Local government communication in Indonesia: observations from Banjarmasin, South Kalimantan
Most studies of democratization in developing countries fail to link their analysis with the implementation of local government communication. As a consequence, the study of government communication is too elitist and central government-oriented. This study contributes to the study of government...
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Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
2020
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| Online Access: | http://journalarticle.ukm.my/16084/1/39566-137340-1-PB.pdf http://journalarticle.ukm.my/16084/ https://ejournal.ukm.my/mjc/issue/view/1322 |
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| Summary: | Most studies of democratization in developing countries fail to link their analysis with the
implementation of local government communication. As a consequence, the study of government
communication is too elitist and central government-oriented. This study contributes to the study of
government communication in the context of local governance for countries in a democratic transition.
The authors use local government communication in public services in Banjarmasin City, South
Kalimantan Province, Indonesia, as a case of observation. Using a qualitative approach to explore the
complexity of cultural and structural factors, the authors combine the results of an analysis of various
documents, observations and in-depth interviews relating to the practices of local government
communication in South Kalimantan from January to June 2018. In conclusion, the results indicated
that the quality of local government communication was influenced by various factors both cultural
and structural. Although local cultural factors remain important, in the case of the South Kalimantan,
structural factors have more influence on regional government communication. While regional
government communication performance does not yet involve active participation from below, more
elite-oriented than public-oriented. The regional government officers are less responsive and still topdown, so the ideas of professionalization of local government communications are still limited to
expectations rather than reality. This study recommends that local government communication can be
effective if it adopts a participatory government communication perspective by involving the key
stakeholders and local people in participation in the planning and implementation of communication
including women's voices and perspectives. |
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