Ultimacomm: Jurnal Ilmu Komunikasi

Positive Trend Correlation of Jokowi's Social Media Exposure Regarding The Electability of #probowopresiden2024

Yudi Daherman, Ivan Taufiq — Mon, 22 Jul 2024 06:59:13 +0000

The political contestation of the 2024 presidential election in Indonesia has shown the influence of the electability of each candidate. One of them is through President Jokowi's social media, giving a positive trend for several candidates, followers give signs of support to the 2024 presidential candidates. Signs on social media have become a new trend for people in cyberspace to discuss it. The purpose of this study, how President Jokowi through his social media provides a positive trend for the 2024 presidential candidates, through new signs on social media becomes prevalent because the current president should not provide support to one of the candidates, but because the 2 presidential candidates are currently still officials in the government. President Jokowi's support on social media for presidential candidate Parbowo, who is currently the Minister of Defence, has been read by the signs given on Jokowi's social media. This will make a positive trend for Prabowo to get attention for the public. Through big data analysis on social media Instagram and twitter. The click bait media questioned where is Jokowi's support going? To Ganjar or Prabowo? The signs analysed through big data show that Jokowi is playing a role in the two 2024 presidential contenders. The sign #prabowopresident2024 received positive sentiment on facebook, Instagram and tiktok.

Reporting Pandemic, Engaging Public; The Citizen Participation in LaporCovid-19 Platform During Covid-19 Outbreak in Indonesia

Ingki Rinaldi, Samiaji Bintang Nusantara; Maria Advenita Gita Elmada — Mon, 22 Jul 2024 07:30:40 +0000

Credible data and information for handling the Covid-19 pandemic in Indonesia are relatively minimal. The quality of public policies to deal with diseases classified as emerging non-natural disasters tends to be low, especially during the early stages of handling the Covid-19 pandemic. Several figures from civil society organizations, journalists, public health practitioners, and information technology experts took the initiative to develop an information reporting platform related to the pandemic that involved citizen participation in helping overcome this. The citizen platform was then developed into the practice of citizen journalism. This study describes the application of the concept of citizen reporting, which has developed into citizen journalism as an instrument for collecting data and information on Covid-19 cases in Indonesia. Especially in the case of the “LaporCOVID-19” citizen platform.

Responsive Regulation for Non-platform Media: Challenges and Opportunities in Indonesia

Abie Besman, Inne Nathalia, Firdza Radiany — Mon, 22 Jul 2024 07:38:00 +0000

This research investigates the regulation of non-platform media in Indonesia from a legal perspective. Non-platform media, such as social media, blogs, and personal websites, have become influential communication tools in modern society. The study explores various relevant aspects, including freedom of speech, inequality in access, ethics, international cooperation, and the role of the government. The research employs a qualitative approach, allowing for a deep understanding of the non-platform media phenomenon. The literature review is used to construct a framework of relevant theories and concepts related to the research topic and to identify current research trends in the context of non-platform media. The objective of this research is to comprehend how the Indonesian government regulates non-platform media with the existing rules and regulations and its impact on the media industry and the public. Using a qualitative approach, this research aims to provide in-depth insights into the complex debate surrounding the regulation of non-platform media in Indonesia and how these regulations can achieve a balance between freedom of speech and the protection of the public.

Understanding Generation Z at Workplace: The Moderating Role of Mediated Communication between Benevolent Leadership and Organizational Citizenship Behaviors

Andi Juliastri Syafruddin — Mon, 29 Jul 2024 07:05:26 +0000

This research focused on the interdisciplinary quest between benevolent leadership, as a contemporary leadership style, and organizational citizenship behaviors (OCBs) through the perspective of communication. The study aimed to examine: first, subordinates’ tendency to show good behaviors towards their peers when prompted by the contemporary leadership style and secondly, it aimed to analyze the influence’s capacity when the interaction between leaders and followers were carried through mediated communication. The research limited its study within the context of Generation Z as subordinates, given their digital nativity, and selected Indonesia as the primary location of investigation. Utilizing a quantitative methodology, a questionnaire was distributed to 210 qualified participants and the collected data was analyzed using a moderated regression analysis on PLS-SEM. The research findings revealed a direct correlation between benevolent leadership and the increase of subordinates’ willingness to take responsibilities outside their contractual duties. Furthermore, the research findings suggested that mediated communication had a stronger influence on OCBs implying the pivotal role of communication in building positive work culture. Despite the result, mediated communications as a moderating variable didn’t give a significant effect on the leaders’ capacity to influence good behavior at the workplace. Overall, this research provided a theoretical framework to understand Generation Z at the workplace and its impact on organizational performance.

Twitter Discourse: The Necessary Melding of Ethics and Digital Activism

Mon, 29 Jul 2024 07:11:23 +0000

This paper draws upon how digital activism, by using hashtag (#) is influencing audience discourse on Twitter platform, with particular cases carried out by the twitter account @PartaiSocmed. This twitter account is anonymously focused on creating threads, containing unofficial information, photos, videos of public officials- politicians, related to their wealth and family. In the second section, this paper will also discuss how this social media activism and discourse also has lateral issues related with doxing and privacy breaching. Moreover, this research will mainly be using Sentiment Analysis as tools to reveal how social media has been used, for digital activism and asserting important issues. In addition, the author highlights, there is power in the attention online activism brings, also online activists need to work on a way to improve the quality of the discourse by developing habits and operating under standards to make them more ethical.

Dissecting the Initial One-Week Narratives of Al Jazeera and BBC Media on Covering Israel-Palestine Tension After 7 October 2023

Mon, 29 Jul 2024 07:17:50 +0000

Israel's military aggression in the Gaza Strip following Hamas's surprise attack on October 7th, 2023, continued to escalate until the end of the year, which became one of the deadliest military operations in the last three decades, with a total death toll of more than 10 thousand people. The coverage of the escalated tensions in Israel-Palestine has also become a hot issue to cover by various international media outlets. This article delved into the news narrative of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) and Al Jazeera, examining their agenda-setting, language selection, and framing of events. The choice of BBC and Al Jazeera as the subjects of this research is to compare the representation of Western and non-Western media. Through the utilization of comparative methods and text analysis facilitated by Voyant tools, this study revealed that background differences between the observed media impact the news content disparities for international audiences in accordance with each interest.

Form of Discrimination against Female Characters with Autism Spectrum Disorder in Korean Drama Series Extraordinary Attorney Woo

Naurissa Biasini, Dita Azelia Subarman — Wed, 14 Aug 2024 06:56:12 +0000

The drama series Extraordinary Attorney Woo is a Korean drama that portrays the life of a lawyer with an autism spectrum disorder. This drama series has sparked controversy among the public due to its portrayal of individuals with autism being deemed unrealistic. Discrimination occurs because society perceives individuals with autism as needing care and being deemed useless in society. These forms of discrimination are analyzed based on the Villines discrimination model, which consists of hostile ableism, benevolent ableism, and ambivalent ableism. This research aims to understand the forms of discrimination against female characters with autism spectrum disorder in the drama series. This research adopts a post-positivist paradigm with a qualitative approach. The results of this study show that almost three-quarters of the total episodes depict various forms of discrimination, including hostile ableism, benevolent ableism, and ambivalent ableism. These findings align with the director Yoo In Shik's intention in creating the extraordinary attorney woo drama series, which is to portray the societal reality towards individuals with autism spectrum disorder, who are considered in need of care or even deemed useless in society. These findings imply that the depicted forms of discrimination are the director's efforts to provide understanding to the public regarding the existence of discrimination against individuals with autism spectrum disorder within the context of the main character's profession as a lawyer.

Should We Learn from Srikandi Panghegar to Break The Discrimination and Stigma Against Transwomen?

Uliviana Restu Handaningtias, Ika Arinia Indriyany, Nadia Malika Farhanah — Thu, 15 Aug 2024 01:46:28 +0000

Heteonormativity is a view that makes transwomen a subject of discrimination and stigma. The discrimination and stigma received by transwomen in Cianjur Regency are inseparable from the construction of the Cianjur community, which is predominantly by Islamic values as the basis for society to normalize these actions. Cianjur is a city in West Java that has a strong history of Islamic movements in West Java. The life of the Cianjur people is influenced by Sundanese and Islamic cultures, which mingle in the joints of the community's social, cultural, and political life. Srikandi Panghegar exists as a community that fights against heteronormativity in Cianjur Regency. This study uses the theory of social movements from the perspective of LGBT, as proposed by Mary Bernstein (1997) with a qualitative research method using a case study approach, the results of this study explain the spread of identity as a method used in collective action as the goal of social movements in terms of gaining acceptance of stigmatized identities to change institutions. However, Srikandi Panghegar Cianjur has not yet reached the stage of changing institutions because movement mobilization is still focused on the community itself and movements only on a small scale at the district level. The spread of identity can then be examined in two forms: identity for critique (identity for criticism) and identity for education (identity for education).

Influence of Political Advertising Effectiveness on the Perspectives of Young Voters in the 2024 Indonesian Election

Safitri Elfandari — Sun, 18 Aug 2024 12:36:52 +0000

In anticipation of the 2024 elections, several political parties have commenced disseminating their appeal through political advertisements. The realm of political communication intricately intertwines with the Promotion, Marketing, and Branding of political figures. Dieses Study was undertaken to elucidate the impact of political advertising in mass media on the perspective of voter participation in the 2024 election, with a particular focus on young voters, specifically the students at the Faculty of Social and Political Sciences, Sriwijaya University. The 2024 election is anticipated to be characterized by a predominance of young voters, hailing from the millennial generation and Generation Z, comprising over 113 million voters, constituting 56,45% of the total electorate. The avenue of political advertisements in mass media facilitates the Dissemination of Information to the public and enables them to assess the content of party advertisements. Noteworthy among the emerging television advertisements are those belonging to the National Mandate Party (PAN), the Indonesian Unity Party (Perindo), and the Indonesian Solidarity Party (PSI)). These advertisements underscore the commitment of these parties to align with the people's interests and heed their aspirations. The research employed an explanatory quantitative methodology, involving the distribution of questionnaires to hundred students of the Faculty of Social and Political Sciences at Sriwijaya University, during the academic years 2020 and 2023. The findings of this research reveal that the effectiveness of political advertising significantly influences voter perceptions. Nevertheless, it is imperative to note that the efficacy of political advertising falls short of offering a comprehensive explanation of the perspectives held by first-time voters in regard to the 2024 election.

Gender-bender: Perceptions of College Students in Tangerang on the Portrayal of Gender Roles in Popular Media

Deborah Nauli Simorangkir — Sun, 18 Aug 2024 12:40:29 +0000

Media representation defines social reality by virtue of meanings negotiated through symbols, creating symbolic boundaries that define identities, one of which is gender. Symbolic boundaries of gender have revolved around the roles of masculinity and femininity, much of which were socialized by the media. Dove Cameron’s “Breakfast” music video (2022) challenges symbolic boundaries by portraying boundary-crossing through the role reversal of men and women. Through focus group discussions with male and female participants, this study sought to evaluate the way messages of symbolic gender boundaries are portrayed, and how Indonesian young audiences respond to modern representations of gender boundaries. Data were analyzed using the Stuart Hall's Reception Analysis perspective. Results showed that Indonesian younger audiences -male and female- react positively and are receptive to the messages of gender boundary-crossing, and they actively reconstruct the symbolic boundaries of gender. The study ﬁnds that participants have progressive deﬁnitions of gender, with various aspects of their background inﬂuencing their views on gender. The symbolic boundaries of gender include characteristic traits, appearance, and sexualities. Ultimately, similar results were gleaned from both the male and female groups.