Journalism today struggles with shrinking revenues, disengaged audiences, and fading authority. Many newsrooms pin their hopes on digital convergence—merging platforms, products, and technologies to stay alive. But moving online doesn’t magically solve the problem. Behind the screens, media routines, limited multimedia skills, and technical barriers weigh heavier than the promise of “just going digital.” This study examines how three online media construct their news frames, applying Teun Van Dijk’s framing model and testing it against the idea of contextualized journalism—the very core of what online journalism should be. The findings reveal how deeply production culture shapes the way news is framed in the digital age. Jurnalisme hari ini menghadapi krisis: pendapatan dari sirkulasi dan iklan menurun, audiens makin abai membaca, dan otoritas media kian memudar. Banyak redaksi berharap pada strategi konvergensi—menggabungkan produk, institusi, dan teknologi komunikasi—untuk berta...
Mahfud Anshori is a political culturalist with interest in political communication, media studies, and discourse analysis. His scholarship investigates how media framing constructs political narratives, how rhetoric and discourse shape public opinion and leadership, and how journalism functions as both a democratic institution and a site of ideological contestation.