The Construction of Mass Organization Publication in Islamic News Portals

Abstract

The issuance of the Government Regulation in Lieu of Law Number 2, the Year 2017 on the Mas Organization, has gained several pros and cons before its legal verification. There are several media, including news portals that have published news on this regulation of the Mass Organization. One of the most significant applications of the regulation is in the disbandment of Hizbut Tahrir Indonesia without undergoing legal process due to the renewal of regulation, namely the contrario actus principle.The mentioned principle allows the government to disband any mass organization without undergoing any legal court process. The news on mass organization regulation also becomes the highlight of Islamic news portals, namely Eramuslim.com, Nu.or.id, and Hidayatullah.com. According to Alexa.com, the three portals are chosen for the subject of the study due to their frequent published news on the mass organization and their position at the top ranks for the most-visited news portal. Despite being the same Islamic-based media, the three portals have distinctive news framing. This study applied the framing analysis model by Zhongdang Pan and Gerald M. Kosicki. The Nu.or.id reported there was much support for the issuance of the mass organization regulation based on the religious context, and many sides are against the peaceful action of 299. On the other hand, Hidayatullah.com claims that the regulation has discriminated against and limited the freedom of speech of mass organizations. Lastly, Eramuslim.com views the regulation as a political tool used by the government to achieve its goals. Based on the political and economic point of view by Golding and Murdock, Hidayatullah.com and Nu.or.id have organizational interests to carry on their news; therefore, it shows an apparent tendency to take sides. On the other hand, eramuslim.com, an independent media, tends to publish news for-profit orientation; therefore, its news framing tends to identify itself according to the media ownership.