Representation Of National Police’s Role And Perception In INDONESIA

Whether Natioal Police’s role in its function, meanwhile the public take more its image from the media. Theoretically, the image of National Polce in media is a representation of the reality of the construction as a results of the media professional experiences. The purpose of study to find a media frame about the National Police’s role on handling terrorism and how the public perceives it; which consist 1. Finding coverage of terrorism acts in the mass media; 2. Find a representation of the National Police’s role in handling terrorism; 3. Finding public perceptions about the National Police’s role; 4. Explain the relationship between media frames and public perceptions of the National Police’s role in dealing with terrorism acts. The methodology of study use mixed methods, the data processed by sequential exploratory methods. The study found that public perceptions of the National Police’s role in dealing with acts of terrorism are positive for generic issues and negative for specific issues. The National Police’s role in handling acts of terrorism within the frame of the media is determined by the quality of the media's subjective knowledge. This difference in perception occurs due to the audience is exposed to rings of perception, misrepresentation, and differences in media and public agendas. Suggestions, in reporting terrorism the media should apply the principle of balance and fair; the National Police should be percisten open; the relationship of exposure to the reporting of acts of terrorism should be traced to public perceptions and sentiments; the historical relationship between the National Police and the representation of National Police's role in handling criminal cases; and the relationship between reporting of criminal acts and public trust.