Open AccessThe Gatekeeping of iNews.id about News on Worship in Mosques Due to the Covid-19 Pandemic
Author(s) -
Shania Shaufa,
Thalitha Sacharissa Rosyidiani
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
mediasi jurnal kajian dan terapan media, bahasa, komunikasi
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2721-9046
pISSN - 2721-0995
DOI - 10.46961/mediasi.v2i2.364
Subject(s) - gatekeeping , worship , covid-19 , pandemic , social media , political science , advertising , public relations , sociology , business , medicine , law , disease , pathology , infectious disease (medical specialty)
This article explains about online media iNews.id in implementing gatekeeping function. This study aims to find out how gatekeeping efforts iNews.id in the production process on the issue of preaching restrictions on worship in mosques during Ramadan in 2020. During the Covid-19 pandemic, the current media situation, especially in the midst of a crisis, encourages the public to become heavily dependent on media coverage. With a qualitative approach, researchers analyzed five levels of influence on the gatekeeping process in online media iNews.id. The results of this study show that factors that influence the way iNews.id in the production process of preaching restrictions on worship in mosques due to the Covid-19 pandemic are the individual level of media workers, the level of media routine, the organizational level, the extramedia level, and the social system level. The conclusions of this study state the most dominant levels is the organization level and the media routine level in the iNews.id.