University Students Behavior in Searching and Disseminating COVID-19 Online Information

Various accesses to information of COVID-19 can be reached through the internet. The internet, which can be used by anyone, anytime, and anywhere, pervades the boundary of people's dimensions of life, time, and space. Social media is the platform used by internet users to search for information about COVID-19. From the perspective of technological determinism, technology determines and shapes human life. This research attempts to analyze the use of social media for searching for information regarding COVID-19 and aims to comprehend the use of social media for searching for information regarding COVID-19 among Universitas Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta's students. The research is essential to map out student's behavior in searching for information regarding COVID-19. The research found that students were digital natives that used social media for searching for information about COVID-19. The students were digitally literate in using social media to search for information regarding COVID-19 by verifying information before disseminating it on their social media account

Ruang Publik Alternatif dalam Cyber Space

Permasalahan ini menarik untuk diamati karena dalam pembahasannya nanti mencoba melihat salah satu fasilitas dari cyber space yaitu weblog, sebagai bentuk ruang publik alternatif yang menawarkan freedom of spech and freedom of interacsion melalui tulisan-tulisan yang terdapat di dalamnya. Meskipun pada akhirnya online citizen journalism dalam bentuk weblog sebagai sebuah ruang publik baru ini banyak kekurangannya, seperti tidak semua masyarakat atau warga negara yang bisa mengakses ruang ini, serta kesannya yang eksklusif karena hanya bisa diakses oleh penjelajah dunia maya. Tetapi minimal online citizen journalism, misalnya dalam bentuk weblog telah menawarkan sebuah ruang yang bebas dari intervensi pihak manapun, sehingga warga negara disana merasakan iklim demokrasi dan kebebasan berkomunikasi.Kata Kunci : Ruang Publik, Weblog dan Online Citizen Journalism

Representation of globalization on Youtube video “Wonderland Indonesia”

Globalization occurs in tandem with the development of technology to become more sophisticated. The development of globalization can have an impact on every line of people's lives, one of which is culture, so that its spread can also be through the internet, one of which is through YouTube videos. This study aims to see how globalization is represented by Alffy Rev through his work entitled "Wonderland Indonesia". John Fiske's semiotic method with the theory of The codes of television is used to examine how globalization is characterized through the music video. The results show that the representation of globalization that is presented tends to describe the diversity of Indonesian culture that is packaged in a modern way through the signs displayed, such as illustrations and there are several scenes with the background of traditional houses, traditional clothes used, and the music used is a combination of several songs. areas that have been combined with elements of EDM music

Menggagas Jurnalisme Optimis dalam Pemberitaan tentang Bencana

Para wartawan, mulai dari wartawan yang berada di lapangan sampai dengan redaktur yang berada di ruang redaksi menjadi saksi dan sekaligus korban bencana. Pengalaman menjadi saksi dan korban bencana telah menjadi laboratorium dalam pembentukan gagasan tentang jurnalisme sensitif bencana yang disebut sebagai jurnalisme optimis. Istilah ini menjadi oposisi biner bagi jurnalisme air mata yang selama ini lebih mewarnai media massa di Indonesia dalam pemberitaan bencana. Paper ini membahas secara spesifik tentang jurnalisme optimis yang dimunculkan sejak pra peliputan kebencanaan yang didasarkan pada pengalaman lapangan para wartawan di Yogyakarta

PENDAMPINGAN DAN PENGEMBANGAN LITERASI UNTUK SUPORTER SEPAKBOLA MELALUI JURNALISME SEPAKBOLA

Football and journalism are two domains that are closely interrelated. Football sports news developed in various media platform, such as printed, electronic and online media. Football supporters, in general, are active audiences who are intensely consuming sports news. In the context of media literacy, the existence of football supporters as an active audience is a potential for the development of media literacy. The media literacy that be developed in this program is media literacy in the process of media production, namely football journalism writing. Football supporters generally come from young people who have the potential to increase their competence in terms of football journalism, but they have lack access for developing their competence. The solution is to provide assistance and development of media literacy through football journalism activities. This service activity involves Indonesian Fandom as a partner. Activities carried out in this community service program are training, workshops and mentoring for writing football journalism. There were twenty-five participants who participated in this activity. The results of the activity in the form of articles, which in general the theme is about local football, edited by partners. Articles that have been edited are then compiled into one text book entitled Merawat Sepakbola Indonesia (Caring for Indonesian Football). The book was successfully printed as many as two hundred copies, and sold through networks owned by partners, and involved workshop participants as resellers. Thus, this program has succeeded in increasing football literacy among supporters, and fostering entrepreneurial networks of supporters through the publishing and distribution of book sales

Group Dynamics in the Cyberspace (Case Study on ‘Komunitas Blogger Jogja’ and ‘Loenpia Dot Net’)

Context of this study derived from communication studies, emphasizes on the perspective of ’a cultural shift’ as a result of the ’cyberspace’ phenomenon as an impact of the current-computing technology, and the changing patterns of information transmission and communication. Researchers conducted indepth interviews, towards the members of a bloggers community, such as 'Komunitas Blogger Jogja' (bloggerjogja.org), and 'Loenpia Dot Net' (loenpia.net/blog) which is a bloggers community based in Semarang.This research use qualitative analysis with descriptive approach.As results, ’group dynamics’ that are developed by each community, corresponds with the community character and nature, to maintain the self-existence. Member of bloggers community maintain the existence of his/her bloggers community, conducted by interacting on a regular basis amongst community members, as well as build awareness for the netizens by upload various information on his/her personal blog, linked with community web page

JURNALISME SENSITIF BENCANA DALAM MANAJEMEN PENCARIAN, PENGELOLAAN INFORMASI DAN PEMBERITAAN BENCANA DI RUANG REDAKSI

The real experience of journalists in the field when disaster coverage is learning that can be researched empirically  in disaster coverage in the present and future. The purpose of this research described problems communication disaster experien ced by reporters at the disaster, within specific research about experiences journalist who served in Yogyakarta and surrounding when coverage eruption Merapi 2010. Methods used in this research is indepth interviews with the journalists who involved in disaster coverage. The result of this research was found an important aspect that must be controlled reporters, namely, the ability accuracy and verification of data in coverage that puts forward journalism sensitive disasters and as well as to give hope to residents affected disaster and people through journalism optimistic in disaster coverage. The absence of standard operating procedure (SOP) of disaster coverage during the eruption of Merapi Mount eruption in 2010 became a valuable lesson for various media. The SOP of disaster coverage becomes significant in disaster coverage which now has to be prepared by the editor before giving assignments to journalists to cover the disaster. This research contributes to give a new insight for journalist on disaster journalism issue

Citizen Journalism and Online Community Media: A Case Study of pwmu.co

One of the most prominent online community media in Muhammadiyah is pwmu.co (https://pwmu.co/) that published by the Regional Office of Muhammadiyah (PWM) East Java. This article departs from an interest of the writing team to find out how citizen journalism-based media management works in the online community media, especially pwmu.co. This study itself uses a case study method by collecting data using in-depth interviews, then selecting informants using purposive sampling or criterion-based selection. In this study, informants were pwmu.co editors, while observations were made by looking carefully at the pwmu.co editorial room. The result demonstrates that community media management executed by pwmu.co accentuates citizen journalism principles and voluntarily actions to resolve their works relating to collecting news. Journalists and reporters in this community are citizen journalist that comes from Muhammadiyah people and they are trained through a series of the workshop by the editors of pwmu.co

Manajemen Konten dan Adaptasi Suara Muhammadiyah di Era Digital

Suara Muhammadiyah merupakan majalah tertua di Indonesia, di bawah pengelolaan Muhammadiyah yang merupakan salah satu organisasi masyarakat terbesar di Indonesia. Penelitian ini bertujuan mengetahui bagaimana Suara Muhammadiyah dapat beradaptasi dengan perubahan digital. Metode penelitian yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah studi kasus. Teknik pengumpulan data dengan wawancara dan observasi. Penelitian ini menghasilkan temuan bahwa era digital adalah salah satu tantangan yang harus dilewati oleh majalah tertua di Indonesia ini. Artikel ini menunjukkan bagaimana adaptasi yang dilakukan oleh Suara Muhammadiyah di era digital beserta dengan permasalahan yang dihadapi, terutama perubahan perilaku audiens.  Pada era digital Suara Muhammadiyah ada dua versi digital yaitu website dan majalah digital. Selain mengembangkan versi majalah digital dan website, Suara Muhammadiyah beradaptasi dengan selera audiens dengan membuat podcast serta secara aktif mengelola media sosial. Dengan manajemen media yang adaptif terhadap perubahan teknologi dan audiens, Suara Muhammadiyah bisa terus berkembang di masa yang akan datang. Suara Muhammadiyah is the oldest magazine in Indonesia, which is owned by one of the most prominent community organizations in Indonesia, Muhammadiyah. Suara Muhammadiyah always tries to develop and adapt to the transformation of the world. The research goal is to explore how Suara Muhammadicah adapts to the digital revolution. The research method was a case study. The research result showed that the digital era was a challenge that should be overcome by this Indonesian oldest magazine. This research showed how the adaptation performed by Suara Muhammadiyah in the digital era and the problems it faced, especially the change of audience behavior. In the digital era, Suara Muhammadiyah consisted of two versions, a website and digital magazine. In addition to those versions, Suara Muhammadiyah also created a podcast and actively managed social media to adapt to current audience preferences. By maximizing adaptive media management towards changes in technology and audiences, Suara Muhammadiyah can still exist in the future

Discurso sobre seguridad y paz a través de los medios de comunicación y su contribución a la paz en Aceh después del Memorando de Entendimiento de Helsinki.

Attitude is a significant factor in the formation of violent conflict. Therefore, efforts to change hostile attitudes into peaceful ones are vital to the success of peacebuilding in countries emerging from conflict. Peace media has become an important weapon for influencing people's opinions in order to remove the cultural violence that has gotten entrenched during the conflict and replace it with a culture of peace. Using securitization theory, the purpose of this study is to explain how peace media utilized desecuritization to turn warring sentiments into peace attitudes in Aceh following the 2005 Helsinki Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) promoting peace. This study reveals that Tribune Aceh, Kompas, and Republika have emerged as key participants in the desecuritization of the Aceh conflict, allowing them to promote a peaceful mindset among the public. Despite the difficulties associated with the Helsinki MoU's implementation, the completion of this desecuritization eventually contributed to the development of permanent peace in Aceh.La actitud es un factor importante en la formación de un conflicto violento. Por lo tanto, los esfuerzos por cambiar actitudes hostiles por actitudes pacíficas son vitales para el éxito de la consolidación de la paz en los países que salen de un conflicto. Los medios de comunicación para la paz se han convertido en un arma importante para influir en las opiniones de la gente con el fin de eliminar la violencia cultural que se ha arraigado durante el conflicto y reemplazarla con una cultura de paz. Utilizando la teoría de la titulización, el propósito de este estudio es explicar cómo los medios de comunicación pacifistas utilizaron la desecuritización para convertir los sentimientos de guerra en actitudes de paz en Aceh después del Memorando de Entendimiento (MoU) de Helsinki de 2005 que promovía la paz. Este estudio revela que Tribune Aceh, Kompas y Republika se han convertido en participantes clave en la desecuritización del conflicto de Aceh, lo que les ha permitido promover una mentalidad pacífica entre el público. A pesar de las dificultades asociadas con la implementación del MoU de Helsinki, la finalización de esta desecuritización finalmente contribuyó al desarrollo de una paz permanente en Aceh