Open AccessTempo’s Watchdog Journalism toward the Indonesian Government’s Policy on COVID-19
Author(s) -
Muhammad Dicka Ma’arief Alyatalatthaf,
Natalia Faradheta Putri
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
jurnal aspikom/jurnal aspikom
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2548-8309
pISSN - 2087-0442
DOI - 10.24329/aspikom.v7i1.1039
Subject(s) - framing (construction) , scrutiny , covid-19 , journalism , government (linguistics) , political science , indonesian government , public relations , indonesian , media studies , sociology , medicine , history , law , infectious disease (medical specialty) , linguistics , philosophy , disease , archaeology , pathology
The second wave of COVID-19 hit Indonesia in July 2021. Tempo magazine published five editions about it throughout July-August 2021. This study aims to see how Tempo magazine frames its news about government policies in dealing with the second wave of COVID-19 in Indonesia. This research uses Robert M. Entman’s framing analysis model. The results showed that the government is inconsiderate and irresponsive to the current conditions of COVID-19. Accordingly, the government is inconsistent in implementing PPKM (lockdown). They are too focused on an economic recovery that they are planning on the COVID-19 therapeutic drugs and vaccination business, and there is a lack of coordination in the government body. Through its news framing, Tempo also carries out the function of watchdog journalism, which is implemented in three dimensions: the intensity of the scrutiny, the journalistic voice, and the source of the news event.