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Jurnal Komunikasi Indonesia
Published by Universitas Indonesia
ISSN : 23019816     EISSN : 26152894     DOI : https://doi.org/10.7454/jkmi
The aim of the Jurnal Komunikasi Indonesia is to promote and enhance advanced academic discussions, including research development and debates in the field of media and communication. It also serves as a interdisciplinary forum for researchers and industry players who use research as the frame for social awareness, development, and change. We welcome any submission of manuscripts throughout the year. Authors are invited to submit scholarly works on communication such as International Relations, Media Management, Film and Media Arts, Game Studies, Digital Education and Communities, Communication and Policies, Globalization and Social Impact, Youth and Media, Audience and Perception Analysis, Democracy and Integration, Media Literacy and Education, Media and Development, Health Communication, Political Communication, Hegemony and the Media, Gender and Sexuality, Queer and Media, Social Media and Subcultures, Popular Culture and Society, Media and Religion, Media and Identity, War/Peace Journalism, Conflict and Crisis Communication, Strategic Communication and Information Management, Digital Media, Advertising and Persuasive Management, Public Relations and Crisis Management, Global Journalism and relevant areas from the standpoint of media and communication.
Articles 240 Documents
Sustainability of Local Media in the Era of Disruption: A Case Study of AyoBandung.com Bani, Bibo; Aristi, Nindi; Mirawati, Ira
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This study examines the sustainability strategy of local media in responding to the challenges of digital disruption in the media industry. The case selected for the research is AyoBandung.com, local digital news portal under PT Ayo Media Network. Local media are structurally vulnerable to platform dominance, forcing them to balance journalistic integrity with economic adaptation. This research employs a qualitative case study approach, with data collected through in-depth interviews with internal stakeholders, including editorial and business management teams. The findings reveal a clear structural and functional separation between the AyoBandung and creative agency, with distinct workflows, content types, and distribution platforms. While the editorial team remains focused on public- interest journalism, the creative agency contributes to the company’s commercial sustainability by producing client-based content. The study demonstrates that synergy between these two distinct units serves as a viable sustainability strategy for local media outlets navigating the continuously evolving digital media landscape. The study contributes theoretically by extending discussions on organizational ambidexterity in local journalism, demonstrating how editorial exploitation and commercial exploration can coexist without undermining credibility. Practically, the findings offer a replicable model for local media seeking financial resilience: diversification through creative services, combined with clear ethical boundaries, can support sustainability while preserving journalistic trust.
Political Mediatization in the Digital Era: The Case of WALHI West Sumatera’s Environmental Advocacy Arifuddin, Muhammad Thaufan; Arif, Ernita; Darwis, Yuliandre; Rinaldi, Rinaldi; Dalmenda, Muhammad Al-Amin
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This article examines how political mediatization operates at the local level through environmental civil society activism in post-authoritarian Indonesia. Focusing on the West Sumatra chapter of the Indonesia Forum for Environment (WALHI) as a critical case, the study argues that media logic is not merely imposed by political elites or mainstream media, but is strategically appropriated by local civil society organizations to contest oligarchic power, shape public agendas, and sustain democratic engagement at the subnational level. Using a qualitative case study approach, data were collected through participant observation, in-depth interviews with environmental activists and youth organizers, and an analysis of organizational documents, digital platforms, and media coverage. The findings show that WALHI West Sumatra integrates digital media into its core advocacy practices, allowing localized environmental and agrarian conflicts to gain public visibility and political resonance. Political mediatization at the local level takes a hybrid form, combining offline grassroots mobilization and legal advocacy with online campaigning, narrative framing, and networked alliance-building. Youth collaboration emerges as a key mediating mechanism that expands advocacy frames and amplifies issue visibility across digital public spheres. Despite structural constraints such as limited resources and oligarchic governance, mediatized activism remains an important source of strategic agency. This study contributes to political mediatization scholarship by situating it within the context of local environmental activism in post-authoritarian Indonesia.
Politainment and Celebrity Officials in Online Journalism: A Study of Kompas.com and Public Discourse in Indonesia Cahyani, Dewi Y
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This study examines how politainment shapes the news coverage of public officials with celebrity backgrounds (celebrity officials) in Indonesia's post-electoral governance context. Focusing on Kompas.com during the first six months of the Prabowo–Gibran administration, the study integrates theories and concepts of politainment, celebrity politics, and the public sphere to address a gap in global scholarship. Existing research has largely focused on Western democracies, electoral campaigns, and social media platforms, while paying limited attention to how politainment operates within professional online journalism in emerging democracies. Using a mixed-method approach that combines quantitative content analysis of 102 news articles with qualitative framing analysis, the findings show that Kompas.compredominantly frames celebrity officials through personalization, symbolic visibility, and affective narratives, with limited emphasis on policy substance or administrative performance. These results suggest that politainment has become institutionalized in routine political reporting not merely as a campaign strategy, but as a dominant mode of post-election public communication. This study contributes to the studies on the mediatization of politics by demonstrating how politainment in post-reform Indonesia constrains rational public discourse and poses challenges to journalistic responsibility and democratic deliberation.
Voices Within: How NCII Survivors Reconstruct Self Concept Through Intrapersonal Communication Devinia, Keisha Aurellia; Arifputri, Aiza Nabilla
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This study examines Non-Consensual Intimate Image Sharing (NCII) as a form of digital gender-based violence that disrupts women’s self-concept beyond its psychological consequences, particularly among female victims active on social media. It aims to analyze their intrapersonal communication experiences and how they redefine self-concept following the incident. This study employs a qualitative approach, gathering data by performing in-depth interview with five female NCII victims who actively use social media platforms, such as Instagram, Facebook, TikTok, Telegram, and X. The study draws on Stuart & Laraia’s (1998) self-concept theory, which includes five analytical dimensions: body image, ideal self, self-esteem, role performance, and personal identity. This strategy was chosen to explore the lived experiences and personal interpretations of each informant. The findings reveal that intrapersonal communication plays a crucial role in helping the victims process trauma, evaluate self-worth, and reconstruct a positive self-image. Although each informant demonstrated different coping mechanisms, intrapersonal communication emerged as an important tool in the healing process and in reconstructing their self-perception. These findings underscore the need for a more comprehensive recovery approach that considers psychological and social aspects in supporting NCII victims.
Navigating Multiple Roles: Communication Strategies of Indonesian Postgraduate Women in a Patriarchal Collectivist Culture Kusumaningtyas, Shela; Hadinata, Wawan; Iman, Nur; Alinda, Yunati; Nurhaliza, Adinda Aulia; Nindyasari, Leoni
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This study examines how Indonesian postgraduate women negotiate simultaneous roles as wives, mothers, workers, and students within a patriarchal collectivist culture. Using a qualitative case study with a constructivist orientation, the research focuses on six postgraduate students at the University of Indonesia who were selected through purposive criteria because they simultaneously managed family, work, and academic responsibilities. Data were collected through in-depth interviews, limited contextual observation, and supporting documents, and were analyzed using open, axial, and selective coding procedures. The findings show that role conflict is experienced not merely as a matter of time management, but as a layered burden involving moral expectations of motherhood, physical fatigue, guilt, and emotional spillover across domestic, professional, and academic domains. Interpersonal communication emerges as a central mechanism for negotiating boundaries, mobilizing support, and maintaining relationships with spouses, children, extended family, supervisors, colleagues, and lecturers. Intrapersonal communication, particularly self-talk and self-reflection, also plays a role in helping participants regulate emotion and sustain motivation. This study argues that communication functions not only as a coping tool, but also as a social process through which women manage caregiving responsibilities, pursue educational aspirations, and renegotiate gendered expectations in everyday life.
Between Tradition and Profession: Intersectionality of Javanese Women Journalists in Surakarta’s Newsroom Hakim, Rahman; Riski, Vanggi Eka
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Javanese female journalists in Surakarta navigate the simultaneous pressures of professional journalism and deeply internalised Javanese cultural values such as nrimo (acceptance of one’s circumstances), andhap asor (humble and deferential conduct), and tepa selira (attentiveness to the feeling of others). These values shape their everyday conduct in the newsroom yet often remain unacknowledged in existing literature. Combining Intersectionality Theory, Face-Negotiation Theory (Ting-Toomey), and Self Theory (Rogers) as complementary frameworks, this qualitative study adopts a constructivist paradigm and employ phenomenological method to explore how female journalists make sense of the intersection between gender norms and local cultural values. Data were collected through in-depth semi-structured interviews and newsroom observation. The findings reveal four themes: the internalisation of Javanese values shapes professional conduct; dual identities as women and journalists are experienced differently depending on marital status and domestic responsibilities; identity negotiation strategies emerge from structural position rather than individual character; and responses to verbal sexual harassment reflect the interplay of cultural values, hierarchical position, and situational context. This study demonstrates that, even within a single cultural setting, differing structural positions generate diverse experiences that cannot be generalised across individuals. Keywords: Javanese female journalists, intersectionality, Javanese culture, newsroom, phenomenology
Stakeholder Perceptions of Artificial Intelligence in the Indonesian Film Industry Hartanto, Louisa Christine; Pascarina, Patrisia Amanda; Haryono, Cosmas Gatot
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This study explores how stakeholders in the Indonesian film industry perceive the emergence and use of artificial intelligence (AI). Framed by Roger's Diffusion of Innovation theory, this study explores how artificial intelligence (AI) is positioned as an emergent technological innovation, spreading via communication channels across the film industry's social ecosystem. This approach illuminates how distinct categories of adopters collectively construct the meaning of AI and shape their varied responses to its encroachment on creative labour. Employing a qualitative descriptive approach, the study draws on data from two Focus Group Discussions involving directors, actors, government experts, academics, emerging filmmakers, students, and film festival organizers. Thematic analysis identified three key themes: AI adaptation across the innovation adoption spectrum, the tension between productivity and artistic work, and AI as a catalyst for new job creation. The findings indicate that although AI offers substantial gains in efficiency, stakeholders consistently view human creativity, emotional authenticity, and artistic expression as irreplaceable. This study contributes to understanding AI integration in creative industries from the perspective of practitioners in the Global South. These findings offer new insights by demonstrating that AI integration in the creative industries of the Global South is not merely a technical transition but a complex negotiation of creative values and artistic control. The study implies that future policies should focus on developing inclusive human-AI collaboration models that prioritize originality and protect the intellectual property rights of film practitioners. Keywords: artificial intelligence, film industry, stakeholder perceptions, qualitative research
Staying Relevant: Radio’s Shift Toward Gen Z’s Listening Habits Jati, Rocky Prasetyo
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The digital transformation of media has reshaped audio consumption and challenged traditional radio to stay relevant, particularly among Generation Z, the digital-native cohort. This article examines how community and hyperlocal radio stations are adapting to shifting media dynamics by combining conventional broadcasting with digital innovations. The study employs qualitative methods. As Gen Z prefers flexible, personalized, and on-demand content, radio stations are repositioning broadcasters as multi-platform content creators and online community managers. Adaptation strategies include integrating radio with visually oriented social media platforms, offering curated playlists, and adopting participatory models such as digital tipping (saweran). Radio stations are also starting to utilize data analytics to enhance content personalization and audience relevance. The article argues that radio’s sustainability in the digital era depends not only on technological adaptation but also on its ability to maintain cultural resonance, emotional connection, and active engagement. By applying theoretical frameworks of Uses and Gratifications, Cultural Participation, and Cultural Memory, this study shows how radio can evolve into a hybrid media platform that blends spontaneity, personalization, and community-based interaction. Ultimately, this positions radio as both an innovative and culturally embedded medium capable of sustaining its relevance in the evolving media landscape of the digital generation. Keywords: digital media consumption, digital native, generation Z, radio broadcasts, media transformation
Empathetic Political Communication as the Political Identity of Female Legislators: A Phenomenological Study in the Surabaya City DPRD Syam Maella, Nurannafi Farni; Farida, Farida; Njoto, Herlina Harsono; Sahharon, Hamizah; Amalia, Vinna
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Politics has long been constructed as a masculine arena dominated by discourses of power, authority, and instrumental rationality. The presence of female legislators disrupts this hegemony by foregrounding empathetic modes of political communication that emphasize inclusivity, relational engagement, and responsiveness to social realities. These communicative practices not only contest dominant masculine norms in political discourse but also expand deliberative spaces and support the formulation of gender-responsive public policies. Accordingly, this study examines how female legislators in the Surabaya Legislative Council construct and enact empathetic political communication as a core expression of their political identity. Using a qualitative phenomenological approach, this research employed in-depth interviews and participant observation of eight female legislators from several commissions. The results of the study show that empathetic political communication is enacted through a dialogical and reflective communication approach characterized by emotional involvement, trust building, knowledge sharing, friendship, adaptation, demonstrating competence, and family harmony. These characteristics serve as strategies for navigating the male dominated political arena through three aspects: substantive readiness, women's representation, and soft power. Such communication practices not only provide female legislators with strategic advantages in a male dominated political arena but also contribute to reshaping the discourse of political leadership in Indonesia. This study offers practical implications for strengthening gender equality in legislative communication and provides a framework for integrating empathy into political discourse.
When Policy Meets Public Distrust: A Social Network Analysis on Indonesia's MBG Program Fauziah, Rizky, Dr; Barus, Rehia Karenina Isabella, Dr.; Dwiana, Ressi, Dr.
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The Indonesian government program Free Nutritious Meal, locally abbreviated as MBG, launched in early 2025, has generated significant public controversy. Data from the Institute for Development of Economics and Finance (INDEF) indicate that, as of August 2025, approximately 4,000 students across Indonesia had reportedly suffered food poisoning associated with the program. This situation has fueled widespread public concern and contributed to declining trust in government. This study aims to analyze communication networks surrounding the MBG on the social media platform X. This study draws on Trust and Distrust Theory and employs a Social Network Analysis (SNA) approach to examine how public distrust is formed and disseminated through communication networks on X. Data was collected using NodeXL to map and evaluate the structure of communication networks formed around the issue. The data revealed that between May 1 and August 31, 2025, a total of 520 users engaged in discussions on X, generating 675 communication network edges. Sentiment analysis further demonstrated that public perceptions of the MBG program were predominantly negative (50%), while 24% posts expressed positive sentiments and 26% were neutral. The findings suggest that ineffective government communication emerged as a key factor contributing to the heightened level of public distrust regarding the long-term viability of the MBG program. Theoretically, this study extends Trust and Distrust Theory by showing that public distrust is shaped not only by negative evaluations but also by networked interactions, actor centrality, and the circulation of negative narratives.