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        "id": 1991869,
        "msgid": "observer-citizen-journalism-can-serve-as-a-security-early-warning-system-1789967402",
        "date": "2026-09-21 11:23:31",
        "title": "Observer: Citizen Journalism Can Serve as a Security Early Warning System",
        "author": "",
        "source": "ANTARA_ID",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Social Policy",
        "summary": "Political and intelligence analyst Boni Hargens suggests that citizen journalism can be utilised by security institutions as a strategic tool for mapping potential threats. He notes that leveraging open-source information from the public can enhance national security analysis and aligns with the modern policing approach of using real-time digital reports.",
        "content": "<p>Jakarta (ANTARA) - Political and intelligence issues observer Boni\nHargens stated that citizen journalism can serve as a source of open\ninformation that security institutions, including law enforcement\nagencies, can utilise for analytical purposes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis information originating from the wider community, if managed\nwith the appropriate methods, can become a strategic instrument in\nmapping potential threats, challenges, obstacles, and security\ndisturbances (ATHG),\u201d Boni said in a statement received in Jakarta on\nMonday.<\/p>\n<p>Boni explained that the ATHG framework is an analytical instrument\ncommonly used in national security studies. According to him, by\nutilising citizen journalism as an input source, ATHG analysis can be\nconducted more comprehensively, based on actual field data, and\nreflecting the conditions experienced by the community.<\/p>\n<p>He believes this view aligns with the statement made by the Chief of\nthe Indonesian National Police, General Listyo Sigit Prabowo, regarding\nhow public grievances are increasingly easily spread through citizen\njournalism, acting as an early warning system for the police.<\/p>\n<p>Social media platforms, online video channels, and digital chat\ngroups, according to the Chief of Police, have become spaces for\nindividuals to record, report, and disseminate events around them in\nreal-time, thereby forming a new information landscape.<\/p>\n<p>Boni considers the Chief of Police\u2019s statement to reflect a modern\npolicing mindset that seeks to adapt to rapid and dynamic changes. \u201cThe\ndigital era, characterised by the amorphism of information in\ncyberspace, should bring changes to the paradigm of law enforcement in\nevaluating and redefining the meaning and execution of their roles and\nfunctions within society, the nation, and the state,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The term \u2018information amorphism\u2019 used by Boni refers to the condition\nof information in digital spaces which, according to him, is easily\naltered, spreads in various directions, and is difficult to control\ncentrally. In such conditions, he continued, law enforcement\ninstitutions cannot rely solely on conventional approaches.<\/p>\n<p>He noted that a more responsive and adaptive paradigm is required,\ncapable of intelligently and structurally utilising various open\ninformation sources. He added that in a healthy democracy, the\nrelationship between security apparatus and civilians is not a one-way\nhierarchy, but rather dialogic and mutually reinforcing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCitizens who actively report and participate through digital\njournalism are strategic partners in maintaining national security,\u201d\nsaid Boni.<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/observer-citizen-journalism-can-serve-as-a-security-early-warning-system-1789967402",
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