RETRACTED: Indonesian Journalist; After Political Reformation
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Retraction: Triputra, P. (2017). Indonesian journalist: After political reformation. European Scientific Journal, 13(10), 248–270.
This article, published in the European Scientific Journal (ESJ), is hereby retracted following the conclusion of an investigation by the ESJ Ethics Committee.
The investigation was initiated after a formal complaint was submitted regarding suspected plagiarism. A detailed comparison between the ESJ article and the original publication by Hanitzsch (2005), “Journalists in Indonesia: educated but timid watchdogs” (Journalism Studies, 6(4), 493–508. https://doi.org/10.1080/14616700500250396), revealed extensive verbatim and near-verbatim copying without appropriate attribution
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The corresponding author was contacted and invited to provide an explanation, but no response was received within the given timeframe.
In accordance with the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) guidelines, plagiarism constitutes a serious breach of publication ethics. As such, the ESJ Ethics Board has decided to retract the article from the scholarly record.
We apologize to our readers and to the author of the original work for this ethical violation. The ESJ remains committed to upholding the highest standards of academic integrity.
Date of Retraction: [18.09.2025]
European Scientific Journal (ESJ)
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