THE ROLE OF LAW IN MEDIA DEVELOPMENT AND SOCIAL CHANGE
Mery Christian Putri, S.H., M.H

Constitutional Court of Indonesia .
Student of Doctoral Degree University of Sebelas Maret Surakarta.

Abstract

Technology and media development are undeniable aspects that could affect not only peoples way of life but also social change. Despite the fact that law exists to rule and regulate peoples behavior, the law is occasionally developed by the social change and social community needs. Indonesia Constitutional Court whose authority to protect citizen constitutional rights had released several decisions that involved media force in the process of trial. Many of new regulations that have been proposed to be judicial review in Constitutional Court affect the development of media spread which causes social change. Law development becomes an urgent thing to accommodate media development and social change, and Constitutional Court Decision that is final and binding could be one of the references to be a legitimate regulation that goes along with the social change. This research aims to analyze the role of law (Constitutional Court Decision) in media development and social change in Indonesia pass the amendment of the 1945 Constitutional Court. This paper is based on an normative research with depth interview and history approach which analyzes many relatable Constitutional Court decision, related books, research report, and journal.

Keywords: law, media development, social change

Topic: Civil Law