Tourism is an important asset to regional income and a place of creativity promote the region characteristics. This study aims to analyze persuasive communication strategy conducted by Government, analyzing the communication barriers that occur in the process of forming a tourism conscious society, and purpose the mode of persuasive messages and effective communication media designed to build a tourism conscious society. This study uses a qualitative approach to get the facts from the symptoms that exist and seek information factually. The results show the main persuasive communication strategy undertaken by the government is forming a ‘pokdarwis’ (tourism awareness group). However, this strategy can still be used in various forms, such as: pokdarwis has not acted as an agent of change, unclear tasks distribution in pokdarwis group, un-maximized media, uncontinuity press release, and no synergy among stakeholders. A persuasive message form that can be designed to maximize this communication strategy can be a one-sided and two-sided message. The good government and groups that have been formed this hopefully can use the media consistently so that messages can reach various layers of society. Media that could be matches with the target audience were print media media, outdoor media, group communication media, personal communication channels and internet. Pariwisata merupakan asset yang sangat penting dalam menyumbang terhadap pendapatan daerah dan ajang kreativitas untuk memperkenalkan ciri khas daerah. Untuk itu, penting strategi komunikasi persuasif sebagai faktor penarik kunjungan wisatawan. Penelitian ini bertujuan menganalisis strategi komunikasi persuasif yang dilakukan oleh Pemerintah Kota Padang, hambatan komunikasi dalam proses pembentukan masyarakat sadar wisata, dan menawarkan pesan persuasif dan media komunikasi efektif yang dapat dirancang untuk membentuk masyarakat sadar wisata. Penelitian ini menggunakan pendekatan kualitatif untuk memperoleh fakta-fakta dari gejala-gejala yang ada dan mencari keterangan secara faktual. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan strategi komunikasi persuasif utama yang dilakukan oleh pemerintah berupa pembentukan pokdarwis (kelompok sadar wisata). Strategi ini masih menemui berbagai hambatan dalam pelaksanaannya, seperti: pokdarwis belum bertindak sebagai agent of change, tidak duduknya tugas di kelompok pokdarwis, media yang belum dimaksimalkan, tidak adanya kontinuitas press release, dan tidak adanya sinergi antar stakeholder. Bentuk pesan persuasif yang dapat dirancang untuk memaksimalkan strategi komunikasi ini bisa berupa one-side issue dan two-side issue message. Media yang cocok dengan target khalayaknya di antaranya media cetak, media luar ruang, media komunikasi kelompok, saluran komunikasi pribadi dan internet.

<p>This research focuses on promotional strategies conducted by Padang TV in an effort to introduce and maintain the Duduak Baselo program as a cultural content program. From the minimal existence of cultural content in the majority of Indonesian television, Padang TV is one of the local stations that present cultural content, one of which is the Duduak Baselo program. This program can survive, of course, because there are promotional and marketing efforts undertaken by the television station. Promotional mix analysis that becomes the focus of this research is on how the station approach to sponsors. This research uses descriptive qualitative method with a case study approach. In-depth interviews, observations, and documentation are used in collecting data. The data obtained were then processed with Miles and Huberman's technical analysis and validated with triangulation techniques. The results of this study indicate that the Duduak Baselo program carries out several communication activities as their promotional strategies in introducing and maintaining the Duduak Baselo program. Padang TV, as the station that produces Duduak Baselo, in such a way builds cooperative relationships with various parties, such as the government and the private sectors. This collaborative relationship is developed to get sponsors/advertisers. Activities undertaken to establish cooperation include building relationships, spreading proposals, lobbying, and negotiating.</p>

The 2019 election that was just passed was thick with the aroma of identity politics. The issues raised are mostly related to certain groups, religions, races and ethnicities. We rarely hear issues that develop in the community about discourse on vision / mission, programs offered, and so forth. The discourse that is built around the election, both ahead of the election or until now is very dominated by the discourse on identity politics. If we listen to the conversation on social media, food stalls, associations and organizations in West Sumatra is to choose based on religion, ethnicity, groups, and others. This means that identity politics is very strongly felt in this 2019 election. A person's political choices are not based on track records, work programs, or campaign promises offered. However, the choice is based on the identity carried by the individual who is a candidate. This research was conducted qualitatively with an explanatory approach. The research aims to describe the political discourse on identity among the Sharia Pilgrims in the 2019 elections. This study also looked at the political decision of the Sharia Jamaah based on the political discourse on identity that they got. The results showed that there were three sources of identity politics discourse, namely Tuanku, the media, and relatives. Syariah.

Tourism is an important asset to regional income and a place of creativity

If we talk about television as mass media, what is meant by watching TV is watching programs that are broadcast by television stations. It's just that, seeing the arrival and influence of new media technology at this time, making many functions of the mass media that began to be seized by new media. This research was conducted to see how the process of transformation of functions and consumption of television and Youtube media is carried out by the people of Padang City. In order to examine the changes in this communication media, of course data is needed on how the actual process takes place in the field. To examine the problem, this study uses MediaMorphosis Theory. The study was designed using a quantitative and qualitative mixed approach that was shaded by a post-positiveist paradigm. The quantitative approach is carried out through an explanatory research survey research design to find out the situation or condition that occurs and the factors influencing it. While the qualitative approach is used to explain the variables studied in more detail. The results revealed that the majority of respondents are more concerned with the content presented than the media platform used. The platform only functions as a tool that makes it easy for them to access the content they want, without them really caring about the conceptual differences from the available media choices.