Jurnal Media dan Komunikasi Indonesia
Vol 1, No 2 (2020): September

Representasi Karakter Autis Dalam Film Dancing in The Rain

Sarah Novita Diah (Pembangunan Jaya University)
Sri Wijayanti (Program Studi Ilmu Komunikasi, Fakultas Humaniora dan Bisnis, Universitas Pembangunan Jaya)



Article Info

Publish Date
24 Sep 2020

Abstract

This research Focuses on how Indonesian movie portrays an autistic character. The Importance point of this research is because there is some misunderstanding around the society about people with autism. Dancing in The Rain is the most recent movie in Indonesia that held on 2018 and portrays about people with autism. That’s why this movie as an object for this research. This research used semiotic analysis by Roland Barthes, to giving enlightenment to the society about people with autism. This research finds that autistic character still used as a commodity to get sympathy from the audience. The interesting result that has been found for this movie, that this movie describe how people with autism can improve their social development as long as they grow up and get an autistic therapy.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

jmki

Publisher

Subject

Humanities Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media Social Sciences

Description

Jurnal Media dan Komunikasi Indonesia (JMKI) published by the Department of Communication Science, Faculty of Social and Political Sciences, Universitas Gadjah Mada. JMKI is dedicated to publish and disseminate research, studies, theories, and phenomena in communication science. The scope of the ...