media. Media only provides Media Group, and MNC Group) during the 2014 presidential choice and assessment of a particular candidate. Media has election campaign, 5 June-5 July. Each group consists of three certain frames and interests in the news. Some groups of media different media, newspapers, television, and online. such as Media Group and MNC Group have links with political parties or their owners involved in politics. This Kompas Group should be addressed carefully by journalists who take shelter under the media company. On the other hand, there are some The focus of Kompas newspaper is the implementation of media have no affiliation and linkage with certain political pilpres not on the party bearers or both candidates. Whoever parties so relatively free in determining its editorial attitude in wins does not matter. The most important thing for Kompas is pilpres implemented in quality. On the basis of that 14809 Dudi Iskandar et al. Political journalism in media convergence ERA independence, in coverage, Kompas divided the covering community. Voters in the view of Kompas TV are they will teams into two, each covering both candidates. Kompas become consumer policy. Therefore, they are the main concern Research and Development is also involved to ensure of Kompas TV. Second, the election organizer,the General independence as a media. Election Commission and the Election Supervisory Board. Kompass TV’s attitude toward both institutions is always Tabel of Informans for Discourse Practice critical. What they both do like the deployment of logistics, for example will always be criticized. Third, the contestants. A No Informan Institutions small but decisive number of contestants is part of three Kompas Group 1 Sutta Dharmasaputra Kompas Newspaper important election elements for Kompas TV. In showing this 2 Yogi Nugraha Kompas TV contestant, sometimes Kompas TV is given ugly and public 3 J. Heru Margianto Kompas.com weighted lebel. In the 2014 presidential election both Media Group contestant supporters have protested to Kompas TV. They 4 Abdul Kohar Media Indonesia Newspaper 5 Abdul Kohar Metrotvnews.com consider Kompas TV unbalanced in the eyes of the two 6 Ade Firman Metro TV factions fighting. The main consideration in reporting the 2014 MNC Group presidential election campaign is to meet the elements of 7 Alex Adjisaputra Koran Sindo Newspaper journalistic ethics code. This is the basis. Whatever the news, 8 Arya Sinulingga RCTI TV 9 Puguh Hariyanto Sindonews.com the assumption outside or inside includes outside the context itself, as long as it meets the elements of journalistic code of ethics including fact verification, for Kompas TV is not a In the news, the very independence of the Kompas newspaper problem. But if you talk about the priority scale, Kompas TV emphasizes, including independent in behaving, not taking will prioritize voters, public. For example, coverage of sides. (Bennet, James and Niki Strange (ed.) 2015: 196). That damaged ballot papers, the piercing procedure is paramount. is, when looking at a matter related pilpres, which determines For Kompas TV if the voters are not up to 60 percent, the it is important or not to be reported purely based on self- presidential election is considered failed. This means that assessment, not because of the pressure of others, especially participation is low. Kompas.com, from the past and to this because it is paid. If the Kompas newspaper contains or sides day, stands alignment should be to the public, on the public with certain political promises or trends, it is because the interest. Similarly, during the presidential election, Kompas newspaper judges it to be true. In fact, to strengthen Kompas.com still put forward the principle. Kompas.com does the assessment of Kompas and maintain neutrality, the not side with one of the camps. Kompas.com is independent. Kompas Research and Development is involved to measure From the beginning, Kompas media was founded in the 1960s the proportionality of news and its magnitude. (Zulkarimein by Jakob Oetama and Peter Kanisius (PK) Ojong, it was Nasution, 2015: 135). Indeed, inevitable conditions in the 2014 mentioned that Kompas’s alignment is to the community. presidential election campaign, the public and the media split Jakob Oetama says he wants to establish a media not on behalf sharply. The cause is a contestant pilpres are only two of the group, but the media that builds Indonesia, the candidates, Prabowo Soebianto-Hatta Rajasa and Joko community. So the sides of Kompas to pluralism, diversity. Widodo-Jusuf Kalla. Among the media, this condition also of Indonesia, not to a group of people. Jakob Oetama always course splits media into two poles. Of course, Kompas TV can reminds the editors to make room for all candidates. not mention one by one and on which side. Each media has a (Zulkarimein Nasution, 2015: 131) different political background. They have their own subjectivity. Kompas TV look further in the 2014 election However, of course in this case it is not without value. In any battle map. That is, the meaning of independence. As long as sense, whatever Kompas.com preaches, regardless of what he conveys the value, the media can be subjective. Such Kompas.com intercepts, reported or not, it is more on subjective perspective is permissible as long as it gives Kompas.com’s own judgment, not because of any party opportunity to others, especially in the context of the 2014 intervention, including media owners. Kompas.com make presidential election. There is no blocking of an impression. journalistic coverage which according to Kompas.com Television is a public-based medium of frequency. (Holli A. important for all, for the candidates, on the basis of the belief Semetko and Margaret Scammell, 2016: 62). In the regulation Kompas.com that we write it useful, does not damage the of presidential rlection, Kompas TV follows the rules that public interest. In reportage, Jakob Oetama often assesses and many people say; giving equal opportunity to every candidate. asks, but never directs. There is no specific direction from This is in accordance with journalistic ethics. The factor of Jakob Oetama to coverage. So actually Jakob Oetama giving the opportunity is indeed in practice very difficult in the normative only, so make Kompas open to anyone.