Kebebasan Pers Dilihat dari Perspektif Konflik, antara Kebebasan dan Tertib Sosial
Abstract: Press in this
country is joying optimal freedom since the falldown of Soeharto regime. But
western-style freedom of the press is echoing numerous negative impacts.
Prominent among those impacts are reports or news that considered defamation.
Several libel cases have been brought to the court. Defendants (publishers or
chiefeditors) are frequently lost the cases, being nished by imprisonment
and/or huge emount of fine, resulting in the outcry of some journalists. The
judges are accused of obstructing press freedom, or no apprehension whatsoever
on the vital role of the press in democracy.
Key Words: press freedom, freedom versus order
Penulis: Tjipta Lesmana
Kode Jurnal: jpkomunikasidd050005
