Blunders of Government Communication: The Political Economy of COVID-19 Communication Policy in Indonesia

Government officials and politicians have been both a help and hindrance in the public dissemination of information during the COVID-19 pandemic. The intervention of a president and his/her ministries with their political and economic interests is particularly problematic when they employ a tactical...

Descripción completa

Guardado en:

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal:	Masduki Masduki
Formato:	article
Lenguaje:	EN
Publicado:	Universitas Gadjah Mada 2021
Materias:	covid-19 political-economy political security market stability, indonesia Political science (General) JA1-92 Social sciences (General) H1-99
Acceso en línea:	https://doaj.org/article/31581a82eef24435ab7904f33cced3d1
Etiquetas:	Agregar Etiqueta Sin Etiquetas, Sea el primero en etiquetar este registro!

id	oai:doaj.org-article:31581a82eef24435ab7904f33cced3d1
record_format	dspace
spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:31581a82eef24435ab7904f33cced3d12021-12-02T14:54:54ZBlunders of Government Communication: The Political Economy of COVID-19 Communication Policy in Indonesia1410-49462502-788310.22146/jsp.57389https://doaj.org/article/31581a82eef24435ab7904f33cced3d12021-03-01T00:00:00Zhttps://jurnal.ugm.ac.id/jsp/article/view/57389https://doaj.org/toc/1410-4946https://doaj.org/toc/2502-7883Government officials and politicians have been both a help and hindrance in the public dissemination of information during the COVID-19 pandemic. The intervention of a president and his/her ministries with their political and economic interests is particularly problematic when they employ a tactical approach rather than provide accurate and effective disaster information. This paper utilizes a political-economy approach to analyze the link between COVID-19 communication policies and practices with the interests of politics and market stability in Indonesia. In this paper, the author drills into the extent to which the country’s president and ministries manage their political interests in times of global pandemic. The ways they interact with the public during various stages of disaster are crucial because society is severely disrupted, with the government serving as the sole actor. This study uses qualitative methods and all materials are managed from an extensive review of current literature, policy analysis, and field observation. This paper finds that Indonesian government communication during the COVID-19 pandemic period (February– June 2020) has been dominated by a desire to maintain a strong power of the ruling authority and to secure market stability. Two factors—pro-market communication policies and manufactured- politicized COVID-19 data—have occurred. This paper contributes to the literature by focusing on the political and economic approach over the mediated discourses surrounding the pandemic.Masduki MasdukiUniversitas Gadjah Madaarticlecovid-19political-economypolitical securitymarket stability, indonesiaPolitical science (General)JA1-92Social sciences (General)H1-99ENJSP: Jurnal Ilmu Sosial dan Ilmu Politik, Vol 24, Iss 2, Pp 97-111 (2021)
institution	DOAJ
collection	DOAJ
language	EN
topic	covid-19 political-economy political security market stability, indonesia Political science (General) JA1-92 Social sciences (General) H1-99
spellingShingle	covid-19 political-economy political security market stability, indonesia Political science (General) JA1-92 Social sciences (General) H1-99 Masduki Masduki Blunders of Government Communication: The Political Economy of COVID-19 Communication Policy in Indonesia
description	Government officials and politicians have been both a help and hindrance in the public dissemination of information during the COVID-19 pandemic. The intervention of a president and his/her ministries with their political and economic interests is particularly problematic when they employ a tactical approach rather than provide accurate and effective disaster information. This paper utilizes a political-economy approach to analyze the link between COVID-19 communication policies and practices with the interests of politics and market stability in Indonesia. In this paper, the author drills into the extent to which the country’s president and ministries manage their political interests in times of global pandemic. The ways they interact with the public during various stages of disaster are crucial because society is severely disrupted, with the government serving as the sole actor. This study uses qualitative methods and all materials are managed from an extensive review of current literature, policy analysis, and field observation. This paper finds that Indonesian government communication during the COVID-19 pandemic period (February– June 2020) has been dominated by a desire to maintain a strong power of the ruling authority and to secure market stability. Two factors—pro-market communication policies and manufactured- politicized COVID-19 data—have occurred. This paper contributes to the literature by focusing on the political and economic approach over the mediated discourses surrounding the pandemic.
format	article
author	Masduki Masduki
author_facet	Masduki Masduki
author_sort	Masduki Masduki
title	Blunders of Government Communication: The Political Economy of COVID-19 Communication Policy in Indonesia
title_short	Blunders of Government Communication: The Political Economy of COVID-19 Communication Policy in Indonesia
title_full	Blunders of Government Communication: The Political Economy of COVID-19 Communication Policy in Indonesia
title_fullStr	Blunders of Government Communication: The Political Economy of COVID-19 Communication Policy in Indonesia
title_full_unstemmed	Blunders of Government Communication: The Political Economy of COVID-19 Communication Policy in Indonesia
title_sort	blunders of government communication: the political economy of covid-19 communication policy in indonesia
publisher	Universitas Gadjah Mada
publishDate	2021
url	https://doaj.org/article/31581a82eef24435ab7904f33cced3d1
work_keys_str_mv	AT masdukimasduki blundersofgovernmentcommunicationthepoliticaleconomyofcovid19communicationpolicyinindonesia
_version_	1718389315611918336

Blunders of Government Communication: The Political Economy of COVID-19 Communication Policy in Indonesia

Ejemplares similares