- Author: Faridhian Anshari
- From: Lecturer at Faculty Science of Communication, Pancasila University, Indonesia
Abstract:
As the fourth biggest country in the world, Indonesia consist of a lot of people with different background on their society. With 1340 ethnics in the country, two race, and six believed religion, Indonesia has become one of the most diversity country in the world. There are some side effects of this diversity, one of them are different appearances that coming from the minority people to the majority people, or conversely. Racism, ethnic discrimination, and religion discrimination already incurred on difference spheres of life, and sports also become one of them. Racism on Sport already happen for a long time in Indonesia. Racism in football usually happens some supporter fight when Javanese Football club against Papua?s football Club. Because of race differentials, some supporter give mockery on Papua’s player, which usually have darker skin. Another improperly act also seen by ethnic discrimination when Chinese ethnic lose some trophy on badminton. When some athlete do not play good for the country in big sport event, Indonesian people will mock them by the religious affiliations. This research believe that racism and discrimination act was coming from the media impact, that seen and read every day by the society. The aim of this study is to see what step of online sports-themed media in Indonesia does to fight against racism and discrimination. The step which is used by sport media can be useful for other make anti-racism strategy that given form the media. By looking at the news that has racism in sport content, which ever been release and views on online and print media Indonesia, we could probe deeper into the media’s understanding on Racism and SARA discrimination. The understanding from the sport journalist also can make a great point of view to prove that some media have not run well their social responsibility. This study use in-depth interview on sport journalist as the main methodology technique in collecting data, to ensure the validity of the data.
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