Crisis Communication in Journalism in Digital Daily Media: Renewable Energy Issues in Coverage Ahead of Indonesia's 2024 Elections

Abstract

Environmental issues that are already on the discussion of rising sea levels and centimeters of land sinking per year, show the many things that must be done by all stakeholders to reduce the environmental problems that result from these issues. The importance of collective action by all stakeholders to reduce the negative impacts that arise. One issue that has high relevance in contributing solutions is the growing use of renewable energy. Renewable energy can be obtained from a variety of natural resources such as sun, water, wind, and geothermal that we can feel the existence of everyday in Indonesia. This context sparked the study of renewable energy issues in the coverage ahead of the 2024 Election, to identify whether the media in Indonesia has a media agenda to carry out crisis communication on the issue of renewable energy when the events of the presidential candidate debate on environmental issues are conveyed to the Indonesian people? The concept of Agenda setting became a reference in analyzing the news that appeared in several digital daily national media in Indonesia on the date of the debate related to renewable energy issues as one of the solutions to climate change, especially in Indonesia. A content analysis was conducted on the text that appeared in the news in Indonesian digital media on the date when the presidential debate related to environmental topics was held, the day before and the day after. The results showed that the media framed these issues with various approaches, ranging from negative, neutral, to positive framing. By highlighting environmental issues in the news surrounding the vice president debate, the media showed concern over the lack of substantial discussion from the candidates on these strategic issues.