Analysis of The Framing of News Coverage on Indonesia's Joining The Board of Peace on Detik.com and Kompas.com

Abstract

The media plays a significant role in shaping public perception through the framing of information, particularly regarding controversial political and diplomatic issues. This study examines how Detik.com and Kompas.com framed their news coverage of Indonesia's decision to join the Board of Peace (BoP), an institution established by the United States on January 22, 2026, aimed at facilitating post-conflict stabilization and reconstruction in Gaza. This research employed a qualitative descriptive approach using Robert N. Entman's framing analysis model, which consists of four elements: define problem, diagnose cause, make moral judgments, and suggest remedies. Data were collected through documentation of 20 news articles 10 from each media outlet published between January 22 and February 23, 2026. The findings reveal distinct differences in framing between the two media outlets. Detik.com framed Indonesia's membership in the BoP as a positive and solution-oriented humanitarian diplomatic step, adopting a predominantly pro-government perspective with an emphasis on emotional and solidarity-based moral values. In contrast, Kompas.com applied a more critical and cautious framing by presenting diverse perspectives from government officials, the House of Representatives (DPR), and Islamic organizations, emphasizing accountability, transparency, and vigilance regarding potential deviations from the principle of Palestinian independence. These differences reflect the role of mass media as an agent of social reality construction, as explained through Berger and Luckman's social construction theory involving the phases of externalization, objectification, and internalization which shapes differing public perceptions of the same diplomatic phenomenon. This study contributes to the understanding of media framing in the context of Indonesian foreign policy and international diplomacy, an area that remains relatively underexplored in existing literature.