The recent coronavirus outbreak is without a doubt a global crisis event that has affected almost all nations of the world. This study aims to contribute to crisis communication research from the audience perspective in Indonesia by presenting the public’s media use and gratification sought during the coronavirus outbreak based on a representative national mobile survey with 1,100 respondents. Results show that the majority of Indonesians intensively use (1) private television, (2-4) websites and social media accounts of actors providing information on the crisis and (5) public television to get information regarding the pandemic. The findings indicate that other types of media such as radio and local television are used to a much lower extent. Results also show that there are two media-use gratifications sought during the crisis: (1) information and direction gratification sought and (2) entertainment and comparison gratification sought. Sociodemographic factors such as gender, age and education level demonstrate some significant influence on public media use and the gratification sought during the coronavirus outbreak. Surprisingly, entertainment and comparison sought are demonstrated as having a higher effect on the increasing use of mass media, social media and messenger apps during the crisis event than the information and direction gratification sought.

This article aims to present baseline study result on environmental issues broadcasted on Indonesian television stations in the context of Indonesian media system. Data was collected from one year broadcast of 63 TV from July 2017 to June 2018. The study found that eleven out of sixty three television stations broadcasted 425 programs related to environmental issues. The frequency of programs on environmental issues broadcasted in only 11 TV stationsrevealed that it is only small number of Indonesian TV stations broadcast environmental news. Content analysis method conducted to identify annual distribution of the news within the context of dry and rainy season, news sources, and issues. The study identified that in most of the cases, government officials and the minister or representatives of the Ministry of Environment and Forestry in central and regional governments were quoted as sources. In general, news sources were not representing stakeholders of environmental problems. The contents broadcasted the most were related to forest fire including: forest fires, hotspot, smog, peat and land use change. The environmental issues covered were mostly related to those emerging in dry season in Indonesia, thus ignoring the problems emerged during rainy season. This study has found that Indonesian TV channels have not played significant role in mainstreaming environmental issues and contributing to educating and sensitizing the Indonesian public about environmental issues.

Media dipercaya memiliki kekuatan untuk memengaruhi, baik individu maupun masyarakat. Kekuatan media dimulai sejak tehnologi komunikasi ditemukan. Keajegan dampak media terbukti pada praktek penggunaan media di masa PD 2, dan pada hasil kajian-kajian akademik. Di abad 20, terjadi perkembangan tehnologi komunikasi yang mengukuhkan kekuatan media. Dalam praktek dan kajian akademik hal ini banyak disajikan, namun dibalik kekuatan media perhatian pada pemangku kepentingan yang lebih beragam dari hulu ke hilir dalam industri media masih kurang. Kajian ini bertujuan untuk memaparkan para pemangku kepentingan dari hulu ke hilir dalam industri media di Indonesia. Hasil kajian ini fokus pada beberapa topik yaitu pada industri hulu media yaitu pemilik, pada produsen, dan pada bagian hilir atau distributor. Hasil kajian menunjukkan bahwa kekuatan media di Indonesia terkait pada pemangku kepentingan yang ada dari hulu ke hilir, bukan saja pada kekuatan produsen yang identik dengan redaksi dengan sumber daya yang profesional. Pemilik media yang dahulu identik dengan pemegang saham tertinggi, kini berkembang dalam berbagai skenario seperti pemilik dengan saham terbesar, pemilik ijin, atau partner. Paparan naratif dalam kajian ini menjelaskan bahwa perkembangan itu menimbulkan lapisan-lapisan baru dalam media baik horizontal maupun vertikal. Hal ini mendorong pentingnya kajian lebih lanjut yaitu pada pengertian media atau organisasi media.

<p>Indonesia saat ini sedang mengalami krisis lingkungan hidup yang mengancam kelestarian ekosistem. Persoalan lingkungan merupakan persoalam multidimensional yang melibatkan berbagai kalangan. Isu permasalahan lingkungan menjadi penting karena kualitas lingkungan akan memengaruhi kualitas hidup manusia secara langsung. Oleh karena itu, harus ada perubahan mindset terhadap masyarakat untuk bisa menjaga dan menyelamatkan lingkungan hidup sehingga tidak terjadi krisis lingkungan dan bencana alam. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk melihat bagaimana peran penting media sosial dalam membentuk mindset masyarakat untuk penyelamatan lingkungan hidup. Penelitian ini menggunakan jenis penelitian pustaka (library research). Pada penelitian ini objek data yang dicari oleh peneliti adalah dengan mencari literatur-literatur yang sesuai dengan permasalahan yang diangkat. Peneliti mencari data tentang permasalah lingkungan dan media sosial dalam menjawab permasalahan yang diangkat dengan membaca berbagai referensi yang sesuai. Hasil penelitian menunjukan bahwa Salah satu strategi efektif dalam merubah mindset adalah dengan menggunakan media sosial instagram dan facebook. Hal ini dikarenakan facebook dan instagram adalah media yang paling populer dan banyak digunakan oleh masyarakat Indonesia.</p>

This study investigates the influence of price, brand, and novelty consciousness of customer style inventory (CSI) on purchase intention of shoes using Facebook. The involvement of opinion seeking using electronic word of mouth (eWOM) and attitude towards social online shopping as mediators of relationship between CSI and purchase intention is also tested. Purposive sampling method was employed, and respondents mainly are residents of the city of Jakarta and Bekasi. The study reveals that brand, price and novelty consciousness influence the opinions seeking through eWOM and attitudes towards online social shopping, which ultimately influence purchase intention of shoes product via Facebook. However, brand consciousness of shoes only plays small role on opinions seeking. Individual with brand consciousness of shoes reduces opinion seeking through eWOM in Facebook. While, price and novelty of shoes might become point of attention while consumers using Facebook.