This study aimed to understand the influence of consumer-brand engagement and brand communication on destination brand equity, survey to maritime tourism of Ujung Kulon and Anak Krakatau, Banten. The population chosen in this study is the Instagram followers of Ujung Kulon and Krakatau Banten.The total of the samples are 96 respondents chosen using purposive sampling. This study used inferential statistic tests, which were divided into two: The correlation Test and Linear Regression Test. This study used a correlational survey method Approach. This research used a quantitative approach and a positivist paradigm. The results showed that the use of Instagram is successful in creating destination brand equity because the entertainment and interaction dimension provided a strong effect on the loyalty dimension of the destination brand equity variable. People who are online and following the Instagram account became loyal because the pictures posted gave entertainment value, joy, and relaxation effect. The interaction between the followers and admin of the account of Maritime Tourism of Ujung Kulon and Anak Krakatau, Banten also added the entertainment value. This study provides new contributions regarding the promotion of maritime tourism destinations through theories about brand engagement, brand equity, and brand communication.

This research aims to determine the extent to which teenagers distinguish true news from fake news and how these fake news affect adolescents’cognition. A lot of hoax information has sprung up on social media, especially during the 2019 Indonesian presidential election. The ability to check on the information spread in online media is influenced by each individual’s cognitive abilities. A person’s cognitive ability is to think rationally, including aspects of knowledge, understanding, application, analysis, synthesis, and evaluation. This study used an explanative survey method with a quantitative positivistic paradigm. The results showed that the most influencing X variable to the Y variable was the Satire variable, which is positive and unidirectional. The Hoax variable has the most influence on cognitive abilities, even though the value is negative and not unidirectional. This means, the lower the understanding of Hoax, the higher the level of cognitive abilities.

Keberhasilan komunikasi dalam organisasi sangat bergantung pada kemampuan komunikasi pemimpinnya. Terkait dengan hal itu, penelitian ini bertujuan menganalisis pengaruh core communication skills, managerial communication skills, dan corporate communication skills yang dilakukan oleh Hary Tanoesoedibjo di Media Nusantara Citra Group (MNC Group) terhadap komunikasi kepemimpinan. Dasar pemikiran penelitian ini adalah perspektif struktural fungsional. Metode penelitian yang digunakan adalah survei dengan populasinya adalah karyawan tetap MNC Group mulai manajer ke atas, berjumlah 1088 orang. Jumlah sampel dihitung dengan rumus Taro Yamane didapat hasil sebanyak 100 responden. Teknik pengambilan sampel menggunakan probability sampling dengan teknik simple random sampling. Teknik analisis data dengan product moment Pearson dan melakukan analisis uji hipotesis dengan regresi linier berganda. Hasil penelitian menunjukan ketiga variabel independen yaitu core communication skills, managerial communication skills, dan corporate communication skills secara parsial maupun simultan memengaruhi effective leadership communication, karena indikator-indikator dalam ketiga variabel independen dapat mendukung terjadinya komunikasi internal perusahaan secara efektif. Simpulannya, tanpa memenuhi indikator-indikator dalam communication skills, maka seorang pemimpin akan cenderung gagal dalam melakukan komunikasi secara internal dalam perusahaan, baik dengan jajaran direksi atau komisaris maupun para pegawai secara keseluruhan. Kesemua indikator dalam penelitian ini, setelah disesuaikan dengan visi, misi, program dan kondisi perusahaan, disarankan untuk dijadikan sebagai standar keterampilan yang harus dimiliki oleh Chairman MNC terutama di masa depan.

This study is to analyze the influence of the quality of information on the decision to choose CNNIndonesia.com media either directly or through the mediation of trust variables. The tremendous growth of cyber media in Indonesia, followed by the development of online media, has made people more careful in choosing online media. Meanwhile, the use and gratification theory states that the most important role of media is to meet people's needs and motivations, how certain media are sought and selected to meet their needs. This study uses a survey method through a quantitative approach positivistic. The sample was determined by an accidental sampling technique with a sample of 115 respondents. Data analysis was performed using Partial Least Square analysis with the SmartPLS version 3 program. The data analysis shows that the quality of information has a significant effect on increasing trust in CNNIndonesia.com media, the quality of information has a significant effect in increasing the decision to choose CNNIndonesia.com media, and trust has a significant effect in increasing the decision to choose CNNIndonesia.com media. This study also found that the trust variable was able to mediate the effect of information quality on the decision to choose CNNIndonesia.com media.

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