Abstract
This research examined how media conglomeration practices made the public aware of the construction plan issue of a thorium-powered nuclear power plant on Gelasa Island, Central Bangka Regency, Bangka Islands Province through the coverage in three news articles on detikcom and KOMPAS.com as online news media platforms out of media conglomerates in Indonesia, for the duration of 1 August 2022 to 31 August 2023. This qualitative research took the perspective of media theory and cultural political economy concepts, sharpened by the constructivist paradigm and news discourse analysis methods. This research showed that the discourse emerging from news articles on detikcom and KOMPAS.com supported the government to build a thorium-powered nuclear power plant in Indonesia. Based on the government’s perspective used in the reporting narratives of these two online media, it can be seen that the media which are actually controlled by media conglomerates who are also involved in practical politics tend to support all the programs promoted by the government. This affects the coverage in the media under the control of the media conglomerates. It can be seen how media ownership as a political economic power structure can influence media production and distribution, thereby causing media conglomeration practices which play an important role in regulating public opinion.
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Muhammad Yunus Zulkifli, Universitas Indonesia, Indonesia
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Conference: MediAsia2024
Stream: Journalism
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Zulkifli M. (2024) Indonesian Online Media Coverage Regarding the Thorium-Powered Nuclear Power Plant: Media Conglomeration Practices for Reporting Nuclear Issues to the Public ISSN: 2186-5906 – The Asian Conference on Media, Communication & Film 2024: Official Conference Proceedings (pp. 347-358) https://doi.org/10.22492/issn.2186-5906.2024.28
To link to this article: https://doi.org/10.22492/issn.2186-5906.2024.28
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