K-Fest Seminar Chapter 4 presents two speakers from the media; Retnachrista Rachmawati, Editor of Disway Daily, and Agnes Santoso, professional news anchor.
Unesa.ac.id. SURABAYA—Social media users in Indonesia reached 139 million people as of January 2024. The average time spent on social media reaches 3 hours 11 minutes every day. This was revealed in the "Digital 2024: Indonesia" report released by We Are Social some time ago.
The high number of users and frequency of access to social media certainly has an impact on people's information access needs and behavior. It also has an impact on the governance system of press institutions and the way journalism works.
This is what Retnachrista Rachmawati, Editor of Disway Daily, and Agnes Santoso, a professional news anchor, discussed in the K-Fest Seminar Chapter 4 2024 by Kece Media by UNESA which was broadcast on the Kece Youtube channel Media by Unesa, on Saturday, 16 November 2024.
In a session with the theme 'Social Media Platforms as Digital Public Spaces and Their Implications for Journalism' That, Agnes Santoso first explained the position of social media which is used as a distributor of journalistic products to the public.
Social media can enable audiences or readers to find out about news more quickly. However, the challenge is that social media content is too short and concise, and there is a tendency towards viral content.
Meanwhile on the other hand, journalism is guided by a code of ethics which does not just receive and produce news, but goes through certain stages in which there is a confirmation and interview process.
"Journalists have the responsibility to make news according to a code of ethics. Meanwhile, the public as consumers and producers of information do not have that responsibility. The important thing is that it gets viral and is immediately shared," he said in front of seminar participants.
Apart from social media, the presence of artificial intelligence (AI) is also homework for journalism. According to him, currently AI is still not widely used, because it is dealing with journalistic principles.
"Maybe one day AI will become part of the process of producing good news. However, until now, we have not found out what to do with this AI formula," he said.
As editor, Retnachrista Rachmawati positions social media as a 'digital carrier' that brings together or informs about news so that audiences or readers want to access the news.
"On the one hand, social media acts as a distributor of news to readers and at the same time reaches a wider audience. That is indeed effective, because we know for ourselves, people spend more time on social media," he said.
He continued, the use of social media for journalism work is a breath of fresh air amidst the many hoaxes circulating. Therefore, he invited the public not to immediately believe and share information whose origin and origins were unclear. Make sure that the information is issued by a party or institution with clear credibility.
Apart from that, the public also needs to be critical and cross-check or re-check information. Apart from that, you can also use services provided by the government or press media to find out whether the information received is true or a hoax.
Additional information, Kece Festival or K-Fest presents a number of activities, including talk shows that discuss various things relation to the digital skills of the younger generation. Previously, there were also talk shows about public speaking, digital promotions, and even event management which were attended by college and university students.[*]
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