COMMENTATE: Journal of Communication Management
Vol. 2 No. 2 (2021): COMMENTATE: Journal of Communication Management

Communication Technician: One of the Roles of Yehonala School Public Relations in Maintaining Image

Andy Andy (Universitas Putera Batam)
Angel Purwanti (Universitas Putera Batam)



Article Info

Publish Date
20 Dec 2021

Abstract

School is one of the institutions in transferring the balance between moral values to students in the learning process, so as to create innovations to improve the quality of institutions nationally. Yehonala School, one of the schools in Batam City that focuses on developing and shaping the characteristics of educators. Yehonala School is a National Plus based school in partnership with Cambridge University Press, and the motto is 'To Grow in Wisdom!' starting from the Play Group level, Elementary School (SD), Junior High School (SMP), High School (SMA) and Vocational High School (SMK). Yehonala School has an image as "The Best Learning Place for Children", the image is obtained through superior programs and achievements obtained from the Indonesia Achievement Center (IAC). The image that has been formed and attached to the Yehonala school in Batam City. This, of course, cannot be separated from the role of Yehonala School's Public Relations in maintaining that image first during the current pandemic. This research is based on an analysis of systems theory and the concept of the four roles of Public Relations proposed by Cutlip, Center and Broom. The type of research applied in this research is descriptive qualitative, the data collection applied in this research is in-depth interviews. The analytical method applied in this research is the Miles and Huberman analysis technique called the interactive model. The purpose of this study was to find out how the role of PR as a communication technician in maintaining an image during a pandemic. The results of the study found that three coding findings related to the role of Yehonala School's Public Relations as a communication technician, namely: (1) Utilization of Social Media (2) Social Media Content (3) The resulting reaction. The role of Yehonala school's PR is only as a communication technician and Yehonala's school implements a closed system because PR does not act as an information seeker.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

commentate

Publisher

Subject

Humanities Decision Sciences, Operations Research & Management Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media Library & Information Science Social Sciences

Description

The objective of COMMENTATE: Journal of Communication Management is to encourage research related but not limited to: 1. Corporate communication. Communication that involves a set of activities with external and internal stakeholders to create favourable conditions. 2. Media communication. ...