Pustaka Ilmiah Universitas Padjadjaran

Abstrak

Media and Human Trafficking

Within the framework of the theory of agenda setting, when the media convey information to the public, the media actually have assumptions, goals, or a particular desire to audiences. The process is often not appreciated by the mass media itself. When the media began issuing specific issue is often no other words that the media has its own agenda to the public setting. But the latest developments through various studies, discourse in the mass media, including news print media are cultural constructs generated ideology, as a product of mass media, news media uses specific framework for understanding social reality. So in this case the mass media agenda setting has a weighting again, so it is not just what is considered important by the mass media should be considered important by the audience, but also the mass media gives further meaning in presenting the realities that are considered important. The events raised by the mass media is a complex product and can involve not only the factual objectivity, but it is already a well compiled thoughts even ideological interests of the media itself. Therefore, it is appropriate that the mass media discourse that appear to be treated critically analyzed in an attempt to find the reality behind the discourse. One such alternative paradigm is to use framing analysis. Similarly, when the mass media show events trafficking problem, how reality is shown through a compilation of the various interests and concerns of the mass media. The mass media often displays trafficking as an event without deepening their social responsibilities to participate in dealing with the problem. Media should be able to map the problem of trafficking, outlining the cause, providing moral appraisal resolve problems and make recommendations through the frame message. Media should be able to map the problem of trafficking, outlining the cause, providing moral appraisal resolve problems and make recommendations through the frame message.