MEDIA FRAMING ON SOCIAL ACCEPTANCE OF GEOTHERMAL DEVELOPMENT IN INDONESIA

Abstract

Social aspect is one of the challenges faced in accelerating geothermal development in Indonesia. Media is one way to find out public opinion about Indonesia's geothermal social acceptance. The role of the media is to disseminate and even educate about business development and government policies and interact with the aspirations of the community to achieve common interests between the central government, regional governments, local communities and geothermal developers. Media users have their respective opinions so have the potential to build one or several communities. Communities that have the same opinion will potentially develop public opinion that has an influence and even impacts on the image and reputation of the development of geothermal energy.
This paper aims to analyze the thoughts and behavior of local people regarding the development of geothermal energy through articles in the media, found through media monitoring, to evaluate the spread of news about geothermal energy in order to have a positive image in the eyes of the people so that the acceleration of geothermal development in Indonesia can be achieved.