JAKARTA - Secretary-General of the Ministry of Communication and Digital Ismail, stated that the government is preparing a number of policy steps to create a fair balance between conventional media and digital media.
One concrete step is through the revision of a number of regulations that allow the creation of level playing fields between digital and conventional media.
"The government is reviewing various regulations, and is even being discussed at the level of its destination law in order to create a balance between these two media ecosystems," Ismail said in his official broadcast quoted Monday, June 16.
According to Ismail, harmonization of this policy is very important to ensure that both types of media can run side by side in a healthy manner, given the storm of layoffs (PHK) that occurred on conventional media.
He also emphasized that the government is aware of the issue and is formulating strategic steps to protect media workers while maintaining industrial sustainability.
"We from the Ministry of Trade and the Minister of Manpower agreed to find a constructive effort so that this wave of layoffs from media workers has a solution, there is a solution," said Ismail.
Ismail also reminded the applicable regulations, where the television media industry and others should not be arbitrary in layoffs. Kaedah in the rules related to this workforce needs to be implemented properly," he explained.
Although the change in the media industry is a necessity of the development of digital technology, the Secretary General of Komdigi believes conventional media still has a strategic role in ensuring the quality and accuracy of information in the midst of flooding of digital content that is not necessarily verified.
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According to him, conventional media so far still adhere to journalistic ethical principles and strict news verification principles.
"Conventional media or mainstream media remains a reference for the truth of the news because they follow the correct principles of journalistic ethics," he explained.
Ismail invites all stakeholders from the media industry, workers, and academics to be actively involved in the formulation of policies that are more adaptive to the dynamics of today's media industry.
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