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Information and Mass Media

The role of communications, information and mass media in Indonesia is essential to advancing the intellectual life of the people. It can help maintain and strengthen unity and integrity of the nation.

Mass media can not only present entertainment but also act as agent of social control. Speaking in terms of human civilization today, a community can hardly make any progress without mass-media as mass media is no more just the source of news, but has developed towards one of the forces which are molding public opinion and functioning as mass educator.

In the era of Reform Order Government, communications, information and mass media show a substantial progress. Particularly mass media, it enjoys what is called freedom of the press, which it is indeed guaranteed by the 1945 Constitution in Article 28 which stipulated that “Freedom of association and assembly, or expressing thoughts and of issuing writings and the like, shall be arranged by statutes”. As a result of the Press Act No. 40 of 1999 was promulgated.

The Press

Nowadays, they are full-pledge enterprises and big businesses. In 1999 there were 1,687 national and regional publications, compared to 871 in 1978, or increase by 484%. Contributory factor to such significant increase was procedural simplifications to obtain publishing license. Unlike in the past, now there is no state control or censorship of the newspaper and the periodical press, although newspaper proprietors, editors and journalist are subject to the laws in the same way as any other citizens.

Of the total number, 1,687 in 1999, 1,149 publications (consisting of dailies, weeklies, weekly-, monthly- and three-monthly magazines, and bulletins) were found in Java Island, 240 in Sumatra Island, 49 in Kalimantan, 173 in Sulawesi, 33 in Nusatenggara and Bali Islands, and 24 in Maluku and Papua Islands. At the same time, there were 160 daily newspapers in Java, 72 in Sumatra, 15 in Nusatenggara, and Bali Islands, 15 in Kalimantan, 24 in Sulawesi and 9 in Maluku and Papua. The most popular national daily paper is the Jakarta-based Kompas daily. Other major national daily papers are Suara Pembaharuan, Media Indonesia, Republika, Sinar Harapan, Tempo and the Jakarta Post.

Radio

In referring to the government regulation (PP) No. 37 of 2000, Radio Republik Indonesia (RRI) came into a new era structurally and systematically through managerial dedication as public services. Hence in 2002, RRI revised the policy it as a public broadcast station, which is independent, neutral, and professional.

In multiplied capacity, it can reach almost 80% Indonesia territory. So far, RRI poses frequency system on 52 stations in through regions. Percentage of RRI broadcast consists of 40% talk show, 10% information, 20% entertainment, and 30% newscast. RRI also owns a special transmitter namely Suara Indonesia (Voice of Indonesia) broadcast in 10 languages. Site: http/www.rri online.com.

Television

Now enjoying the status of Shareholder Company the Televisi Republik Indonesia (TVRI) has networks in the whole country and some neighbour states, possesses 22 broadcast stations spreading in all provinces including Jakarta, the Capital of Indonesia. It is provided with 395 transmitters.

Besides TVRI, there are some private televisions namely RCTI, SCTV, TPI, Indosiar, Metro TV, TV-7, La TV, AN TV, and Global TV.

Film

After producing tens and even hundreds a year in 1980s and early years of 1990s, the national film enterprises produced only a few films a year in the last five years. Chief contributory factor to be substantial reduction in film production is prolonged economic crisis.

State Ministry of Communication and Information of the Republic of Indonesia

The State Ministry’s vision is the creation of information minded society that has ethics, scientific basis, and is independent, participative, competitive, and prosperous.

In realizing its visions, it has missions:

To formulate policies in the field of communication and information that guarantee fulfilling of the need of information evenly and improving of life quality of democratic Indonesian people.
To improve the quality of public services through making use and developing of communication and information technology.
To expand range capacity of communication and information, through optimalization of available means to encourage community participation in the context of the strengthening national unity and integrity.
To help smooth running of communication and information flow in transparency, ethically and responsibility manners as one of efforts to develop the nation’s intellectual life.
To encourage community’s competitive edge through making use and developing of communication and information technology and to develop the quality, quantity, and the efficiency of human resources in the field of communication and information.
To help enhancing self-reliance of communication and information’s industries through active coordination by synergic manners with related institutions.
To take active role as server of accurate and reliable information and as disseminator of it to all layers of society, to make it capable of creating a good governance.

Country Information Officer (CIO)

As CIO it has roles as agent of:

Coordinating the dissemination of information from government institutions.
Encouraging the mass media in issuing and broadcasting objective reports and news.
Facilitating and evaluating broadcasting.

Telematics

In the field of telematics the Ministry has programs:

To follow up telematics development and its efficiency that has been already prepared by the Indonesian Telematic Coordination Team.
To optimize the usage of available means (digitally macro wave, sea cable communication system).
To coordinate and drive synergy of various application and network systems.
To develop human resources (in the field of manufacture and standardization, telematics, and statutory-regulations).

The Indonesian National Information Agency (LIN)

Presidential Decree No. 16 and No. 103 Year 2001 stipulate that LIN is responsible for formulation of national policy in the field of information. Its main tasks are as follows:

a. Study, and to formulate national policy in the field of information

b. Research, and to develop a national information system to support the government administration and development

c. Coordinate all activities in the implementation of tasks of LIN

d. Facilitate the information flows among the government institutions in the national administration

e. Supply and to disseminate general information, government policies and regulations to the public, and to get feedback from the public.

f. Supervise the implementation of tasks by LIN apparatus

g. Provide administrative supports to the LIN management (man, money, material, etc).

LIN is headed by a Head of LIN with 3 Deputies, one Executive Secretary, and one inspector. Each Deputy supervises 4 Directors, while the secretary supervises 3 Bureaus. Each Director or Bureaus supervises 4 Divisions, and in turn, each Division has 3 to 4 staff in his/her chain of command.

Based on the Presidential Decree No. 16 year 2001, LIN is authorized:

a. to establish a master plan in the field of information at the national level,

b. to formulate the policy in support of the development at the national level,

c. to provide information on services and regulations provided by the government bodies.

National Information Gateway

LIN has launched one of its products, i.e. National Information Gateway Indonesia.go.id (Portal Informasi Nasional) at http://www.info-ri.com, as an effort to optimize the development of channels with search engine. The channels present:

Info Republic
Law and Regulation Information
Government Policy
News
Information
Directory Information

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