This research investigates the social changes concerning Islam's revitalisation, which was constructed by the movie Ketika Mas Gagah Pergi (KMGP). The research criticises structuration theory, which does not accommodate religion as part of social changes, especially in making new social changes. The researcher utilised semiotic logic by using the process of meaning or signification, which comprises signs or representation, object, and interpretant. The researcher also conducted in-depth interviews with filmmakers to understand the context from which the texts were produced. As a result, it was discovered that KMGP utilised signs to construct social changes through the act of wearing a veil, Islamic religious music, and the prohibition of shaking someone's hands which is not his/her mahram (legal spouse or guardian based on Islamic law), the separation of men and women in a wedding occasion, and other new rules which were previously not familiar in society. Nevertheless, to legitimise the new rules in these particular social practices, KMGP often used structure resources. For example, Gagah legitimated his action by referring to the tradition of Sundanese (one of the Indonesian tribes) to the prohibition of shaking a non-mahram’s hands. This is supported by hadith (speech, attitude, and behaviour of Prophet Muhammad) about this particular action. This movie also proved that the rules of Islamic religion became an important element that changed social order, especially in Indonesia. Keywords: Movie, Indonesian Muslim Society, social changes, structuration, representation.

Citra sebuah negara dalam kancah pergaulan internasional memiliki peran yang sangat penting, terutama dalam menjalankan hubungan baik politik, ekonomi, sosial dan budaya suatu bangsa terhadap bangsa lainnya dan juga terkait dengan kepentingan strategis suatu negara dalam dunia internasional. Sebagai negara adidaya yang memiliki kepentingan strategis di berbagai negara, Amerika Serikat sangat perlu untuk membangun citranya sebaik mungkin demi menjaga stabilitas dan kelancaran kepentingannya di negara lain yang salah satunya adalah Indonesia. Sebagai negara yang menjunjung tinggi kebebasan dan HAM dalam kenyataannya Amerika Serikat dianggap banyak melakukan pelanggaran dalam dua hal tersebut salah satunya adalah kebijakan War on Terrorism yang bertujuan untuk mengatasi masalah terorisme paska tragedi 9/11, kebijakan tersebut banyak ditentang masyarakat internasional terutama yang dari negara Islam karena dianggap mendiskriminasi umat Muslim dan juga menelan banyak korban jiwa seperti dalam invasinya ke Irak dan Afghanistan yang sangat banyak menelan korban jiwa. Akibat dari kebijakan tersebut citra AS di Indonesia menurun sehingga kemudian Pemerintah AS membangun pusat kebudayaan pertamanya di dunia yang dibekali dengan teknologi canggih, pusat kebudayaan yang diberi nama @america tersebut diresmikan pada akhir tahun 2010 sebagai salah satu cara AS dalam melakukan diplomasi publik dan menjalankan strategi komunikasinya terhadap masyarakat Indonesia khususnya kaum Muslim sehingga terbentuk citra positif Amerika Serikat

This study aims to determine the increase in critical thinking skills of Visual Communication Design studens at Universitas Dinamika in the mass media. This research focuses on the ability to identify, discover, and solve problems. Researcher used a film medium called "Green Hornet" (2011) by Michel Gondry combined with the discovery learning model. This film tells the story of the production process of the media (newspapers) in the hands of readers. There are interference from media owners, journalists, and other conditions on an issue that will be published by the media. The "discovery learning" model provides an opportunity for students to actively search for, gather, and compile information in order to describe a knowledge. While a lecturer provide data or instructions (models) to find out what students must learn. The lecturer must also review and provide a review of the student's independent learning outcomes. Researcher ask questions that fit the indicators of critical thinking using newspapers and television media. The results of this study were the students' critical thinking skills improved. In cycle 1, students are able to increase their critical power when identifying titles, subtitles, words, phrases, sentences, paragraphs, and captions. While in cycle 2, improvement occurs when students identify images or visuals, tables, charts, and problem solving.

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This study aims to explore Peircean semiotic text analysis with mise en scene concept. Researcher use a counter hegemony approach to see the ideology of filmmaker. For This combination is used to identify terrorism issue constructed by an Indonesian movie entitled 3 (Alif Lam Mim) by film director Anggy Umbara. The film puts the issue of religion against secularism in the midst of high-tech times to construct a major issue of terrorism in Indonesia. 3 (Alif Lam Mim) wants to convey a message to the public that the issue of terrorism was not created by a religious group (Islam) which was considered radical as told by widespread discourses in society. This study applies Peircean semiotic analysis using icons, indices, and symbols. About the unit of analysis, it is based on the concept of mise en scene, that is, through setting, costume and make-up, lighting and motions in frames such as acting and gesture of film players that construct the issue of terrorism. With this method, this study not only looks at the contents of the film but also how the contents of the film are constructed by the filmmaker in the production process. Logical reasoning used by filmmakers shows that constructed stories provide truth about the issue of terrorism created by individuals who want to gain power.