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The Politics of Science Communication in Indonesia: Understanding the Role of Science Academies Chabibah, Uswatul; Putri, Nur Rafiza; Rakhmani, Inaya; Burhanudin, Muhamad; Adiningtyas, Wahyu
JURNAL KOMUNIKASI INDONESIA
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The role of Indonesian academies as science communicators evolves together with changing government regimes. Globally, science academies are typically not-for-profit, independent academic communities committed to providing advice for the nation in matters pertaining to science and technology. In Indonesia, science academies are historically formed under state regimes. This article, drawing on Niilo Kauppi’s framework, examines five years of science communication by the Indonesian Academy of Sciences, and two organizations under its auspices: the Indonesian Young Academy of Sciences and the Indonesian Science Fund. It reflects on their efforts to bridge the gaps between science, policy, and the public. Within the academy’s network, at times members relinguish their scientific identities to occupy the space between government and public — which in certain contexts might become disadvantageous. This is especially so in conditions where unequal power is held between the State and scientists, where the mobilization of resources, relationships, and symbols of sciences — staples for science communication —becomes ineffective.
“Suicide: Yay or Nay?” X Autobase Account as Safe Space for College Students Chabibah, Uswatul
Profetik: Jurnal Komunikasi Vol. 17 No. 2 (2024)
Publisher : Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities Universitas Islam Negeri Sunan Kalijaga Yogyakarta

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Suicide incidents among college students have been increasing in the last decade before the turn of millennium. Since the young people are active users of social media, this research aims to map the topics of the college students’ post to X (formerly Twitter) autobase account using content warnings (“TW”, “trigger warning” and “CW”, “Content Warning”) to study sensitive or disturbing contents that may triggers trauma. Many college students in Indonesia created campus-based autobase accounts as a platform for sharing information both academic and non-academic, expressing opinions and feelings, socializing, etc. Its anonymous feature plays as a safe space so the users can be themselves on this platform, including posting sensitive contents. This research looked at autobase X accounts of three campuses in Indonesia. They are Institut Teknologi Bandung, Universitas Diponegoro, Semarang, and Universitas Gadjah Mada, Yogyakarta. This research is a netnographic research by collecting tweets containing trigger warnings from the autobase accounts of the three campuses, then grouping the tweets into topics. Using literature review related to the concepts of anonymity and safe space, it is found that autobase accounts with their anonymous feature is a platform with potential to be a safe space for college students to seek help, including helps for suicidal thoughts, mental health and self harm, sexual harassment, and express things that are considered taboo, especially in Indonesian culture, such as LGBTQ+ issues. This is also an effort to acknowledge collective vulnerability among students that may need further intervention