Research Article
Women Silence in the Portrayal of Student Protest against New Criminal Code in Indonesia
@INPROCEEDINGS{10.4108/eai.26-11-2019.2295208, author={W Pujarama and A Bastomi}, title={Women Silence in the Portrayal of Student Protest against New Criminal Code in Indonesia}, proceedings={Proceedings of the First Brawijaya International Conference on Social and Political Sciences, BSPACE, 26-28 November, 2019, Malang, East Java, Indonesia}, publisher={EAI}, proceedings_a={B-SPACE}, year={2020}, month={5}, keywords={gender sensitivity protest textual analysis indonesia}, doi={10.4108/eai.26-11-2019.2295208} }- W Pujarama
A Bastomi
Year: 2020
Women Silence in the Portrayal of Student Protest against New Criminal Code in Indonesia
B-SPACE
EAI
DOI: 10.4108/eai.26-11-2019.2295208
Abstract
Media in some countries appear to preserve gender inequality discourse. Media portrayals form gender mainstreaming that further strengthen stereotype of male/female division and role. This research portrays gender sensitivity in global online news regarding protest against new criminal code in Indonesia. News pictures from 23 headline articles of prominent online media worldwide were selected to investigate how media illustrate protests leading to riots that emerged in the end of September 2019. One of the cause of the protest was a perceived gender inequality, especially about women’s right. Alan McKee’s textual analysis was performed on the news pictures as the research object. The research focuses on: (1) the scope of framing on male/female protesters; (2) depiction of traditional feminine/masculine characteristics of the protesters seen on frame, and; (3) centrality on female protesters in the picture stories. Results indicate that eventhough some of the new regulations weighs heavily on women, the protest has been depicted as masculine behavior, preserving gender-based stereotypes of women as passive citizens in the society. Notably, female demonstrators were mostly out of frame, as if in silence on the reported protests. As a conclusion, news pictures on online media have not been gender sensitive in illustrating protest in Indonesia.