PERTARUNGAN FRAME
ISU KENAIKAN HARGA BBM, TARIF DASAR LISTRIK DAN TELEPON
ABSTRACT
The media coverage on the people’s rejection of the government’s decision in raising the oil fuel, electricity and telephone tariff 2003 is interesting to be discussed. This is connected with the potential emergence of various interests in a certain mass media.
The purpose of this research is to find out some frames and their development that appear in the Suara Merdeka Daily and the Wawasan Daily. In order to observe the media frame, the writer refers to the “Media Package” approach as established by Gamson and Modigliani.
This research finds out three frames connected with the issue of the increasing price of oil fuel, telephone and electricity appearing in both Suara Merdeka Daily and the Wawasan Daily, that is, the justice frame, the suffering people frame, and the frame of the ignorance government toward the people. In addition, this research also validates that each frame is not instantly formed, but through a long term process it grows, continues to exist, and even may triumph over, or be defeated by, other frames.