Salah satu wujud demokrasi adalah pemilihan pemimpin, mulai dari calon presiden sampai  pada calon kepala desa. Pelibatan tim pemenangan memengaruhi pemilihan calon pemimpin.  Tim pemenangan perlu strategi komunikasi politik untuk memenangkan calonnya. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui strategi komunikasi politik tim pemenangan RIDHO dalam pemilihan kepala Desa Tabilaa periode 2021-2027. Penelitian menerapkan metode deskriptif kualitatif dengan pengumpulan data melalui observasi, wawancara dan dokumentasi untuk memahami fenomena-fenomena di lapangan. Hasil penelitian ini menunjukkan bahwa strategi komunikasi politik yang digunakan tim pemenangan RIDHO dalam pemilihan kepala Desa Tabilaa, ditemukan bahwa ada beberapa strategi komunikasi politik yaitu: (1) Retorika yang digunakan oleh RIDHO adalah dengan menyampaikan pesan secara langsung tentang Visi-Misi dalam membangun Desa Tabilaa; (2) Propaganda yang di maksud lebih mengarah pada cara untuk mengontrol isu-isu dan mempererat kebersamaan dan persatuan dalam tim karena tidak ada kemenenangan tanpa perjuangan; (3) Kampanye yang terdiri dari terbuka dan door to door dengan melakukan perencanaan yang matang, menyediakan komunikator, menyusun konsep kampanye 5W + 1H; dan (4) Penggunaan media massa melalui berita online. Penelitian ini menjadi bahan masukan untuk calon kepala desa dan tim pemenangan dalam menjalankan strategi komunikasi politik yang dilakukan dalam pemilihan kepala desa.

Quran memorization activities are mandatory in Islamic boarding schools. Certain communication can help teachers and students in optimizing that activity. This study aimed to analyze the form of interpersonal communication between teachers and students in Quran memorization activities at Al-Islam Islamic Boarding School. It employed a descriptive-qualitative method, which explains the object of the study based on in-depth interviews and observations. It engaged 3 teachers and 6 students as informants. The results of this study indicate that communication between teachers and students in Quran memorization activities can be seen from 5 forms of interpersonal communication, namely: (1) openness, (2) empathy, (3) mutual support, (4) positive attitude, and (5) equality. Teachers and students have applied the openness principles in Quran memorization activities. The empathy of the teacher is performed by participating and feeling the problems and obstacles faced by the students. Mutual support practiced is through advice and motivation. Positive attitudes are shown by constructive attitudes and encouragement. Equality in providing guidance and direction to students is shown by the teacher by not discriminating against students, although the methods provided by the Quran memorization teacher vary following the ability of the students.

One form of democracy is the election of leaders, from presidential candidates down to village head candidates. Thewinning team involvement affects the potential leader selection. The winning team needs a political communicationstrategy to win its candidate. This study aims to find out and analyze the political communication strategy of RIDHOand the winning team in the election of the Tabilaa Village Head for the 2021-2027 period. The research method usedin this study is descriptive qualitative with data collection through observation, interviews, and documentation tounderstand the phenomena in the field. The result of this study describes that RIDHO and team have several politicalcommunication strategies, namely: (1) the rhetoric by conveying messages directly about the Vision-Mission of Tabilaavillage development, (2) The propaganda as a way to control issues that arise and to hold togetherness and unity in theteam as no victory without struggling, (3) campaigns consist of an open campaign and door-to-door campaign throughcareful planning, placing communicators, drafting the 5W+1H concept, and (4) mass media use is through online news.This study can in