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Televisi Lokal: Antara Kepentingan Korporat Dan Fungsi Sosial, Bram Hendrawan

JURNAL KOMUNIKASI INDONESIA

Kebanyakan studi mengenai televisi lokal di Indonesia fokus pada televisi sebagai mediumkonstruksi ruang publik dan identitas budaya. Pendekatan sosial ini melewatkan karakter penting yaitu komersialitas. Penelitian ini menelaah strategi korporat (struktur kepemilikan, perluasan wilayah siaran dan sumber pemasukan) yang dilakukan oleh dua televisi lokal swasta di Yogyakarta dan Solo: Jogja TV dan TATV. Pertanyaan utama yang diajukan adalah apakah strategi korporasi yang diterapkan membatasi fungsi sosial dari televisi lokal dan bagaimana ini bisa terjadi? Dalam artikel ini penulis beragumen bahwa strategi korporat kedua stasiun televisi ini membatasi potensi yang ada untuk menjalankan fungsi sosial televisi lokal sebagaimana diidamkan para pendukungnya. …

Representasi Warga Tionghoa Dan Kecinaan Dalam Media Kontemporer Indonesia, Ezmieralda Melissa

JURNAL KOMUNIKASI INDONESIA

Seiring dengan berkembangnya teknologi transportasi dan komunikasi di era globalisasi ini, proses hibriditas budayapun berlangsung dengan cepat. Di satu sisi, kondisi ini mendorong orang-orang untuk mengenal dan belajar tentang berbagai budaya yang ada dalam masyarakat modern kita. Di sisi lain, kondisi ini juga mengangkat sejumlah permasalahan penting, seperti munculnya kesalahpahaman dan diskriminasi terhadap kelompok minoritas. Sejak jatuhnya rezim Soeharto pada tahun 1998, banyak kelompok yang dulunya tertindas, termasuk etnis Tionghoa, muncul dan membuat diri mereka didengar pada era demokrasi baru bangsa ini. Seiring peraturan pemerintah baru yang memperbolehkan kelompok ini untuk mempraktikkan budaya mereka tanpa batasanbatasan tertentu, kondisi masyarakat Tionghoa …

‘Kami Juga Punya Suara’: Dunia Blogging Buruh Migran Indonesia Di Hong Kong Sebagai Politik Budaya, Pratiwi Retnaningdyah

JURNAL KOMUNIKASI INDONESIA

Buruh migran domestik merupakan sosok yang sudah lama diperdebatkan sebagai kelompok perempuan yang paling dieksploitasi dan disubordinasi dalam konteks pembagian kerja di dunia kapitalisme global. Meskipun demikian, mereka sebenarnya aktif terlibat dalam berbagai kegiatan untuk bernegosiasi dengan struktur kekuasaan di pasar kerja transnasional. Tulisan ini mengulas bagaimana dan mengapa literasi digital memiliki peranan penting dalam kiprah Buruh Migran Indonesia (BMI). Saya berargumen bahwa BMI aktif melakukan 'reverse discourse’ secara individu dan kolektif untuk memperjuangan nilai dan legitimasi BMI melalu dunia blogging. Sebagai upaya untuk merekonstruksi identitas dan memberdayakan komunitas, dunia blogging adalah politik budaya, di mana identitas buruh migran dimaknai …

Identitas Kelompok Disabilitas Dalam Media Komunitas Online: Studi Mengenai Pembentukan Pesan Identitas Disabilitas Dalam Kartunet.Com, Aulia Dwi Nastiti

JURNAL KOMUNIKASI INDONESIA

Media komunitas dapat memberikan ruang bagi kelompok yang terpinggirkan untuk membentuk pesan mereka sendiri. Melalui media komunitas Kartunet.com, sekelompok anak muda tunanetra yang tergabung dalam komunitas Kartunet berupaya mengkonstruksi identitas kelompok disabilitas dalam berbagai pesan yang mereka suarakan. Kartunet merupakan komunitas yang digerakkan oleh anak muda tunanetra untuk memberdayakan penyandang disabilitas. Penelitian ini signifkan untuk menunjukkan bagaimana media komunitas, khususnya dalam medium online, beroperasi dalam memberikan ruang bagi kelompok marjinal. Penelitian kualitatif ini menggunakan metode wawancara mendalam dan observasi semi-partisipatif ke dalam komunitas. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa pembentukan identitas kelompok disabilitas merupakan proses bertahap dari identitas personal, identitas komunitas, dan …

Hasrat Untuk Mati: Eksplorasi Tema Bunuh Diri Di Tempat Umum Dalam Novel Lenka, Dewi Anggraeni

JURNAL KOMUNIKASI INDONESIA

Terinspirasi oleh sejumlah kasus bunuh diri di pusat-pusat perbelanjaan (mall) di Jakarta pada2009, 17 penulis bekerja bersama untuk menulis sebuah novel berjudul Lenka dengan menjadikan kasus bunuh diri di tempat umum sebagai tema sentral. Tulisan ini mencermati bagaimana novel sebagai salah satu wujud media terbitan (publishing media) mengeksploitasi satu bagian realitas melalui proses kreatif dan mampu menyodorkan perspektif berbeda akan motif bunuh diri di tempat umum. Selain itu, aspek-aspek fiktif dalam novel dapat dimanfaatkan untuk mencermati kompleksitas di balik kasus bunuh diri yang tidak tereksplorasi oleh media massa. Tulisan ini juga mencoba menyentuh satu isu besar berkaitan dengan upaya tiada …

Mendukung Pariwisata Domestik Melalui Komunitas Perjalanan Online, Anis Hamidati

JURNAL KOMUNIKASI INDONESIA

Di antara komunitas global saat ini, menjadi sebuah tren bagi mereka yang berada dalamrentang usia produktif untuk melakukan backpacking travel sebagai bagian dari gayahidup. Tantangan yang muncul dari kondisi infrastruktur yang buruk atau ketersediaaninformasi yang tidak memadai tentang daerah tujuan wisata tidak lagi menjadi hambatanuntuk komunitas perjalanan dikarenakan mereka telah terinformasi dengan baik melaluikegiatan berbagi informasi secara online. Mereka berbagi pengalaman masing-masinglewat blog, mailing list, wiki, vlog, photo sharing, dan sebagainya. Alhasil Web 2.0 menjadisemakin berpengaruh sebagai cara untuk bertukar informasi di antara wisatawan. Peningkatan kesadaran akan keindahan daerah tujuan wisata domestik melalui proses berbagi oleh para wisatawan mungkin sekali …

Analisis Isi: Sebuah Pengantar Metodologi Yang Mendalam Dan Kaya Dengan Contoh, Hendriyani Hendriyani

JURNAL KOMUNIKASI INDONESIA

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Social Media And The Transformation Of The Humanitarian Narrative: A Comparative Analysis Of Humanitarian Discourse In Libya 2011 And Bosnia 1994, Ellen Noble

Political Science Honors Projects

Within humanitarian discourse, there is a prevailing narrative: the powerful liberal heroes are saving the helpless, weak victims. However, the beginning of the 21^st century marks the expansion of the digital revolution throughout lesser-developed states. Growing access to the Internet has enabled aid recipients to communicate with the outside world, giving them an unprecedented opportunity to reshape discourses surrounding humanitarianism. Through a comparative discourse analysis of Libyan Tweets, 1994 newspaper reports on Bosnia, and 2011 newspaper reports on Libya, this paper analyzes whether aid recipient discourse can resist the dominant humanitarian narrative and if that resistance can influence dominant …

Skype’S The Limit Testing The Value Of Cross-Cultural Relationship-Building In International Development, Charley Allegar

Independent Study Project (ISP) Collection

This study aims to explore the value of cross-cultural relationship-building and international friendship in development. By connecting two groups of Americans each with a group of low-income Kenyans over Skype and by presenting the written expression of Kenyans’ hopes and struggles to a third American group, the research analyzes whether face-to-face interaction and personal information sharing affects one’s perception of people’s needs. Though due to small sample sizes the results are generally inconclusive, qualitatively, the data suggest that relationship-building is a useful tool for development, defined as the improvement of a population’s fundamental welfare. Moreover, the study finds that deliberate …

Because I Said So: Constructing Identities In Argentina's Dirty War, Danielle N. Olean

Honors Theses and Capstones

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International And Domestic Student Health-Information Seeking And Satisfaction, Stacy Theodora Austin

Dissertations and Theses

This study examines two groups -international and domestic students at Portland State University (PSU) - in terms of their motivations to seek university-health services, and their satisfaction with university-health services. The Theory of Motivated Information Management (W. A. Afifi & Weiner, 2004) served as the foundation for this study to examine the preferences of students in terms of the ways they seek information about their health concerns. Differences in international and domestic students' anxiety, efficacy, and satisfaction with physicians were supported. International students reported more anxiety than domestic students. Domestic students reported being more efficacious than international students when talking …

Packaging Inspiration: Al Qaeda's Digital Magazine Inspire And Self-Radicalization, Susan Currie Sivek

Faculty Presentations

Inspire magazine, a digital publication of Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, seeks to motivate potential terrorists to carry out attacks in the West. The magazine has seemed to be effective, resulting in its connection to a number of recent plots. This presentation discusses the magazine’s potential for aiding prospective terrorists through the self-radicalization process.

Best Practices & Resources For Teaching Esl Written Communication, Linda S. Bergmann, Vicki Kennell

Purdue Writing Lab/Purdue OWL Presentations

This presentation, given at the Center for Instructional Excellence (CIE) Series II: Expanding Your Teaching Toolkit, offers instructors information on understanding and accommodating the ESL writers in their classrooms. Material is presented on the language abilities of the writers, on the ways in which cultural differences may be manifested in the writing itself, and on the types of accommodations that can be made in writing assignments and assessments. The talk includes information on best practices in writing for all writers and a bibliography of resources about L2 writers.

A Propaganda Model Case Study Of Abc Primetime ‘North Korea: Inside The Shadows’, Sherri L. Ter Molen

Communication Faculty Research Publications

In 2006, Diane Sawyer became the first American journalist to broadcast live from inside North Korea. Her trip ended with an hour-long special programme scrutinising life in what she considers possibly ‘the most dangerous flashpoint on Earth’ (Sawyer 2006). The threat Sawyer actually presents, however, is not that of a nuclear-armed country but of a country whose regime, despite the will of the people, refuses to be a major market for US consumer goods. Applying Herman and Chomsky’s propaganda model of media operations, I conduct a discourse analysis of the textual and visual symbols Sawyer uses in illustrating …

Bridging The Business Cultures Of The East And West, Singapore Management University

Perspectives@SMU

As companies in the West look to the East for business opportunities and those in the East looking westwards to expand themselves, it is no longer enough for business executives to be bilingual. Those who want to be in hot demand will have to be "bi-cultural" and understand the differences between Western and Eastern business cultures.

Medical Tourism: The Role Of Communication Regarding Risks And Benefits Of Obtaining Medical Services Abroad., Kevin Wright, Alicia Mason

Faculty Submissions

The ever-increasing globalization of healthcare has led to a greater number of consumers using the World Wide Web for the purpose of accessing health information and medical services that transcends international borders (Kangas, 2010; Lunt, Mannion, & Exworthy, 2012; MacReady, 2007; Snyder, Crooks, Adams, Kingsbury, & Johnston, 2011). When faced with the high cost of health care or limited treatment options in the United States, more and more Americans are looking to developing countries to obtain a variety of health-related services, including cosmetic surgery, dentistry, diagnostic testing, fertility treatment, and major surgeries such as heart valve operations and organ transplants …

Maintaining The Master International Frequency Register, Frans G. Von Der Dunk

Space, Cyber, and Telecommunications Law Program: Faculty Publications

The present paper is the written elaboration of a presentation held under the same title at the workshop “International Regulations of Space Communications” held in Luxembourg on 24 and 25 May 2012. Consequently, the topic of this paper, the maintenance of the Master International Frequency Register as a key tool for allowing satellite communications to be a viable international sector of space activities, is viewed through the looking glass of the session title, “WRC-12 from the Perspective of International Telecommunications Law.”

In other words, it does not purport to deal with the actual details of maintaining the Register …

Ua51/1 Collections & Connections, Jennifer Wilson

Collections & Connections

This is the Fall 2013-Winter 2014 issue of the biannual newsletter of the Western Kentucky University Libraries. It headlines WKU Manuscript/Folklife Archives Coordinator Jonathan Jeffrey's collection of the remembrances of JFK's visit to Bowling Green in 1960 and an excerpt from Ann Denes Wagner's recollection of her father Nick Denes, head coach at Western Kentucky State during the 1960s. Other major events featured in this issue include the Libraries' co-sponsorship of the International Film Series, its participation in the university's homecoming activities, its continued effort in offering the Far Away Places speaker series and the SOKY Reads program, and the …

Packaging Inspiration: Al Qaeda’S Digital Magazine Inspire In The Self-Radicalization Process, Susan Currie Sivek

Faculty Publications

Al Qaeda is today a fragmented organization, and its strategic communication efforts now focus largely on recruiting individuals in the West to carry out “individual jihad” in their home countries. One Al Qaeda–affiliated publication, Inspire, represents an unusual use of the digital magazine format and content for recruitment. This study examines the content and design of Inspire to determine how the magazine may advance the self-radicalization that it seeks to induce in its readers. This analysis finds that the magazine weaves together jihadist ideology, a narrow interpretation of Islam, and appropriations of Western popular culture to maximize the publication’s …

A New Model: Improving Adult Experiences In The Holy Land With Effective Pre-Departure Information, Resources And Procedures, Sarah A. Loan

Capstone Collection

Since September 11, 2001, Group Travel Directors (GTD) has noted an increase in self-reported anxiety among adult travelers preparing to depart to the Holy Land. This observation has been made by long-term employees both objectively and subjectively by comparing evaluation scores, cancellation percentages, tracking numbers of phone calls from anxious travelers and through staff accounts of conversations with travelers. GTD staff reports that clients often are inclined to make rash decisions based on perfunctory judgments influenced by media coverage.

GTD has collected evaluations from adult travelers for more than twenty years in an effort to better understand traveler perceptions of …