G20 Summit Coverage on Television Media: Quantitative Framing Analysis on Three National Television News Programs

Abstract

Indonesia for the first time in history became the chairman and acted as the host (presidency) of the Group of  20 (G20) cooperation forum which was held in November 2022. As the holder of the G20 presidency, Indonesia's role was highlighted and received full attention from various mass media, both national and international. The media with its hegemonic interpretation can create a positive or negative image of the government and the state. In the production and dissemination of news, the media represent countries, regions, and continents by constructing concepts, images, and identities as conveyed by the selected news source. This study aims to explore how television coverage in Indonesia represented by three national news televisions (TVOne, Metro TV and Kompas TV) chooses news sources, framing, and determines the tone of news for the G20 Summit in Bali, Indonesia. The method used in this study is comparative content analysis with the Chi-Square test to determine whether there are significant differences among media in the use of news sources, framing, and news tone. The results showed that most of the news broadcast by the three national television media was frameless, which was 52%, while the most widely used frame was conflict and attraction in the same percentage  at  15%. Most of the news content from the three television media about Indonesia's leadership in the G20 was delivered in a positive tone, and there was no significant difference between the three media in terms of news content.