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Construction of Media Reality: Analysis The Journalists Affecting Factors in Reporting Environmental Climate Change Issue Sigit, Ridzki Rinanto; Rubiyanto, Rubiyanto; Verselita, Akita Arum
Scriptura Vol. 15 No. 1 (2025): JULY 2025
Publisher : Institute of Research and Community Outreach - Petra Christian University

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.9744/scriptura.15.1.14-24

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Climate change is one of the most pressing global issues, yet its complexity often presents challenges for journalists in constructing accurate and compelling narratives. This study uses Berger and Luckmann's theory of the social construction of reality to understand how journalists shape climate change narratives in their journalistic practice. As an initial step, researchers distributed questionnaires to 30 environmental journalists, followed by in-depth interviews with five key informants. The study identified key determinants such as curiosity, professional experience, and critical reflection, as well as organizational factors including editorial support, access to training, and newsroom dynamics. The findings highlight the transformative role of journalists in shifting from traditional reporting to solutions-oriented journalism, which aims to inspire hope, motivate action, and support societal responses to climate change. The findings reveal that journalists with broader networks and stronger newsroom interactions tend to develop more in-depth narratives, contribute to solutions-based storytelling, and mobilize public awareness. An editorial environment that fosters autonomy and collaboration helps sustain journalistic engagement with environmental issues long-term. This study underscores the importance of micro-level interactions in shaping macro-level social narratives about climate change, highlighting journalists not only as conveyors of information but also as active agents of social transformation.
ANALISIS NETWORK GATEKEEPING LIPUTAN PERJUANGAN GERAKAN MASYARAKAT ADAT: STUDI KASUS PADA BERITA LINGKUNGAN ONLINE MONGABAY Sigit, Ridzki Rinanto; Rubiyanto; Suskarwati, Sri Ulya; Verselita, Akita Arum
JURNAL SIGNAL Vol 11 No 2 (2023): JURNAL SIGNAL
Publisher : Universitas Swadaya Gunung Jati

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Sympathy for the struggle of indigenous peoples in the media is currently increasingly present with their sociological position as forest and climate guardians whose existence is increasingly fading along with the loss of their natural resources. This research identifies and analyzes editorial activities in reporting on indigenous people's struggles, referring to gatekeeping practices related to routine news production. This qualitative research uses case studies by analyzing relevant news texts created by editors from several global regional bureaus. Analysis using Network Gatekeeping Theory on the global environmental online media site Mongabay.com found that the editorial team plays a role in determining the direction of control over the information selected, added and presented regarding reporting on Indigenous 205 communities. The intrinsic narrative presented by this organization is based on knowledge at the individual level (founders, editors, journalists) about the topic, their belief in the values of diversity, relationships with Indigenous activists and human rights movement groups, and primary sources. information, and empirical experience of field coverage. This narrative is related to deepening the history of Indigenous peoples, the resources of how Indigenous peoples maintain their living spaces, areas with remaining forests that are rich in animal and plant diversity, mineral resources, coastal resources, and various potential environmental services. The emerging narrative of indigenous people's resistance to large capitalist groups is also a form of resistance to the capitalist-hegemonistic regime which is pro-market and pro-capital. Keywords: Climate change, Environmental communication, Digital media, Mass media, Network Gatekeeping Theory