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ABSTRAKPenelitian ini ingin melihat bentuk keberpihakan yang dilakukan oleh Kompas.com, Detik.com, Republika.co.id dan Tempo.co terhadap pasangan calon presiden dan wakil presiden pada Pemilihan Presiden 2014. Keberpihakan dilihat
melalui dua dimensi yang terdapat dalam konsep imparsialitas yakni keberimbangan dan netralitas. Penelitian ini menemukan fakta bahwa pemberitaan yang dilakukan oleh media online yang diteliti cenderung tidak berimbang, dilihatndari tidak dimuatnya keterangan dua sisi dalam satu teks pemberitaan serta adanya pemfavoritan terhadap calon tertentu. Pemberitaan Kompas.com, Detik.com dan Tempo.co memfavoritkan pasangan Joko Widodo – Jusuf Kalla sementara pemberitaan Republika.co.id memfavoritkan pasangan Prabowo Subianto – Hatta Rajasa. Mengenai netralitas, mayoritas pemberitaan di Kompas.com, Detik.com, Republika.co.id dan Tempo.co tidak mencampurkan fakta dan opini. Namun, pemberitaan yang dilakukan oleh Kompas.com, Detik.com, Republika.co.id dan
Tempo.co melakukan penyimpulan satu pihak.
ABSTRACTThe study will examine how online media like Kompas.com, Detik.com, Republika.co.id and Tempo.co partially support the candidates of Indonesian president and vice president on Presidential Election 2014. Online media in this study are those who does not have a direct affiliation to political interests. The concept of impartiality is used to identify the form of partiality. With following dimensions: balance and neutrality, this study found some facts. First, about balance, this study found a fact that online media which has been studied is not nbalance when reporting news. It proved by only a few news that give both sides opinion. This study also found that several media favoring certain candidates. Kompas.com, Detik.com and Tempo.co favoring Joko Widodo – Jusuf Kalla while Republika.co.id favoring Prabowo Subianto – Hatta Rajasa. Second, about nneutrality, this study found the majority of news in Kompas.com, Detik.com, Republika.co.id and Tempo.co did not mix the fact and opinion. However, these media made one side conclusion by giving limited fact while reporting news., The study will examine how online media like Kompas.com, Detik.com,
Republika.co.id and Tempo.co partially support the candidates of Indonesia
president and vice president on Presidential Election 2014. Online media in this
study are those who does not have a direct affiliation to political interests. The
concept of impartiality is used to identify the form of partiality. With following
dimensions: balance and neutrality, this study found some facts. First, about
balance, this study found a fact that online media which has been studied is not
balance when reporting news. It proved by only a few news that give both sides
opinion. This study also found that several media favoring certain candidates.
Kompas.com, Detik.com and Tempo.co favoring Joko Widodo – Jusuf Kalla
while Republika.co.id favoring Prabowo Subianto – Hatta Rajasa. Second, about
neutrality, this study found the majority of news in Kompas.com, Detik.com,
Republika.co.id and Tempo.co did not mix the fact and opinion. However, these
media made one side conclusion by giving limited fact while reporting news.]"