Environmental Communication, Local Wisdom, and Mitigation of Sampang Flood

The people in Sampang Madura are accustomed to flood disasters so routinely that the people had become accustomed to and fully understood the character of the floods. This study aimed to identify the local wisdom of the Madurese community in dealing with, mitigating, and adapting to disasters, especially floods. The research was conducted in three stages: preparation, observation, in-depth interviews, and data analysis. The preparation stage was carried out by collecting secondary data about Sampang geography, the disaster histories, and people tradition and custom. In the second phase, in-depth interviews were carried out with the Sampang community and BPBD about how people deal with and adapt to disasters. The third stage was data analysis. The result showed that the people of Sampang had strong belief in their ancestral heritage, that everything comes from God, so they have to face it. People carried out disaster mitigation and adaptation by checking for early signs of disaster and following the advice. Besides, they were always connected with their relatives in other areas who gave early indications of flooding. Moreover, they built houses adaptive to flood. The people of Sampang can face, mitigate, and adapt to natural disasters in their area with confidence, knowledge, and following the advice

HAMBATAN KOMUNIKASI BISNIS PETANI GARAM MADURA

Komunikasi merupakan hal yang sangat penting dalam kehidupan manusia. Komunikasi menjadi sumber atau kunci dalam segala hal. Sesuatu akan bisa menjadi baik dan lancar jika komunikasi dilakukan dengan baik. Begitu juga halnya, dalam dunia bisnis, komunikasi menjadi sangat penting dalam memperlancar bisnis yang dijalankan. Oleh karena itu perlu adanya sebuah komunikasi yang baik antar para pelaku bisnis. Bisnis garam di Madura menjadi hal yang tidak asing lagi. Madura menjadi wilayah penyuplai berpotensi di wilayah Jawa Timur. Bisnis garam di Madura tidak akan lepas dari proses interaksi para pelaku bisnis garam termasuk para petani garam itu sendiri. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengidentifikasi hambatan komunikasi yang terjadi diantara para pelaku bisnis garam Madura. Metode penelitian yang digunakan adalah pendekatan kualitatif dengan metode deskriptif. Dari penelitian ini ditemukan adanya tiga hambatan komunikasi bisnis petani garam Madura yaitu hambatan semantik, hambatan ekologis dan hambatan psikologi

KONSTRUKSI PEMBERITAAN KONFLIK INDONESIA VS MALAYSIA DI SURAT KABAR (

<p><em>Confrontation between Indonesia and Malaysia frequently occurs. The conflicts between the two of nations then and now are always repeated and never go over. Since the Soekarno regime until Yudhoyono regime always comes up with several problems. On August 13, 2010, confrontation between Indonesia and Malaysia repeatedly happened. In the waters of Tanjung Berakit, Marine Police Malaysia (MPM) have arrested Indonesian officials (Kementerian Kelautan dan Perikanan (KKP)). Those reality has attracted a news media attentions for reporting. Jawa Pos and Kompas have performed Tanjung Berakit incident on the front pages for nearly a month. Both Jawa Pos and Kompas Kompas have published the reality in different perspective. Each of them constructs reality based on their views. Wanting to inves­tigate the construction of news media above, this study uses framing theory to analyze the method of framing models Zongdang Pan and Gerald Kosicki M. It operationalizes the four dimensions of structural text news: syntax, script, thematic, and rhetorical. This study found that Jawa Pos constructs reality reporting on the arrest of three KKP officer by Marine Police Malaysia as a conflict between two countries that attacks each other. Both are en­emies which opposites to each other. Malaysia has always been challenging Indonesia while Indonesia is not able to compensate. Disappointment refers to the Indonesian government. Jawa Pos thought that the settlement with take up arms can be done. Unlike The Jawa Pos case, Kompas constructs reporting on the arrest of three KKP officersis not a conflict be­tween the two countries. It can be seen from the attitude of both countrie thatis very contra­dictory. If Indonesia is really angry with Malaysia, in reserve Malaysia is keeps in silent as if nothing happened. Even Malaysia considers that Indonesia is their friend. Kompas </em><em>does</em><em> </em><em>not want to deteriorate their relationship. Indonesia and Malaysia are the two allied coun­</em><em>tries for mutual benefit. Kompas considers that Keeping a cool head may be</em><em> </em><em>the best solution </em><em>for resolving the conflict. Maturity and politeness should be put forward.</em></p><p>Keyword: Constructs, Indonesia vs Malaysia, Framing Analysis</p><p><em><br /></em></p

Talagha: Marketing Communications for Integrated Coastal Tourism Branding

Madura has beach comparative potential as a coastal tourist destination. However, in the marketing communications context, this potential has not been optimized. Therefore, this research aims to explore all the potential for integrated coastal tourism by using the Talagha acronym of Talang Siring, Legend, Jumiang, and Lembung branding identity as an alternative to marketing communication. The Talagha brand identity not only being as destinations acronym but also the equivalent of lake in Madurese. Research locations were conducted on four Pamekasan coastal tourism destinations in Madura, namely Talang Siring Beach, Jumiang Beach, Legend Beach, and Mangruve Lembung. Research population are visitors and residents around the destinations. Samples were obtained using accidental sampling. Based on target population characteristics, as two hundres samples were acquired. Data collection were conducted by survey and analyzed by using SPSS. The results show that Talagha tagline as a brand identity is agreed by majority respondents to be part of integrated tourism branding. The findings confirmed by branding strategies theory as a part of tourist destination marketing communications. This findings are expected to be a catalyst in brand identity usage in tourist destination marketing communications development. It is recommended these findings as literature in brand destination studies as well as reaches triple helix in developing policies brief related to Madura’s integrated coastal tourism branding