Ahmad Alwajih
Universitas Gadjah Mada Yogyakarta

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Jurnalisme Profesional Pilar Demokrasi?: Analisis Kritis Perspektif Anthony Giddens Ahmad Alwajih
Jurnal Komunikasi Vol. 7 No. 1 (2012): Volume 7, Nomor 1, Oktober 2012
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Many scholars believe that professional journalism is independence structure, so it plays importance role in democracy process. However, this notion is inadequate. There are critics came from the scholars who thought that journalism is no longer independent. It now depends on larger structures, such as markets and political interests. This article tries to map these two sides through the Anthony Giddens’s theoretical perspective, which puts journalism as a social agent and always confronts with other larger structures.
Dilema E-Democracy di Indonesia: Menganalisis Relasi Internet, Negara, dan Masyarakat Ahmad Alwajih
Jurnal Komunikasi Vol. 8 No. 2 (2014): Volume 8, Nomor 2, April 2014
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Implementation of e-democracy in Indonesia is still problematic. This notions based on three arguments which is discussed in this article. First, e-democracy is just the facilities or the goals? Second, define e-democracy as a facilities or goals of democracy, leads to question, how this new system of democracy could be start, from structure or culture of society? Third, if Indonesians digital culture has established, then internet as democracy space could be examined, does this necessarily make the internet as a public sphere, as Jurgen Habermas theory said? This article does not aim for a practical solution, but rather try to analyze and mapping out some of the indecision in the implementation of e-democracy in Indonesia, so that the various tensions between internet relations, state , and society can be clearly explained.