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Media Guidelines for Reporting on Accessible Elections: Indonesian Edition

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any democratic society, the media is essential to ensuring that the public has accurate, information about key policy developments and in holding the government accountable, to its obligations. In reporting the news, the media has a responsibility to report objectively and ethically to avoid a biased representation of the truth. As a watchdog, the media helps to uncover unethical and even illegal behavior in order to ensure that the rule of law and the rights of the public are protected. During an election cycle, the role of the media takes on a heightened importance. While the objectivity of the media came under question during Indonesia’s 2014 presidential election, it still reported on policy positions and critical developments from the campaign trail. Journalists also raised the alarm on illegal practices of vote-buying, money politics and electoral manipulation, which threatened to undermine the fundamental principle of “one person, one vote” and the violation of civil rights. However, as is the
case in most election reporting throughout Southeast Asia, voters with disabilities were largely absent from this discussion.

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KP 9.0008

070.01 IND M

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Call Number

070.01 IND M

Publisher

Jakarta Indonesia : Jaringan pendidikan pemilih untuk rakyat (JPPR)., 2015

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55 hlm; 24 cm

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070.01

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Edition

1

Subject(s)

Media
Jurnalisme

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