Jurnalisme Radio di Era Digital: Tranformasi dan Tantangan

Abstract

During the periode of 2015, in Indonesia, a number of print newspapers decided to stop publich their printing media and switch to digital. This is also challenging for radio since it could be considered as traditional media such as the printing media. In this article, the authors explain how radio as a traditional mass-media is transformed into a new medium in the digital era. The outline of this paper discusses radio transformation as a new medium in terms of access model that uses the Internet and radio broadcast regulatory changes affect the democratic process in Indonesia. This article argues that throughout those changes, radio has not only adapted to the new technological demands while at the same time transform the media by facing the new technological challenger and access to their audience. However, despite the adaptability of radio towards the digital era, this new media era has brought up the seemingly silencing process of minority voice by the majority. This could be concurred through concept of spiral of slince. This article is a qualitative research that put attention to several processes of adaptation and transformation that radio has gone through since the era of Reformasi in Indonesia.