摘要：The political transformation in 1998 introduced a new era of Indonesian media which respects the public interest and implements a democratic model.The changing led to a new media-politics that have democratic character.This article will focus on the self regulation mechanism that becomes very popular in democratic mass media system.Those favouring selfregulation mechanism have usually justified it on the grounds that it is less damaging to freedom of expression than legal control.However this mechanism is not a panacea for all ills,because self-regulation can only work if certain pre-conditions are met.The analysis will be done by several conceptual frames,i.e: the concept of media in political transition,concept of media politics,self regulation mechanism,and statutory vs voluntary regulation.
