CHANNEL: Jurnal Komunikasi

Uncovering Young People’s Argumentation in Consuming Filters on Social Media

Dony Arung Triantoro, M. Agung Pramana — Thu, 04 Apr 2024 00:00:00 +0000

This study aims to examine the consumption of filters on social media among young people. The phenomenon of filter consumption is inseparable from the use of social media which has increased significantly in recent years. However, so far studies that discuss social media such as Instagram do not analyze the phenomenon. Young people have not been positioned as active consumers. Therefore, this study fills the gap of the study by focusing on filter consumption among young people. This study used a qualitative approach by collecting data using interview techniques and online observation (netnography) of informants' social media. The selection of informants was done using snowball sampling techniques, thus allowing researchers to obtain in-depth data. The results of this study show that young people have different arguments in consuming filters on Instagram. Some of them use filters for entertainment reasons, building self-image, or self-representation on social media. This interpretation of young people further strengthens the position of young people as active consumers. Moreover, the paper concludes that filters facilitate young people's desire to appear aesthetically pleasing in online spaces. This research is limited to qualitative data, so the next study is recommended to deepen the motives of young people through quantitative data in the form of surveys, so that more comprehensive data is obtained to describe the distribution of young people's consumption patterns by filters on social media.

The Americanized Journey of Chinese Immigrants: Representation of Chinese Immigrant in Disney’s Elemental (2023)

Patrisia Amanda Pascarina, Louisa Christine Hartanto, Jennifer Esther — Fri, 26 Apr 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Immigration has always been an international humanism problem. This research aimed to understand how Chinese immigrants is treated by the original citizen represented in digital media, such as movie. Using Roland Barthes’ 2-step semiotic, this research found several evidence that Disney’s Elemental movie contain myth representations of the Chinese. The first result is the “Yellow Peril” from the fire element to show that western civilizations still consider Chinese people as invaders to their land, therefore they are a danger (as symbolized by the danger of fire). Second, how the Fire Element was presented as a second-class citizen. They are required to change their name, abandon their native language, and live in a suburban area in order to be accepted in The Elemental City. The last result is the way the Fire Element distant themselves by not wanting to mate or be in a relationship with the other elements. The anti-mix race is one thing that all of the elements have in common. The last finding is traditional Confucian-styled parenting that highlighted how values were passed down to younger generation: the traditions, the family business, and the family heirloom. For next research, this result could challenge the implementation of policies at the US Government level to protect the rights of all immigrants, not only Chinese immigrant specifically.

Comic as Health Literacy by the Indonesian Ministry of Health

Sabri Sabri, Vani Dias Adiprabowo, Iman Sumarlan, Rafidei Mohamad — Thu, 04 Apr 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Comics as a medium of health communication by the Indonesian Ministry of Health has gained attention and is considered necessary for conveying health information to the public. Comics have the advantage of communicating health messages visually and attractively to be more easily understood and attract readers' attention. The purpose of this article is to explain the use of comics as a medium of communication for health messages by the Indonesian Ministry of Health on the site “Sehat Negeriku” managed by the Indonesian Ministry of Health; there is an article with the title “Komik Sehat”. The article mentioned that the Minister of Health, Budi Gunadi Sadikin, asked the Risk Communication and Community Engagement Working Group (Pokja RCCE) to support disease communication through comic media. This shows that the Indonesian government recognizes the important value of comics in conveying health information to the public. The research method used is problem-based through literature literacy analysis. This study used screen shoot techniques to collect data, then continued with content analysis by expert experts, namely visual and health communication experts. The results of Comics research can help convey messages in an interesting, easy-to-understand way and reach various walks of life. Thus, comics as a medium for delivering public health messages have proven effective in disseminating information, increasing knowledge, and influencing public behavior in maintaining health

Countering Journalist Curse in A Bourdieusian Perspective: Metajournalistic Discourse on Doxing at Remotivi

Nanang Krisdinanto — Thu, 04 Apr 2024 00:00:00 +0000

This research is based on the phenomenon of a shift in the pattern of attacks on the independence and freedom of journalists from physical attacks to attacks that are mediatized by digital media (digital attacks), in this case, doxing. This research focuses on a metajournalistic discourse study on doxing. The aim is to describe how doxing presents a struggle among journalists to define journalism and carry out journalistic practices that are considered autonomous. Using Bourdieu's theoretical perspective, metajournalistic discourse studies outline how journalists understand and define journalism, or their own industry and profession, in the midst of stressful situations. The method used is qualitative text analysis using data sources from metajournalistic discourse documents, which are texts written by journalists about their own industry and published on Remotivi's website. The research highlights two important findings that seem contradictory. First, doxing is seen as a product of double pressures from the political and economic fields on the journalistic field, which makes the journalistic field experience a situation of 'high degree of heteronomy'. Second, there is resistance to doxing at the discourse level, which is carried out by journalists by defining journalism that is considered ideal or journalism that is closer to the pole of autonomy in the journalistic field. This resistance is possible because these journalists have habits and journalistic capital that tend to be autonomous. This research can be used as a starting point for future research to better understand the sociological aspects of the journalist profession, which is assumed to experience various pressures from its internal and external environment.