THE IMPACT OF MEDIA CONGLOMERATION IN THE MEDIA CONVERGENCE ERA ON SELECTION OF NEWS CONTENT

The author in this observation, discusses media conglomeration in the era of media convergence. The object under observation is the impact of media conglomeration on the selection of news content in the current era of media convergence with the media industry. This research method uses a qualitative descriptive approach with literature studies and data collection through secondary data obtained through literature studies such as reference books, journals, articles and other sources related to research. This study concludes that the impact of media conglomeration has led to the industrialization of the media. In order to achieve economic principles, media convergence has been carried out, which ultimately has an impact on news content in the mass media, which reduces or eliminates information democracy.