Monday 7 May 2012

Kebebasan Berita Dan Informasi Siber: Suatu Paradoks

Sudut Perspektif Iddy


Artikel yang ditulis oleh Dr Rahmat Ghazali, seorang ahli akdemik, ini membuka minda kita bahawa kebebsan berita dan informasi siber bukanlah seperti yang kita jangkakan. Meliahat kepada konsep atau idea yang cuba Dr Rahmat ketengahkan adalah hakikat sebenar dunia siber dan kesannya yang kita selama ini pejamkan sebelah mata hanya kerana dasar kata ahati atau mengikut pandangan sekeliling yang berpendapat bahawa kebebasan berita dan informasi siber itu perlu.


Jika didalami, ada benarnya bahawa sejauh mana lagikah masyarakat kita mahukan kebebsan dalam dunia siber? Tidakkah kita sedar bahaw kebebsan itu kadangkalanya memang oatut dibedung kerana ia boleh bertukar menjadi bom jangka yang tidak kita tahu bila akan meletup?  Secara logiknya, ibubapa juga tidak memberi kebebsan yang padu kepada anak-anak. Atas dasar apakah? Tentunya kerana ibubapa terlebih dahulu telah tahu bahwa kebebasan yang mutlak akan merosakkan akhlak anak mereka. Situasi yang sama jika kita cuba bandingkan dengan kebebasan dunia siber. Pihak kerajaan bertindak sebagai ibubapa kita yang cuba menghalang kita dari melakukan kesilapan yang boleh mempengaruhi hidup kita kelak.


Menurut artikel ini juga, Dr Rahmat ada menyebut mengenai sebaik-baik sahaja AKM 1998 dimaktubkan terhamburlah laman-laman web seperti Mahafiraun, Mahazalim, dan banyak lagi yang menyerang mantan Perdana Menteri ketika itu. Nilai-nilai budaya Melayu seperti budi bahasa, kesopanan dan kesusilaan, terlebur dan banyaklah maki-hamun dan sumpah- seranah yang tidak mahu kita lihat terhambur melalui ruang siber. Ada benarnya, jika kita lihat kini, tidak perlu di laman web mahupun blog-blog, cukuplah sekadar di lama sosial yang semakin hari semakin popular dikalangan rakayat Malaysia tidak mengira umur. Setiap hari boleh didapati akan ada status mahupun “tweet” yang menghamburkan kata-kata kesat, ayat-ayat yang tidak sopan, seolah-olah itu telah menjadi sebahagian dari budaya hidup kita. Adakah ini kesan daripada kebebasan berita dan informasi siber yang dikatakan mengongkong? Adakah jenis ilmu dan pengetahuan yang disampaikan sehingga situasi yang dikatakan di laman sosial seperti Twitter dan Facebook itu dianggap normal?


Disamping itu, jika benar kebebasan berita dan informasi siber adalah suatu keperluan untuk endapatkan kebenaran, adakah kita mampu menerima fakta kebenaran itu dengan cara yang bertamadun? Melihatkan sikap masyarakat Malaysia yang dari dahulu sehingga kini yang masih baran, kurang sabar dan cepat melenting, mampukah kita berhadapan dengan kebenaran melalui kebebsan yang dituntut? Itulah persoalan penting yang harus dijawab oleh majoriti sebelum mempertikaikan keputusan pihak kerajaan.


Ada pepatah Melayu mengatakan ukur baju dibadan sendiri, maka hendaklah kita cuba ukur dahulu pendirian dan tahap kemajuan akal rakyat kita sebelum kita bandingkan dengan taraf kebebasan berita dan informasi di negara lain. Sesungguhnya populasi dan cara hidup mereka berbeda dengan kita dan itu sedikit sebanyak mampu memberi efek terhadap apa yang bakal kita persembahkan kepada umum di laman siber, penerima masing-masing yang akan berbeza-beza mampu menimbulkan isu-isu berlanjutan yang berunsur amarah dan akhirnya memecah belahkan masyarakat kita sendiri.


Namun, jika benar kita sudah bersedia, kita sendiri harus buktikan kepada dunia bahawa kita tidak lagi seperti dahulu, bertindak melulu, bersengketa sesama kita, di saat itu mata dunia akan terbuka untuk melihat kita lebih dari yang mahu tonjolkan.  

Online Journalism Should Be Controlled


Before we even begins to discuss about the topic, we shall understand what does online journalism actually means. A quote from networkedpublics.org says “Online journalism refers to news content produced and/or distributed via the Internet, particularly material created by journalists who work for mainstream market driven news organizations. While blogs and other emerging forms of online news communication are widely acknowledged as significantly influencing mainstream news content both on and offline, they are considered here a distinct phenomenon and treated under the category of alternative media.” There are also other definitions of online journalism, journalism as it is practiced online. Journalism is any non-fiction or documentary narrative that reports or analyzes facts and events firmly rooted in time (either topical or historical) which are selected and arranged by reporters, writers, and editors to tell a story from a particular point of view. Journalism has traditionally been published in print, presented on film, and broadcast on television and radio. "Online" includes many venues. Most prominent is the World Wide Web, plus commercial online information services like America Online. Simple Internet email also plays a big role. Also important are CD-ROMs (often included with a book) linked to a web site or other online venue, plus intranets and private dial-up bulletin board systems (Doug Millison, 1999-2004).

Theferore, why does the online journalism should be controlled? There’s nothing wrong of sharing information or describing your dissatisfaction, nor satisfaction through the website, blogs, or even emails despite the content you may post. However, in Malaysia, some may have misused the freedom given for online journalist. Which answers why we have the ISA which stands for Internal Security Act, that was created in order to control the information and news post online. Somehow, in 2011, our prime minister Dato Seri Najib Tun Razak had announced that ISA and three other Acts will be repealed.  The ISA was a deterrent from abusive and sensitive journalism posts online, it acts as gatekeeper in somewhat angle. Now that it had been repealed, many might see it as a gateopening for them to write as free as they want.

Yes, writing is about the freedom of speech, yet the government had never set a barrier for the online journalist to write, there are only guidelines in order to prevent any sensitive issue such as racism post online. Those issues that may create a bigger scene out of the virtual life online. Thus, I believe that having a gatekeeper is vital in writing. It is the same as if you compare to a simple language test whereby you are required to follow the guidelines. Although a blogger or online journalist may not be a kid writing about “My mom and her cats” anymore, still, humans are tied with rules and regulations, guidelines no matter where we go. How do we perceive and digests all those is what differs us from the others. But the responsible is still there, to maintain the peace in our country.



Nevertheless, not all online journalist are really triggered to disobey the guidelines, there are lots of websites and blogs that provides interesting and beneficial   information to the citizen, the consumer of online journalism. Some of them are iluvislam.com, blog serius, rotikaya and many more, depending on their own category and etc. the online journalism should be controlled because deep inside we all know that there are someone out there who are not wise enough to handle online journalism and we can't take the risk of him/her ruining our life later on just because he/she believes the freedom given to write is not free enough.           

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        

The Wiser? Wiseman?


Being wise ain't just about you acting and thinking using the mind that the Creator gave you. Being able to realise about the Creator itself is being wise. Look at your surrounding, look around, if you're able to identify how do you sees every single thing around, you are wise enough to evaluate yourself. However, realising without performing a wise act as an reaction, is still low.

A friend of mine once said:

"I felt pity to the pitier so was the concerns.. which was its true that humanity only profound manners n concerns,

a beliefs or rituals passed on in gazillions of cycles since Adam, congrats to the 'world' but 'faggit' mankind... 

An application achievements of wasteful gift gazed upon the Creator to you.. Boohooo.. ;)

where else, despite being total responsible..mankind do denies awareness of getting their agile perception correct.

So focus on generating & discriminating doubts in forms of questions but lack of due diligence in completing the right answers to the questions they've thrown.." like a Yak! Lols.. ;p

It is being bold, then also misconductively drawn by lack of own act of arrogance, egoisticly ignorant & low possesive judgement. 

Where does the Wisdom went? Huh?!?

So, thanks for the grace shared but... 
No thanks!~~


So, think about it, wiseman. =)