Dancing with the Impropriety of Media: How Indonesian Consumers Think and Behave towards the Unethical and Illogical Online News

Wijaya, Bambang Sukma (2019) Dancing with the Impropriety of Media: How Indonesian Consumers Think and Behave towards the Unethical and Illogical Online News. Malaysian Journal of Communication, 35 (1). pp. 187-205.

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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.17576/JKMJC-2019-3501-13

Abstract

The rise of online media makes us now every day are bombarded by a number of online news content which is sometimes unethical and illogical. Without considering the adverse effects it causes, the media continue to treat news consumers with inappropriate content. News consumers as if hypnotized to 'dance' following the rhythm of that impropriety. How do news consumers, especially in Indonesia, think and behave towards the issue? This paper captures the voices of consumers and reviews their judgments regarding the ethical and logical discourse of the news provided by online media. The research was conducted in two stages. The first stage was a qualitative approach through in-depth interviews with five active online newsreaders. The results identify three aspects related to unethical content: verbal, visual, and news styles. Meanwhile, three other aspects concern issues of unethical news context, namely placement, links, and news layout. The aspects related to illogical news refer to the issues of accuracy, coherency, and manipulation. The findings in the first stage serve as a basis for examining which aspects are the most concern for consumers in the second stage through a quantitative-descriptive approach involving 287 respondents. The results show that verbal and news styles, links, and manipulation are the most dominant issues among consumers. Responding to the inappropriate news, consumers tend to perceive the media negatively, label it 'abal-abal' or fake and unprofessional, even blacklist it as prohibited media.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: Online news, online media, unethical news, illogical news, Indonesian consumers
Subjects: Marketing > Branding (Marketing)
Business > Business Ethics
Management > Business Plan > Business > Business Ethics

Communication Science
Management > Corporate Social Responsibility
Customer Behavior
Communication Science > Digital Communication
Social Sciences
Communication Science > Journalism
Law > Corruption
Marketing
Communication Science > Marketing Communications
Communication Science > Mass Media Communication
Communication Science > Mass Media
Communication Science > Multimedia Production
Communication Science > News Broadcast
Communication Science > Political Communication
Business > Technopreneurship
Management > Business Plan > Business > Technopreneurship

Bibliography. Library Science. Information Resources > Information resources
Bibliography. Library Science. Information Resources > Information resources > Electronic information resources
Divisions: Fakultas Ekonomi dan Ilmu Sosial > Program Studi Ilmu Komunikasi
Depositing User: Bambang Sukma Wijaya
Date Deposited: 21 Sep 2021 12:48
Last Modified: 21 Sep 2021 12:48
URI: http://repository.bakrie.ac.id/id/eprint/5459

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