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4 TENSIONS ON TWO LEVELS:
INTEREST AND ROLES
These changes challenge the foundations of media
ethics. The challenge is deeper than the debate about
one or two ethics principles on their own, such as
objectivity or accuracy. The challenges outweigh
special problems, such as how the editorial room can
verify content from its citizens. The rapid evolution
requires rethinking the assumptions. What is the
meaning of ethics for providing instant or immediate
instant news and analysis? To what extent do ethics
have meaning related to the algorithms related to
news in social media etc.?
The changes in the media have influenced ethical
tensions. For the first level, there is a tension
between traditional journalism and online
journalism. Traditional journalism culture, with its
accuracy values, publication verification process,
impartiality, editorial process and information
filtering integrates an online journalism culture that
emphasises speed, transparency, transparency,
alignment, non-professional journalists and post-
publication corrections. At the second level,
journalism has a global impact. What is its global
responsibility? Should new media ethics redefine its
goals and norms to guide current global journalism
in its reach and impact?
The challenge for current media ethics can be
summarised with the question: Where is ethics in the
multi-media world? Media ethics should go beyond
just showing these tensions. Theoretically, it should
describe the conflict between the values. It must
decide which principle to preserve or create.
Practically, this should provide a new standard to
guide both online and offline journalism.
5 INDONESIA ONLINE
JOURNALISM ETHICS:
IN PROGRESS
Ward stated that the presence of the Internet as a
new medium, with all of its practical implications,
has created a new tension in the ethical world. The
issue of journalistic ethics comes in two levels. First,
ethical issues arise when journalism is mingling with
an interactive reader. Secondly, the new style of
online journalism that has developed in Indonesia is
very distinctive. The new style of journalism is
unique and different from the old journalism model
that has been applicable in print and television.
Beyond that, the old problem of media junction
business is still prominent.
Online media opens up a free public
conversation space on the comments page provided
on any news article. As mentioned above, interactive
space is an online medium. However, we also see
that the interaction space also has a business
perspective. What kind of mechanism does the
editorial staff impose on incoming reader
comments? Of course, we often see reader
comments that are rude, sarcastic and disrespectful.
The second ethical issue is a matter of accuracy.
The speed of Bill Kovack and Rosentiel states that
the obligation of journalism is the truth. "The main
principle of journalism, rather than partial truth, is
that it greatly differentiates it from all other forms of
communication.” Furthermore, Kovach and
Rosentiel said that in pursuit of truth, the essence of
journalism is the discipline of verification. Today's
high-tech era brings in journalism resembling a
conversation. "The function of journalism has not
changed fundamentally even though we have
entered the digital age. The technique used may be
different, but the underlined principle remains the
same. Verification is a precondition for absolute
accuracy. Therefore, no matter how and in what
form, online media is a verification medium. A
related issue, created by new media, is how to
handle errors and corrections because reports and
comments are constantly updated. The more
journalists who blog 'live' are working at speed, the
more mistakes are made, from misspelled words to
making factual errors Should the news organisation
go back and correct all of the errors? Or should they
fix the error later and leave no trace of the original
error – making it "unpublished?"
In addition to its accuracy, the quick and flowing
principle also alludes to the old principle of
journalism which is a matter of balance. This news
comes in 3 KEWI: "Indonesian journalists respect
the notion of innocence, do not confuse facts with
opinions, balance and always check the truth of
information, and Article 3 KEJ affirms that:"
Indonesian journalists always test information,
remain balanced, do not mix facts and opinions and
apply the presumption of innocence. This is as
explained in KEJ, an information test that means
checking and re-checking the correct information.
Meanwhile, the balance principle is about
providing space and time when reporting to the
respective parties proportionally. Typically, the print
media broadcast news. The balance is in the rules
contained therein. For online media, the principle of
balance in their news does not appear in the news,
but in principle, in the updates, piecemeal or broken.
So, news that is balanced typically does not appear
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