1154 International Journal of Criminology and Sociology, 2020, 9, 1154-1163 E-ISSN: 1929-4409/20 © 2020 Lifescience Global Framing Analysis of Village Funding Corruption in Media Suaramerdeka.Com in Central Java, Indonesia, 2019 Agus Triyono * Lecturer at Broadcasting Program, Faculty of Computer Science, Dian Nuswantoro University, Jl. Imam Bonjol 207 Semarang, Central Java, 50131, Indonesia Abstract: Various corruption cases have occurred in many villages in Central Java, Indonesia. Corruption is mostly carried out by village officials in running the government. One of many factors causing such corruption cases is the existence of village fund assistance. These corruption cases have been published in the mass media, Specifically on online media, i.e. suaramerdeka.com This study aims to look at the media framing of corruption cases that have occurred in Central Java, particularly concerning village funding assistance in various regions through the online media suaramerdeka.com. This study is a constructive paradigm research. The approach method used is qualitative. Meanwhile, the analytical method used is the Robert N. Entman framing analysis model. The findings of this study stated that suaramerdeka.com framed the perpetrators of corruption as village officials. Although it is acknowledged that not all of them are corrupt, the news seems to give the impression that village officials have conducted a lot of corruption. However, on the other hand, the news content of suaramerdeka.com as a local media in Central Java also lacks detail in reporting corruption issues. Moreover, it seems only normative and does not show that it is a strong media in covering corruption cases. The explanation of the news was not very in-depth. Keywords: Reporting on village fund corruption, news on suaramerdeka.com, framing analysis. 1. INTRODUCTION Coverage of village fund corruption is an interesting conversation in the media starting from large amounts of village funds, village programs, village projects to funds misappropriation. Many mass media reported the misuse of village funds in Central Java both on printed and online mass media and other media. One of the existing media reporting about village funds and the events which occurred in the online mass media is suaramerdeka.com. Online media is an electronic communication media that is not bound by time and space to provide actual information that can be accessed by the public in real-time (Halim, 2006: 27) The suaramerdeka.com media does a lot of news related to various problems in the distribution and use of village funds that are scattered in various regions in Central Java. This media also provides news, ranging from the mode of village apparatus to corrupt village funds such as making fictitious reports, inflating budgets, reducing project volumes, to “playing” projects. The existence of the media suaramerdeka.com has also published many mass actions due to the lack of transparency of the village government in managing the village government, especially the management of village funds. *Address correspondence to this author at the Lecturer at Broadcasting Program, Faculty of Computer Science, Dian Nuswantoro University, Jl. Imam Bonjol 207 Semarang, Central Java, 50131, Indonesia; Tel: (+6224) 3517261; Fax: (+6224) 3569684; E-mail: agustriyono7@gmail.com According to data from the regional office of the Directorate General of Treasury of Central Java Province, in 2019, the village fund budget for the province of Central Java (Central Java) in 2019 increased 17.10 percent from 2018. From Rp. 6.7 trillion to Rp. 7.8 trillion. Village funds of this size will be distributed to 7,809 villages spread across 527 sub- districts and 29 regencies in Central Java Province. However, only 29 regencies in Central Java received village funds, while small villages or "Kelurahan" in each city government would receive “Kelurahan" funds. The number of funds then became the media spotlight in its implementation, including online media suaramerdeka.com. Meanwhile, village funds disbursed from 2015 amounted to Rp. 2.2 trillion, with an average of Rp. 285 million each. This number continued to increase in 2016 by Rp. 5 trillion with an average of Rp. 640 million per village and in 2017 it increased again by Rp. 6.3 trillion with an average of Rp. 817.5 million per village. The number of village funds increased again in 2018 to Rp. 6.7 trillion with an average of Rp. 862.4 million per village. The size of the village fund is attractive for the media to always publish it. Moreover, many village heads have stumbled into legal cases due to misuse of village funds. One of these media is online media such as suaramerdeka.com. 2019 was chosen because it was the last stage of President Joko Widodo-Jusuf Kalla's leadership in the village fund assistance policy. Some reports about various corruption cases are often