IMPLEMENTASI JURNALISME KONSTRUKTIF PADA ARTIKEL BERITA MEDIA ONLINE DI INDONESIA

Abstract

The development of media in Indonesia is so rapid as marked by the increasing number of online media. However, this is not followed by an increase in the quality of reporting. There are still violations committed by the media which have resulted in complaints to the Press Council because online media prioritizes speed and virality. In addition, news content also still features negative reporting which can have a negative impact on the psychology of society. This can lead to a decrease in public trust in the mass media. One way to minimize the negative impact on psychology and increase public trust in the media is to apply constructive journalism. One theory that is relevant to constructive journalism is the social responsibility theory of the press. Theoretical studies and constructive journalism are analyzed in this study which focuses on how to implement constructive journalism at JEO Kompas.com using the quantitative content analysis method. The purpose of this research is to describe the implementation of constructive journalism in JEO Kompas.com news. This study shows that most of the news is hard news (76.7%). Kompas.com JEO news is also dominated by socio-cultural topics as much as 39.5%. Furthermore, most of the news (53.5%) includes the event rubric type. Through descriptive reports and cross-tabulation results, the results of the study show that JEO Kompas.com news tends to implement some elements of constructive journalism with a percentage of 75.2%. News that implemented all elements was found to be less (10.8%) than news that did not implement any elements at all (13.9%). The most implemented elements are all Future Orientation elements (46.5%). Meanwhile, the elements that are mostly implemented are Co-Creation elements. There is not a single piece of news that implements all the elements of Empower People or Co-Creation. Apart from that, the implementation of constructive journalism is also determined by the news format, topic, and type of rubric. Therefore, it is hoped that journalists and the media can prioritize the implementation of constructive journalism in journalistic work so as to increase public trust and at the same time improve the quality of people's lives.