Empowerment communication in an Islamic boarding school as a medium of harmonization
The study aims to analyze empowerment communication in a cooperative of an Islamic boarding school as a medium of harmonization. The study used a qualitative research method for Participatory Learning and Action (PLA). Data were collected through interviews, documentation, observation, and Focus...
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Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
2020
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| Online Access: | http://journalarticle.ukm.my/16122/1/44831-144251-1-PB.pdf http://journalarticle.ukm.my/16122/ https://ejournal.ukm.my/mjc/issue/view/1360 |
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| Summary: | The study aims to analyze empowerment communication in a cooperative of an Islamic boarding
school as a medium of harmonization. The study used a qualitative research method for
Participatory Learning and Action (PLA). Data were collected through interviews, documentation,
observation, and Focus Group Discussion (FGD). Informants were selected purposively and
snowball sampling, namely the organization committee and students at the Islamic Boarding
School, the management of cooperatives, business groups in the community, and village
government, as well as practitioners, and activists of community empowerment. The study
location was determined in community and Al Muaddib Islamic boarding school at Cilacap district,
Central Java Province of Indonesia. The study used data analysis of community development,
namely identifying, categorizing problems, specific objectives, analyzing problems and preparing
action plans, evaluating the entire process, and action plans. The results of research i.e. (1) The
empowerment communication should be developed to perform a comprehensive economic
empowerment program ranging from the identification of the problem, the potential of human
resources, natural resources and the economy of rural communities up to the analytical solution
of cooperative programs, assistance and partnerships to realize harmonization. (2) Empowerment
communication should be carried out sustainably and comprehensively with a humanistic,
dialogical, egalitarian and participatory approach starting from counselling to provide motivation,
inspiration, knowledge, and then improving skills with training, monitoring, evaluation and
partnership. (3) The study implication is that empowerment communication programs could be a
medium for harmonization, eliminating traumatic and negative stigma against society and Islamic
boarding school which are considered radical. |
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