COMMUSTY Journal of Communication Studies and Society

Anti-Women Misinformation on YouTube

2024-05-18T22:41:05+00:00

YouTube has faced criticism for facilitating the spread of misinformation targeting women. This study analyzes anti-women content on YouTube to understand the types, volume, and potential harms of misinformation campaigns. Through a content analysis of videos, channels, and discussions networks, we identified common anti-women tropes including claims about feminism, gender politics, relationships, and women - men relationship. The sample of this study (N=100) was drawn from popular videos matching relevant keywords. Videos were coded for message framing. Results show an availability of wide range videos spreading anti women videos. Most of these videos are dominated by male speakers. This study provides empirical evidence that YouTube is a vector for organized misinformation targeting women, with concerning real-world implications. It is imperative for this platform to curb harmful anti-women propaganda using content moderation and algorithm governance.

The Responses to Wh-Questions in the Journalism Course of Students at Universitas PGRI Sumatera Barat

2024-07-22T01:41:14+00:00

The purpose of this study was to understand how journalism students apply the 5w 1h response in their news writing. This study is a qualitative study. The data source of this study is the thematic text in the mid-semester exam of journalism students in 2021.Data was collected by analyzing the students' test text using the document checklist. Let it be, there are six uses to be seen, the answers being what, who, where, when why and how. The results showed that out of 16 news tests taken by students, only 6 students fully answered factor 5w 1h. While the other 10 people did not answer all the items 5w 1h in their article, 2 people did not answer how, 4 people did not answer why, 1 person did not answer who, 4 people did not answer when. Meanwhile, everyone answers what and where. The data reveal why these ten news reports were incomplete, because their reports focused not on a single event but on two or three events that they mentioned in their reports. These students do not start the newsletter with important information but discuss other related topics besides current events. As a result, the discussion in the newsletter is not focused and therefore the 5w 1h factor is no longer taken into account.

Discourse about The News of Ibu Kota Negara (IKN) Indonesia on Instagram: Discourse Analysis on The Posts of @detikcom Account

2024-05-17T07:16:18+00:00

The dissemination of information related to reporting on the Ibu Kota Negara (IKN) has been carried out by several national media accounts one of which is the @detikcom. This research aims to find out how the discourse construction is built by the @detikcom on Instagram regarding the report of IKN. This research is qualitative where the research was carried out analyzing the text in the @detikcom posts regarding the report ofIKN. This research method uses discourse analysis by Teun Van Djik where text analysis in Instagram posts can be analyzed using textual analysis (macro structure, superstructure, and microstructure), social cognition analysis and social context analysis. The results of this research found three posts that had a lot of interactions related to IKN news such as flying cars at IKN and the IKN development process. In textual analysis, discourse construction was found with news titles, sentences and special words that were sensational and could attract public attention. Furthermore, the social cognition analysis found posts from the @detikcom produced by text creators which played a very important role in shaping the discourse of IKN news. Then the social context analysis shows that there are differences between the @detikcom and local media accounts in forming the report of IKN. Finally, this research concludes that the @detikcom has formed a discourse on IKN reporting which can indirectly influence public perception.

Conceptual Study of The Phenomenon of Celebrity Private Life in The Perspective of Media Audiences

2024-05-17T07:05:21+00:00

Audiences in the media are viewed through two perspectives, namely passive audiences, and active audiences. Through the following conceptual paper, the author reviews the two perspectives of the media audience with the personal life cases of celebrity couples who are consumed by the media and the activeness of the audience in responding to the formation of fandom of the couple. the active one. The media audience is considered a commodity that is carried out by the media for news or TV programs regarding the pair Lesti Kejora and Rizky Billar. The audience in this phenomenon also contributes to the formation of the personal image of celebrities Lesti Kejora and Rizky Billar as audience objects in the mass media, the phenomenon that occurs is a communication strategy that appears to build public opinion. In contrast to these assumptions, there is an idea that the audience has the authority to choose the media regarding the couple and the authority to join a virtual community of Leslar fandom. Active audiences can provide interpretive and respond to the media content they choose. If it is examined more deeply, this can also be a criticism of the media because it raises anti-mainstream phenomena for public consumption, especially when viewed from the perspective of uses and gratification. This study is expected to be able to contribute knowledge about the perspective of media audiences in more depth, especially how the audience's perspective on the phenomenon of celebrity personal life. Further research on the two perspectives of the media audience in other research methodologies using interpretive or scientific can also enrich the study of media audiences.