How do the media shape public understanding of controversial policies like the Omnibus Law? This article offers an eye-opening comparative framing analysis between two national media outlets, showing how media culture, ideology, and journalistic traditions influence the way news is framed. The findings reveal that while both outlets rely on event-driven, episodic coverage to dramatize student and worker protests, their framing diverges on micro-issues such as labor rights, environmental concerns, and government processes. These differences are not trivial—they reflect deeper historical and ideological roots of Indonesian journalism and show how media strategies can legitimize or challenge state policies. By unpacking episodic versus thematic storytelling, this study provides a valuable framework for scholars of political communication, media studies, and governance. It invites future research to compare across countries, cultures, or issues, and offers conceptual tools that can be cite...
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.