SISTEM MEDIA MASSA INDONESIA DI ERA REFORMASI: PERSPEKTIF TEORI NORMATIF MEDIA MASSA
Abstrak: Social control as a
means of mass media becomes very crucial in a democratic country. Within this
function, mass media has positioned itself to control executive decisions in
development process. But the functions of mass media are much more than to be a
watchdog. As explored by this article, many theories concerning mass media
functions from normative perspective are formulated by mass communication
scholars. There are at least 6 (six) theories concerning mass media system
through which the function of mass media is derived: (1) Authoritarian; (2)
Free Press; (3) Social Responsibility; (4) Soviet Press; (5) Development Press;
(6) Democratic-Participant. As for Indonesia, in order to achieve national
goals based on democratic process, the press system must develop in ways that
respected the diversity of multicultural perspective and public opinion
pluralism.
Penulis: Nia Kurniati Syam
Kode Jurnal: jpkomunikasidd060022
