The purpose of this study is to examine online political participation among Generation Z. Many previous studies have reviewed offline and onlie political participation. The offline participation is measured by conventional and non-conventional, while online participation has not been much studied in the form of dimensions. Then online participation in this study will be examined with the level of digital literacy from the concept of Digital Divide. The sample in this study amounted to 92 respondents from the students of the Faculty of Communication, University of Pancasila. Overall, results showed that online political participation in the form of instrumental and informative is mostly utilized by the majority of respondents. While the strategic participation were very few carried out by respondents (7.6% - 17.3%). The results of this study can also be concluded that participation in watching, reading and seeking political information is more done by generation Z compared to participation involving other people such as interacting and influencing people to choose certain candidates.
La utilización del espacio y esfera públicos es considerada crucial en la reducción de la pobreza. Debido a que el distrito de Brebes en Indonesia tiene el mayor porcentaje de personas en situación de pobreza en Java Central (19,14 %), la alcaldía ha establecido una Sección de Alivio de la Pobreza para identificar las causas subyacentes, así como las posibles soluciones. Las investigaciones muestran que, al abrir canales de discusión, compartir ideas en la esfera pública, así como optimizar el espacio público, la población de Brebes podrá efectuar un cambio en todos los aspectos de su vida, incluyendo el aprovechamiento de nuevas oportunidades económicas. La presente investigación está enmarcada en los ocho elementos de la esfera pública, junto con el modelo de recepción activa de comunicación y el cruce comunicativo. La información utilizada se recopiló a través de la observación a profundidad, discusiones de grupos focales, y también entrevistas de preguntas abiertas y no estructuradas realizadas entre junio del 2017 y abril del 2018. Los documentos y literatura revisados que contribuyeron a sustentar el análisis de este artículo se compilaron por medio de trabajo de biblioteca, trabajo de campo y búsqueda en internet. ; The utilization of the public space and sphere is considered to be crucial for poverty alleviation. As the Brebes district in Indonesia has the largest percentage of poor people in Central Java (19.14%), the district head has established a Poverty Alleviation Section to identify the underlying causes as well as some possible solutions. Research shows that, by opening channels of discussion and sharing ideas inside the public sphere as well as by optimizing the public space, the population of Brebes will be able to change all aspects of life, including seizing new economic opportunities. The framework of this research used the eight elements of the public sphere along with the active reception model of communication and cross-road communication. The data used was gathered through in-depth observation, focus group discussions, together with both open-ended and unstructured interviews conducted between June 2017 and April 2018. Document and literature reviews, which contributed to support the analysis of this paper, were compiled using library work, fieldwork, and Internet research.
The role of the male as breadwinner is a common construction in society. However, there are families with certain agreements with particular conditions that require the husband to stay at home with domestic roles. This condition usually addressed the husband as a househusband. This research analyzes signs identified in The Intern film (2015) that portrays the househusband which further interprets the characteristics and roles of the househusband. Roland Barthes' semiotics method is applied in order to be able to analyze both the denotative and connotative meaning of the identified signs regarding the househusband. From the study, it is identified that there are two roles of househusbands constructed in the film 1) caregiving, and 2) act of service. Househusband duties are identified as everything domestic affairs outside of the public domain. The term househusband is not meaningfully accepted based on the preferences of men carrying out domestic duties, therefore, the term stay-at-home dad is preferred because it constructs the role of the father as a whole.
