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GOVT EXPECTS NATIONAL PRESS TO DEVELOP PEACE JOURNALISM
Jakarta, June 12 (ANTARA) - The government expects the national press to develop peace journalism in reporting various issues in the country.
"It would be better for the national press not merely to develop war journalism such as communal violence or clashes," Henry Subiakto, assistant for mass media to the information and communications minister, said in a discussion on 10 years of the press guarding reforms movement here Thursday.
War journalism tended to exaggerate the arena of conflict and the visible impact of violence which may give rise to hostility, he said.
Meanwhile, peace journalism tried to map a conflict to achieve a solution and that it did not merely focus on the conflict, he said.
The principles of peace journalism tended to show the invisible impact such as human sufferings, psychological trauma, and a lost future, he said.
"In fact, restoring the invisible impact takes longer and is more difficult than, for instance, rehabilitating a place of worship destroyed by the masses," he said.
After all, he added, the national press had been on the right tract in playing their role in the current era of press freedom.
Meanwhile, Chief of the Press Council Ichlasul Amal said it was somewhat difficult to develop peace journalism, now that most of the news carried by the mass media tended to serve their subscribers' or readers' interests.
"I am worried if peace journalism is to be applied, many press publishing companies will go bankrupt because what the public currently want are news related to war journalism," he said.
"It would be better for the national press not merely to develop war journalism such as communal violence or clashes," Henry Subiakto, assistant for mass media to the information and communications minister, said in a discussion on 10 years of the press guarding reforms movement here Thursday.
War journalism tended to exaggerate the arena of conflict and the visible impact of violence which may give rise to hostility, he said.
Meanwhile, peace journalism tried to map a conflict to achieve a solution and that it did not merely focus on the conflict, he said.
The principles of peace journalism tended to show the invisible impact such as human sufferings, psychological trauma, and a lost future, he said.
"In fact, restoring the invisible impact takes longer and is more difficult than, for instance, rehabilitating a place of worship destroyed by the masses," he said.
After all, he added, the national press had been on the right tract in playing their role in the current era of press freedom.
Meanwhile, Chief of the Press Council Ichlasul Amal said it was somewhat difficult to develop peace journalism, now that most of the news carried by the mass media tended to serve their subscribers' or readers' interests.
"I am worried if peace journalism is to be applied, many press publishing companies will go bankrupt because what the public currently want are news related to war journalism," he said.
