Rully Khairul Anwar

The effectiveness of risk communications as a disaster risk reduction strategy in Taragong Garut

This study aims to gain an overview of how disaster-affected communities could communicate risk effectively. Using qualitative and descriptive methods finds that the effectiveness in the formation ...

Therapeutic Communication Process in Traditional Medicine “Broken Bone Massage”: a Case Study in Citapen, West Java, Indonesia

Traditional medicine in Indonesia, especially broken bone massage, is usually done by experienced personnel or therapist whose got skills from their family or derived down from generation to generation since Dutch Colonial era. This study aims to find out about therapeutic communication process in traditional medicine, in this case, is broken bone massage. Therapeutic communication, in this case, is interpersonal communication with points of mutual understanding between therapist and patients. Fundamental issues and communication is the mutual need between therapist and patients so that it can be categorized into personal communication between the therapist and patients, therapist help and patients receive the help. The research method used is qualitative research. Qualitative research is a study aimed at understanding social reality, by seeing the world from what it is, not the world that should be, then a qualitative researcher must be people who have an open-minded nature. The informants in this study are a therapist and patients with the broken bone problem. This research data was obtained through observation, interview, and literature study. This paper discusses therapeutic communication process in traditional medicine between broken bone massage’s therapist and patients. The intention of this research is evidence how the process of therapeutic communication in traditional medicine gains patients trust and creating a sense of comfort while doing the treatment.

Kegiatan Eksplorasi dalam Proses Perilaku Pencarian Informasi Seniman Mural di Institut Kesenian Jakarta

This study describe about one of the activities in information seeking behaviour model proposed by Carol Kuhlthau. This study used a qualitative exploratory with a qualitative approach. In this study, the data accumulation was done by interview, observation and by literature study. In this case, author chose exploration activities therein describes the use of resources and constraints experienced during the seeking information. The result showed that the mural artist use resources from the internet, combining print and the electronic media, as well as using life experience and observation of the environment. The next is, constraints experienced by mural artist. They mention that the constraints of the internet connection, limited information is discovered, and internal factors of the self that become obstacles in search of the information