Cyber Media Policy on Diversity: Carefulness and Neutrality for the Sustainability of the News Coverage
- DOI
- 10.2991/assehr.k.210805.089How to use a DOI?
- Keywords
- cyber media, media policy, news coverage of diversity, neutrality of news coverage
- Abstract
Freedom of communication provides opportunities for cyber media on the news coverage of diversity to public. The government laws and regulations as well as news ethics become references when carrying out urban functions. However, media owners can impose additional limits on journalists for the continuity of cyber media operations. In accordance with the social function of cyber media in providing information to the public, the news coverage of cyber media must continue to carry out the diversity that society expects. Therefore, there are two aspects that the cyber media must implement. Firstly, it bases on media policies as well as media laws and regulations. Secondly, the cyber media carries out the news coverage of diversity precisely and carefully. The research purpose aims to describe the news coverage policy of cyber media and the news coverage of diversity in the regional level. It uses qualitative research methods. Data collection comes from informants who were determined purposively. The research results show that cyber media policy in the news coverage of diversity for the sake of cyber media operational sustainability, and the news coverage of diversity prioritizes the neutrality and independence of the news coverage.
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- This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).
Cite this article
TY - CONF AU - Eko Harry Susanto AU - Ahmad Junaidi AU - Farid Rusdi AU - Dennis Akbar Satrio PY - 2021 DA - 2021/08/08 TI - Cyber Media Policy on Diversity: Carefulness and Neutrality for the Sustainability of the News Coverage BT - Proceedings of the International Conference on Economics, Business, Social, and Humanities (ICEBSH 2021) PB - Atlantis Press SP - 567 EP - 572 SN - 2352-5398 UR - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.210805.089 DO - 10.2991/assehr.k.210805.089 ID - Susanto2021 ER -