International Journal of Educational Review, Law And Social Sciences (IJERLAS)
Vol. 2 No. 5 (2022): September

TRIANGLE PASE INC. PUBLIC RELATIONS COMMUNICATION STRATEGY. EAST ACEH DISTRICT IN MAINTAINING A CORPORATE IMAGE DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC CRISIS

Muhammad Ridha Ramadhan (Faculty of Social and Political Sciences, Universitas Sumatra Utara, Medan)
Suwardi Lubis (Faculty of Social and Political Sciences, Universitas Sumatra Utara, Medan)
Syafrudin Pohan (Faculty of Social and Political Sciences, Universitas Sumatra Utara, Medan)



Article Info

Publish Date
30 Sep 2022

Abstract

Sometimes a company is required to deal with certain crisis, and unpredictable incidents which can potentially threaten the company reputation, profits, and/or employee safety and public. Covid-19 which is categorized as non-natural disaster by the Indonesia government can nearly affect the company reputation that has been built as a result of sudden, unpredictable and unsolved crisis. Amid the Covid-19 pandemic, Triangle Pase Inc. has ever received censure from the community for the destruction on roads due to the gas field operation in the residential area. The research problems are the strategy and its application by Tringale Pase Inc. during the crisis in order to maintain the company image as well as the obstacles encountered. The research uses the Coombs' crisis communication theory and descriptive qualitative method. The research informants consist of one main informant from Internal employee of Tringale Pase Inc. in East Aceh and four supporting informants who lives around the company area. Data are collected through interviews, observation, and documentation. The result indicates that communication strategy used by Tringale Pase Inc. consist of three stages namely pre-crisis, crisis, and post-crisis. The obstacles encountered by Triangle Pase Inc. come from the internal factors namely the obstacles of human resources, facilities and infrastructures, and finance. Meanwhile, the external factor namely communication to community obstacle due to low educational level and community adherence. Data are collected through interviews, observation, and documentation. The result indicates that communication strategy used by Tringale Pase Inc. consist of three stages namely pre-crisis, crisis, and post-crisis. The obstacles encountered by Triangle Pase Inc. come from the internal factors namely the obstacles of human resources, facilities and infrastructures, and finance. Meanwhile, the external factor namely communication to community obstacle due to low educational level and community adherence. Data are collected through interviews, observation, and documentation. The result indicates that communication strategy used by Tringale Pase Inc. consist of three stages namely pre-crisis, crisis, and post-crisis. The obstacles encountered by Triangle Pase Inc. come from the internal factors namely the obstacles of human resources, facilities and infrastructures, and finance. Meanwhile, the external factor namely communication to community obstacle due to low educational level and community adherence. and finance. Meanwhile, the external factor namely communication to community obstacle due to low educational level and community adherence. and finance. Meanwhile, the external factor namely communication to community obstacle due to low educational level and community adherence.

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IJERLAS

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Religion Humanities Environmental Science Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media Law, Crime, Criminology & Criminal Justice Library & Information Science Social Sciences Other

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This journal accepts articles on results of the research in fields of Education, Cross Culture, Law, Environmental Empowerment which are the latest issues from the results of activities or practical implementations that are problem solving, comprehensive, meaningful, latest and sustainable findings ...