Badrul Redzuan Abu Hassan

Analisis Strategi Komunikasi Ahli Parlimen dalam Program Siaran Interaktif di Radio Republik Indonesia dan Radio Elshinta (An Analysis on the Communication Strategy of Parliamentarians in Interactive Radio Broadcast Programs in Radio Republik Indonesia and Radio Elshinta)

Radio adalah medium yang sangat penting untuk menyampaikan isu pembangunan bagi negara seluas Indonesia. Sejak kemerdekaan Indonesia, radio kerajaan telah terlibat dalam menyampaikan pelbagai perkara pembangunan negara. Pakar-pakar politik Indonesia dilihat proaktif untuk penyertaan mereka dalam program siaran interaktif di Radio Republik Indonesia (RRI) dan Elshinta, menerusi siaran dua hala ini mereka dapat berkomunikasi dengan orang Indonesia. Tujuan kajian ini adalah untuk memahami bagaimana pakar Parlimen Dewan Perwakilan Rakyat (DPR) menggunakan penyiaran interaktif untuk memberikan impak kepada matlamat pembangunan komuniti dan negara. Berdasarkan kepada interaksi antara penyiar, anggota Parlimen dan pemanggil, kami menganalisis kandungan-kandungan pada transkripsi rakaman program penyiaran termasuk transkripsi hasil yang sangat tertanam dengan Parlimen yang dipilih. Analisis koding menunjukkan bahawa pakar Parlimen menggunakan dua elemen yang paling berkuasa, iaitu interaksi dan penguasaan sebagai strategi komunikatif yang bertujuan untuk memupuk ruang letak interaktif dan koheren. Selain itu, peranan pengampang dalam siaran interaktif dalam setiap set radio juga menjadikan pakar Parlimen di Dewan Perwakilan untuk menjadi profesional dalam menyatakan pendapat mengenai isu-isu semasa, terutamanya mengenai publisiti awam. Kesimpulannya, strategi komunikasi yang mantap akan memberi kebaikan kepada masyarakat dan negara namun, untuk menyiarkan program siaran radio interaktif, ia menjadi ruang dan peluang bagi pakar parlimen untuk menyampaikan pandangan peribadi mereka. Kata kunci: Ahli Parlimen DPR, komunikasi pembangunan, media penyiaran Indonesia, siaran interaktif radio, strategi komunikasi.

Lat's comics and the articulation of the Malaysian cultural landscape

Over the past few years, there has seen some renewed serious interest in comics in terms of the humour and narrative aspect. However not much can be said of comics as a representation of the cultural mores of the community. This study looks at how a local comic writer frames his subjective viewpoints, and how he stages them graphically and visually in his comics. Using Rodriguez and Dimitrova’s (2011) four-tiered model, this paper sets out to analyse how Lat frames culture in his comics in 5 selected comic strips culled from online sources. The findings indicated that Lat has a tendency to frame his cartoons in terms of a Malaysianised landscape. Of interest is the way in which he portrays the Malaysian as a melting pot of multi-cultural community through a sharp and yet seemingly tongue-in-cheek portrayal of their values and behaviours. Keywords: comics; culture; framing; visual language; representations

Sumber Berita Bingkai Pilihan Raya: Transisi, Pemilihan dan Autoriti (Sources in Election News Frame: Transition, Selection and Authority)

Sources play a key role in reporting news. This is because, according to Conrad (1999) journalist depends on the source in their news when delivering information to the audience. There are various categories of sources in the news. Categories of sources include government officials, industry officials, elites, scientists, doctors, lawyers and etc. In political news, various sources range from active politicians to ordinary citizens who engage actively in politic. Dimitrova and Stromback (2012) said political source category specific to source more closely linked to individuals who are active in political activity, including ordinary citizens. This article discusses the main popular sources used in news reporting of by-election in 1987, 1997 and 2014 in Utusan Malaysia and Berita Harian using the content analysis method. Content analysis study was conducted on 419 election news articles that were randomly selected. A phenomenology of sources were later reinforced through in-depth interviews to journalists to see the selection and source of authority. The study found that politicians in the country are the main sources of election news reporting. Otherwise, source selection is made by journalists to report any issues or events on election. The sources should have authority over a field in giving opinions or answers everything concerns about political issues