urnal Interaksi: Jurnal Ilmu Komunikasi
Vol 4, No 1 (2020): Jurnal Interaksi: Jurnal Ilmu Komunikasi

Breaking Down “Firewall“ among Public Relations and Journalism

Jamroji Jamroji (Universitas Muhammadiyah Malang)
Nasrullah Nasrullah (Universitas Muhammadiyah Malang)



Article Info

Publish Date
31 Jan 2020

Abstract

Public Relations (PR) and journalism are often disputed in theory and practice. While PR is an activity that aims to improve goodwill, trust, mutual understanding and a good image of the community or society, in the other hand journalism has a social responsibility to provide accurate information for the community through the media. The increase of communication technology has been changing business media and also affected the PR strategy in Indonesia that bring together PR and journalism as one of campaign strategies. The boundary between PR and journalism does not exist anymore. The firewall concept that separates roles of journalism, advertising, and PR now is blurred. Paid microsites, advertorials, and Media Relations practices such as press tours, press releases, press gatherings, led to the emergence of journalistic work with a ‘smooth’ PR approaches to increase the image of the person and institution. It can’t call journalism, because it leads interests that the public does not necessarily want, despite using journalism rules in coverage.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

interaksi

Publisher

Subject

Humanities Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media Social Sciences

Description

Jurnal Interaksi: Jurnal Ilmu Komunikasi, diterbitkan oleh Universitas Muhammadiyah Sumatera Utara (UMSU) bekerjasama dengan Asosiasi Pendidikan Ilmu Komunikasi Perguruan Tinggi Muhammadiyah (APIK PTM) yang terbit dua kali dalam setahun pada bulan Januari dan Juli. Terbit pertama kali pada bulan ...