In the Midst of Truth - Verification and Ideology Dynamics for Indonesian Journalists

Kencana Ariestyani

2018

Abstract

This study examines journalists in terms of how they interpret the process of verifying information in the post-truth era. Nowadays, mass media tend to comply with the interests and policies of the media owners. This phenomenon is likely to increase, particularly if the media owners hold a position as a chairperson of a political party. This situation often contradicts the journalists’ personal beliefs. At the same time, the journalists are required to decide whether to follow the editorial policy or to uphold their values. This study aims to investigate the experience of journalists in the process of verification in the post-truth era. Therefore, the research question is: how must the journalists’ experiences in the verification process be interpreted? Moreover, amidst the overwhelming exposure to information in the digital age, journalists tend to spend more time looking for news updates rather than verifying new facts. A media phenomenology method will be used in this research. The main focus of this study is the experience of the informants. The results of this research show that journalists tend to follow the ideology of the media owners with economic imperatives being the reason.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Ariestyani K. (2018). In the Midst of Truth - Verification and Ideology Dynamics for Indonesian Journalists.In Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Contemporary Social and Political Affairs - Volume 1: ICoCSPA, ISBN 978-989-758-393-3, pages 27-31. DOI: 10.5220/0008816200270031

in Bibtex Style

@conference{icocspa18,
author={Kencana Ariestyani},
title={In the Midst of Truth - Verification and Ideology Dynamics for Indonesian Journalists},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Contemporary Social and Political Affairs - Volume 1: ICoCSPA,},
year={2018},
pages={27-31},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0008816200270031},
isbn={978-989-758-393-3},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Contemporary Social and Political Affairs - Volume 1: ICoCSPA,
TI - In the Midst of Truth - Verification and Ideology Dynamics for Indonesian Journalists
SN - 978-989-758-393-3
AU - Ariestyani K.
PY - 2018
SP - 27
EP - 31
DO - 10.5220/0008816200270031