Komunikasi Transbudaya Antara Pemulung Dengan Pengepul Dalam Mengais Rejeki Di Pagar Gunung Bandung

Agus Triyono (Universitas Dian Nuswantoro, Semarang)
Sonef Riyadi (Sekolah Tinggi Ilmu Komunikasi Semarang)

Masyarakat, Kebudayaan dan Politik
Vol. 28 No. 1 (2015): Masyarakat, Kebudayaan dan Politik

This study analyses trans-cultural communication between scavengers and collectors and their effort to generate income in Pagargunung, Bandung. Different characters lead them to perform trans-cultural communication, depend on their occupation background and cultur origin. Through Trans-cultural Communication process, they set agrreable price of junk that has gathered and collected by scavengers to be cashed at the mediator. This study aims to comprehend trans-cultural communication process between scavenger and collector. This research discussed svacengers and collectors’ role in performing their job. Both make a joint commitment in determining the outcomes of cultural differences in the process Trans-cultural Communication. This research method uses the basic research descriptive case study, aiming to understand and to describe in detail the condition trans-cultural communication phenomenon of scavengers and collectors. The results of this study concluded that there is trans-cultural communication between scavengers and collectors from various origin, even they have different culture, language, and role in their profession.