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Communication Department’s UII Designs a Strategy to Gain Higher Education Grants

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On August 22, 2019 the Communication Department’s lecturer and staff held a coordination meeting to design a strategy to penetrate and gain the Direktorat RistekDikti (Riset Teknologi dan Pendidikan Tinggi) Research Technology and Higher Education (Ministry of Research and Higher Education) grant in the Communication Department Meeting Room. The lecturers prepared several proposed research titles. After that, the titles are discussed included the possibilities of what content or variables that have high popularity and novelty value. On this occasion the lecturers also discussed which title, or which phenomenon had a high probability of being able to penetrate the “Ristekdikti” or “Dikti” grant.

This meeting was a follow-up of the inputs received by the communication department from the BAN PT (National Accreditation Board) assessor. Previously, two BAN PT assessors, Prof. Hafid Cangara and Dr. Irwansyah has made a visit to assess the standards held by this department so far. At that time Dr. Irwansyah said that the campus with the amount of research with funds from Ristekdikti has a high quality weight in the accreditation assessment. Even if it is not included in the assessment, according to him, by getting the “DIKTI” grants for research, it means that the department has high credibility and quality and is nationally recognized. Because, it is quite difficult to receive a grant from DIKTI, difficult in terms of penetrating it, managing funds and also in terms of reporting.

The meeting tried to map out the important phenomena that often escaped our view, but were important and had never been studied and had great use value. Each lecturer at this meeting has prepared a proposal and discussed it one by one to be assessed, criticized, and commented upon given input for improvement or merely reinforcing. Each individual lecturer can also share resources, references, and connections to perfect the research plan that will be sent in order to receive the Dikti grant.

In addition, even without the Directorate of Higher Education (Dikti) grants, academic spaces in the research scheme have actually been directed as a habit at the Communication Department. Communication Department has had the habit of funding the research of its lecturers to support the research tradition and strengthen the academic clusters of its lecturers.

It is already known, Communication Department has six large clusters which are the focus of the study of each lecturer. These six clusters have made lecturers at UII’s Communication Department become reference for national and public solutions. These clusters also indirectly strengthen the expertise of the lecturers in Communication Department. The six clusters are Journalism, Public Relations, Empowerment Communication, Communication Policy and Regulation, Visual Communication, Environmental and Geography Communication.

Puji Rianto for example, he will strengthen himself in the expertise of Communication Regulation and Public Policy Studies in his research plan. Whereas Ratna Permata Sari and Sumekar Tanjung will duet to submit research ideas about popular cultural phenomena and gender in visual communication. Or you can also look at Holy Rafika’s research plan which in recent years has emphasized its expertise in spatial studies, mediation, and so on in terms of geographic communication.

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Apa yang Harus Kamu Lakukan Sebelum Liputan tentang Isu Difabel

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Ivan menjawab awalnya ia perlu menentukan ide, lalu merancang rundown/ alur penyajian berita. Ia merencanakan membuat tiga segmen. “Konsekuensinya saya bikin berita televisi itu kalau ada momen yang nggak kita dapat bisa nggak sesuai rundown. Akhirnya saya ingat kata pembimbing bahwa rundown itu bukan kitab suci, karena yang kita temukan di lapangan bisa berbeda dengan rundown,” jawab Ivan.

Rifqi justru mengajak Ivan dan peserta diskusi untuk membalik proses ketika menemui kendala dalam liputan isu khusus ini. “Masukan dari saya, bisa dibalik prosesnya, kita bisa mendekati orang-orang terdekatnya, kita ke keluarga, misal yang terakhir wawancara pelatihnya. Karena bicara soal difabel, tidak melulu ke atletnya, tapi bisa ke keluarganya, jadi bisa mengambil kesimpulan, untuk seorang atlet difabel itu akan nggak mudah, bagaimana keluarga mendukung itu bisa kita lihat. Nah itu kita bisa dapat emosinya, ada ceritanya,” papar Rifqi yang juga alumni Komunikasi UII ini.

Menurut Rifqi, bisa juga Ivan meliput dari sudut pandang pelatih. Kemungkinan cerita dari pelatih bisa lebih banyak lagi. Bisa jadi muncul banyak tanda tanya akhirnya, misal kata Rifqi bisa angkat soal psikologisnya, “Anak ini tiap kalah gimana responnya, bagaimana dia menghadapi crowd (keramaian). Jadi formatnya bisa long interview. Jadi lingkungannya yang diangkat.”

Lalu kemasan bagaimana bagusnya?

Rifqi bilang pada para peserta, karya ini tidak salah. Namun biasanya media, dikemas dengan lebih feature (berkisah). Ini akan menggali bagaimana perjalanannya, bukan soal pertandingannya. “Ya ini kadang yang wartawan itu luput. Seringnya yang diliput raihannya, orang lupa ada orang di baliknya. Misalnya bisa dikemukakan pertanyaan apakah guru-guru ini sudah sarjana olahraga dan bisa melatih difabel? Lebih menarik kan?” kata Rifqi menanggapi. “Belajar berkomunikasinya berapa lama? Berapa lama pendekatan dengan atlet difabel. Kalau atlet biasa bisa dikerasin, kalau atlet difabel? belum tentu,” jelasnya kemudian.

Rifqi memberi penghargaan pada Ivan karena Ivan berani ambil isu ini. Wartawan kawakan juga kadang belum tentu berani ambil isu difabel, dan kadang bisa saja mundur.

Retyan, salah satu peserta berpendapat sebaiknya Ivan lebih memilih diksi ‘difabel’ ketimbang disabilitas, “karena kalau disable sih dari bahasanya dis-able ‘tidak mampu’ dan dari merekanya memang tidak mau dibilang disable dan itu sama aja dengan cacat sebenarnya.”

Rifqi menanggapinya. Menurutnya memang harus ada riset sebelum jurnalis berangkat meliput. Misal soal pemakaian istilah difabel, difabel, atau cacat. Istilah itu sendiri harusnya bisa jadi konten. “Soal penulisan kan bisa nanti. Riset dulu memang sebelumnya harus tahu, jadi ngerti apa yang akan kita masuki dahulu sebelum pergi reportase.”

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What Supposed To Do if You Want to Reportage Diffable Issues

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The previous writing had describe what is Ivan do with his Final Project. In this writing, Ivan get a lot of tips and tricks from the expert and audiences there. The input is about What Supposed to do if you want to reportage diffable issues

Rifqi instead invited Ivan and the discussion participants to reverse the process when faced with obstacles in the coverage of this particular issue. “Input from me, can be reversed in the process, we can approach the closest people, we go to family, for example, the last interview of the coach. Because talking about the diffable, not only to the athlete, but can be to his family, so being able to draw conclusions, for an athlete with disabilities it will not be easy, how can the family support that we can see. Now that we can get emotions, there is a story, “said Rifqi, on August, 20th, 2019, who is also an alumni of Communication Department of UII at Audio Visual Room at 3rd floor of Communication Department.

According to Rifqi, Ivan could also cover from the Athlete coach’s point of view. Possible stories from the coach could be even more. It may be that there are many question marks finally, for example, Rifqi said, the journalist can raise psychological problems, “This child loses what the response is, how he faces the crowd. So the format can be long interviews. So the environment is raised. ”

Then how to make a good reportage and packaging?

Rifqi told the participants, this Ivan’s work was not wrong. But usually the media is packed with more features and stories. This will explore how the journey will be, not about the competition. “Yes, this is sometimes what journalists escape. Often that is covered by the achievement, people forget there is someone behind it. For example, the question can be raised whether these teachers have a bachelor of sports and can train disabled people? More interesting right?”  Rifqi responded. “How long that you learn to communicate? How long do you approach with disabled athletes. If an ordinary athlete can be cured, if an athlete with disabilities? not necessarily, it may be different,” he explained later.

Rifqi rewards Ivan because Ivan dared to take this issue. Seniour reporters also sometimes do not necessarily dare to take the issue of diffable, and sometimes they may back down.

Retyan, one of the participants argues that Ivan should prefer the ‘diffable’ diction rather than disability, “because if disabled, the language is dis-able,” not capable “, and they don’t want to be called as disable and that is the same as the actual disability.”

Rifqi responded. According to him there must be research conducted before journalists leave to go to reportage or cover some issues. For example, about the use of the terms difabel, disabilities, or disabled. The term itself should be content. “The question of writing can later. Research must know beforehand first, so understand what we will enter first before going to reportage.”

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Mahasiswa Komunikasi Meliput Atlit Difabel dalam Format Program TV Liputan Mendalam

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Bagaimana Penyajian Tugas Akhir Pertama di Komunikasi UII dengan format Program TV Liputan Mendalam?

Ivan Renaldi adalah mahasiswa pertama dalam sejarah Komunikasi UII yang menggarap Tugas Akhir dengan bentuk Program TV Liputan Mendalam. Isunya pun unik, soal difabel yang atlit sekaligus pelajar. Tantangannya, ia perlu menyelami kedalaman emosi dan kronik keseharian difabel yang menjadi subjek liputannya. Pendekatannya pun tidak biasa. Ini adalah hal yang tak mudah dilakukan. Salah-salah bisa terjebak dalam liputan yang mengiba dan menjual kesedihan difabel.

Begitulah perasaan Ivan ketika menjalani enam bulan produksi program berita mendalam yang dibimbing oleh dosen spesialis klaster Jurnalisme, R. Narayana Mahendra Prastya. Kali ini Ivan harus mempresentasikan karyanya dalam bentuk Screening Karya sebagai sebuah tahapan dalam penyelesain Tugas Akhir yang berbentuk proyek. Screening Tugas Akhir ini dilaksanakan di Ruang Audio Visual Komunikasi UII lantai 3 pada 20 Agustus 2019. Pada screening yang dihadiri puluhan peserta ini Ivan diuji secara publik dan dilatih secara langsung menghadapi khalayak luas dalam mempresentasikan karyanya. Pada akhirnya, masukan, kritik, dan tanggapan dari khalayak pemutaran karya ini akan diterapkan pada revisi karya awal produsen Tugas Akhir ini.

Jangan disangka Ivan menyelesaikan proyek tugas akhir video program berita ini dengan mulus. Ivan mengungkapkan awalnya ia tidak bisa bahasa isyarat. Tak kurang akal, akhirnya ia bertemu dan bicara dengan ibu guru dari atlit difabel yang akan diliput. Sang guru menyarankannya untuk berbicara perlahan. “Mereka bisa baca gerakan mulut. Kalau sulit, saya ketik pertanyaannya. Kalau yang tunagrahita saya tidak wawancara karena sulit komunikasinya,” jawab Ivan ketika ditanya Zakiyyah Ainun, salah satu peserta dari Komunikasi 2017, soal cara komunikasi dengan subyek difabel.

Ada Atlit difabel yang diliput mengambil cabang olahraga yang bukan arusutama: bocce! Olahraga bocce mensyaratkan atlit menggelindingkan bola hampir lebih besar dari bola tenis ke arah banyak bola berwarna warni yang tersedia beberapa meter darinya. Jika bola yang digelindingkan mendekati atau mengenai salah satu bola sasaran, maka dianggap menang dan bernilai tinggi.

Pemutaran karya tugas akhir juga mensyaratkan mahasiswa mengundang ‘juri’ atau komentator dari kalangan profesional. Ia berfungsi sebagai pembedah. Sore itu Rifqi Ardita, jurnalis Detik.com, yang kebagian peran menjadi pembedah karya Ivan. Setelah acara dimulai dengan pemutaran video karya Ivan berdurasi sekira 21 menit, Rifqi diminta mengomentarinya baik dari segi teknis, gagasan, sudut pandang, hingga konsep yang diangkat Ivan, si jurnalis.

Menurut Rifqi yang sehari-hari berada di desk olahraga detiksport, difabel adalah isu yang menarik. Bisa mengaduk emosi. Sayangnya Ivan kurang masuk ke bagian emosional. Ivan seharusnya bisa melihat bagaimana ekspresi, bagaimana kendala keluarga dan lain-lain. “Masih minim shoot-shoot ekspresi. Untuk liputan news itu satu hal yang paling penting. Selain itu juga tripod itu tidak boleh lupa. Secara teknis pengambilan gambar harus diperbaiki,” kata Rifqi.

Sedangkan Bilal Prama, mahasiswa Komunikasi 2015, mengapresiasi karya Ivan ini merupakan alternatif baru dalam pembuatan tugas akhir. Tugas akhir sebelumnya cenderung banyak ke produksi film dan foto. “Ini baru dalam tugas akhir. Bisa nggak mas Ivan menjelaskan prosesnya apa saja yang harus dilakukan?” kata Bilal menanggapi sekaligus bertanya.

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Communication Students Cover Disabled Athletes in In-depth TV Program

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How is the Presentation of the First Final Project in Communication which is created on In-Depth Coverage TV Program format?

Ivan Renaldi was the first student in the history of Communication Department on UII who worked on his Final Project in the form of an In-Depth Reporting TV Program. The issue is also unique, about the differently abled people (diffable) that are both athletes and students. The challenge is that he needs to explore the depth of emotional and chronic daily diffable that are the subject of his coverage. The approach is also unusual. This is something that is not easy to do. One can get caught up in the coverage of begging and selling the Diffable grief.

That is how Ivan felt when he underwent six months of in-depth news program production led by Journalism cluster specialist lecturer: R. Narayana Mahendra Prastya. At this time, Ivan had to present his work in the form of Screening Works as a stage in completing the Final Project. This Final Project Screening was held in the 3rd floor Audio Visual Communication Room on August 20, 2019. During the screening which was attended by dozens of participants, Ivan was publicly tested and trained directly to face a wide audience in presenting his work. In the end, the input, critics, and response from the audience of the screening of this work will be inputed to the revision of the initial work of this Final Project.

Actually, Ivan did not complete the final project project of this news video program smoothly. Ivan revealed at first he could not understand the sign language. He finally met and spoke with the teacher from a Diffable athlete who would be reported. The teacher advised him to speak slowly. “They can read mouth movements. If it’s difficult, I type the question. For the mentally retarded, I don’t interview them, because the communication is difficult, “Ivan answered when asked by Zakiyyah Ainun, one of the participants of the batch 2017 of Communication Department, about how to communicate with diffable subjects.

There are athletes with diffablity who are covered to take a sport that is not mainstream: bocce! Bocce is a sport that requires athletes to roll a ball almost bigger than a tennis ball towards the many colorful balls available a few meters away. If a rolled ball approaches or hits one of the target balls, then it is considered to be a winner and has a high value.

Screening the final project also requires students to invite ‘judges’ or commentators from professional circles. It functions as an expert view. That afternoon Rifqi Ardita, a journalist at Detik.com, who was assigned the role of analyzing Ivan’s work. After the program began with the screening of Ivan’s video which lasted approximately 21 minutes, Rifqi was asked to comment on it both from a technical, ideas, point of view, until the concept of Ivan’s as the journalist.

According to Rifqi, who is daily at the detik.com at sports desk, diffable is an interesting issue. They can stir emotions. Unfortunately Ivan did not enter the emotional part. Ivan should be able to see how the expression, how the family constraints and others. “There are still minimal shoot of expression. It is the most important thing in the reportage. In addition, the tripod must not be forgotten. Technically the shooting must be improved, said Rifqi.

Whereas Bilal Prama, a 2015 Communication student, appreciated Ivan’s work as a new alternative in making the final project. The previous final project tended a lot to film and photo production. “This is only the final project. Can you explain the process, what should be done?” Bilal said while responding and asking.

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#SharingSession (2) How to Adapt to the New Study Environment Abroad

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What about daily life in Europe?

This is the second part of these writing.

Masduki also talked about the difficulty in worshiping in Germany rather than in Indonesia. This is about the weather and Muslims, who are in fact a minority. According to him, the most difficult was to implement the third pillar of Islam: Fasting with long days and extreme heat, “Fasting is the most severe, because in Germany it is dawn at 3 a clock and break the fasting at 10 p.m,” said Masduki.

About the pilgrimage that Masduki traveled directly from Germany, there were indeed many questions from colleagues and friends. Masduki explained, indeed the pilgrimage from Europe was easier, the waiting list was faster. “But it is rather more expensive,” he said. But don’t think you can just travel to Germany and then go straight to Hajj. “The conditions must have a minimum residence visa at least 1 year, and of course only those who work permanently or further study,” said Masduki based on his experience some time ago.

Masduki said, it must also be difficult to find a mosque. Mosques in Germany are not like in Indonesia where the call to prayer (Azan) is heard or can be seen from the dome physically. The mosque does not appear physically and only seen on Google Map. There are no call to prayer through loudspeakers like at Indonesia. Its physical form resembles an ordinary building or house. If you open the door, then the room is spread out like a mosque. “If in the UK it is disguised as an Islamic Center,” he explained.

In addition to food that is certainly not all halal, adaptation to extreme weather now due to climate change is also a problem. For example when undergoing fasting earlier. Adaptation with a completely new environment like this does need strategy and endurance. Masduki was greatly helped by, for example, city orientation workshops, networking with Indonesian Student Associations abroad, and also asking many advisers. Even so, he also helped a lot by Germany people who turned out to have more attention on Indonesia, for example in his art, culture, and others.

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#SharingSession (2) Bagaimana Beradaptasi dengan Lingkungan Studi Baru di Luar Negeri

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Masduki juga bercerita soal sulitnya melakukan ibadah di Jerman ketimbang di Indonesia. Ini kaitannya dengan cuaca dan muslim yang memang jadi minoritas. Menurutnya, paling sulit itu melaksanakan rukun islam yang ketiga: Puasa dengan harinya panjang dan panasnya ekstrim, ”Puasa itu paling berat, karena di Jerman itu subuhnya jam 3 lebih sedikit dan buka puasanya jam 10 malam,” ungkap Masduki.

Soal ibadah haji yang dijalani Masduki berangkat langsung dari Jerman, memang muncul banyak pertanyaan dari kolega dan teman. Masduki menjelaskan, memang ibadah haji dari eropa lebih mudah, daftar tunggunya lebih cepat. “tapi memang agak lebih mahal,” katanya. Namun jangan dikira anda bisa sekadar travelling ke Jerman lalu bisa langsung berangkat haji. “Syaratnya harus punya visa tinggal minimal 1 tahun, dan itu tentu hanya mereka yang bekerja menetap atau studi lanjut,” cerita Masduki berdasar pengalamannya beberapa waktu lalu.

Bagi Masduki, pasti sulit juga mencari masjid. Masjid di Jerman tak seperti di Indonesia yang kalau azan berkumandang terdengar atau bisa dilihat dari kubahnya saja. Masjid tak tampak fisiknya dan hanya terlihat di Google Map. Tidak ada azan lewat pengeras suara. Bentuk fisiknya menyerupai gedung atau rumah biasa. Jika sudah membuka pintunya, barulah terhampar ruang seperti masjid. “Kalau di Inggris malah disamarkan menjadi Islamic Centre,” paparnya lagi.

Selain makanan yang pastinya tak semua halal, adapatasi dengan cuaca akstrim kini akibat perubahan iklim juga jadi masalah. Contohnya saat menjalani puasa tadi. Adaptasi dnegan lingkungan yang sama sekali baru macam ini memang perlu strategi dan daya tahan. Masduki banyak terbantu dengan misalnya workshop orientasi kota, berjejaring dengan Perhimpunan Pelajar Indonesia di luar negeri, dan juga banyak bertanya pada pembimbing. Meski begitu, ia juga banyak terbantu juga dengan orang-orang jerman yang ternyata lebih punya banyak perhatian pada indonesia, misal pada seninya, budayanya, dan lain- lain.

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#SharingSession (1) Cerita Tradisi Akademik Universitas Kelas Dunia Bersama Masduki

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Bagaimana belajar hingga adaptasi dengan cuaca dan makanan di negeri orang?

Cekrak-cekrek! Suara kamera DSLR dan bunyi kamera ponsel menyeruak di ruang meeting Hotel Eastparc. Seorang doktor baru dari Komunikasi UII baru saja berpose bersama Ketua Prodi Komunikasi UII, sambil mengangkat kaos bertuliskan komunikAsi, sebuah kaos yang sengaja dibuat paska raihan akreditasi A kembali oleh progam studi ini. Ini jadi sebuah kabar baik beruntun buat komunikasi UII: dapat akreditasi A lagi, dan doktor dari Jerman sekaligus. Ya, Masduki, dosen Prodi Ilmu Komunikasi UII, sudah rampung memertahankan disertasinya berjudul Public Service Broadcasting in Post-Authoritarian Indonesia di depan penguji pada 18 Juli 2019. “Ujian di Jerman ujian doctorralnya sederhana, tenang, dan tidak mewah. Tak seperti Indonesia dan Belanda yang punya tradisi yang dibangun dengan ujian sakral, mewah dan ramai,” kata Masduki.

Masduki, dalam kesempatan pada Rapat Koordinasi Kerja prodi pada 9 Agustus 2019, bercerita banyak hal yang dapat kita pelajari dari perjalanan akademiknya di Jerman selama tiga tahun ini. Pembelajaran-pembelajaran muncul bahkan dari hal-hal yang tidak biasa dihadapi di Indonesia, terutama di Yogyakarta. Misalnya dari perbandingan kultur antara Jerman (eropa) dan Indonesia.

Indonesia, misalnya, masih fokus pada hal-hal yang sifatnya material. Orang masih sibuk urus bagaimana makan, bagaimana keamanan harta benda, bagaimana rumah dan lain sebagainya. Sedangkan, ”Orang-orang Jerman bahkan sudah Post-Material,” kata Masduki. Misalnya orang-orang Jerman sudah bicara soal berbagi dengan orang lain. Maka tak heran bila banyak pengungsi dari syria, afganistan, dan lain-lain yang disambut dengan “Welcome Refugee”.

Pembicaraan tentang kebebasan berpendapat, rasa kepedulian sosial, dan post-religius sudah jadi bahasan utama di Jerman. Post-religius menganggap agama itu pribadi. Gereja hanya jadi tempat wisata orang non eropa. “Sudah tidak ada jamaahnya kecuali datang kalau mau nikah di gereja,” tambahnya.

Tapi intinya, kata Masduki, tradisi akademik di universitas kelas dunia seperti Institute of Communication Studies & Media Research (IfKW), Ludwig Maximilians University of Munich (LMU Munich) memang berbeda. Misalnya cara mahasiswa interaksi dengan dosen. “Mahasiswa di Jerman, kalau ibaratnya ini gelas, dia dianggap sudah ada isi 70 – 80 persen isi gelasnya,” kata Masduki. Di sana dosen kasih reading dan di kelas akan ditanyakan dan proses diskusi berlangsung di sana, jelas Masduki. Posisinya saat itu mahasiswa sudah siap semua. Masduki menjelaskan dosen memeberikan tugas review paper dan penulisan lain maka tak heran bila perpustakaan penuh untuk baca dan kirim tugas.

Belum lagi ada segudang workshop yang sayang untuk dilewatkan dengan sistem registrasi yang ramah lingkungan: pendaftaran online. Misalnya bagi mahasiswa asing ada workshop orientasi kota, atau ada juga workshop academic writing (pelatihan penulisan akademik) untuk menulis karya tulis akademik baik tesis maupun disertasi.

Masduki berpesan, “Kalau mau membangun jaringan (di dunia akademisi komunikasi) maka rajin dan aktiflah di International Communication Association (ICA) dan International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR),” kata Masduki. Para forum itu, anda akan banyak bertemu dengan tokoh-tokoh pemikir di dunia komunikasi yang sering kita baca bukunya sebagai rujukan. Misalnya, kata Masduki, ia bisa bertemu Graham Murdoch, penulis buku Handbook Ekonomi Politik Komunikasi di forum-forum itu. Pada forum internasional itu, bagi sivitas akademika yang berminat melanjutkan studi, bisa berdiskusi dengan banyak profesor soal tema kajian yang diangkat. “Di sana banyak profesor yang sering hadir di tidak ikut jadi presenter konferensi, justru untuk melihat perkembangan studi ilmu komunikasi dunia kekinian, nah anda bisa pendekatan dengan profesor itu di sini,” ceritanya. Cara ini justru lebih besar peluangnya untuk mendapatkan pendampingan dari profesor yang diinginkan ketika akan studi lanjut di luar negeri. Cara ini lebih manjur ketimbang mengirim proposal disertasi secara acak ke sembarang profesor dengan harapan mereka tertarik dengan ide kita, katanya lagi.

Jika beruntung, rajin menulis paper, dan rajin berjejaring, anda bisa juga ikut konferensi di beberapa negara secara gratis sekaligus wisata. Paparan Masduki bukan semata isapan jempol. Ia misalnya bisa ikut konferensi tentang Kebebasan Pers sambil pulang kampung, dibiayai pulang pergi. “Waktu itu ada World Press Freedom Day di Jakarta, panitianya tertarik dengan paper saya, ya sudah saya katanya dibiayai ke indonesia. Lho saya pulang kampung gratis, nih?” tanyanya pada panitia yang sejurus kemudian diiyakan. Bukan hanya ke Indonesia, tapi juga ke konferensi beberapa negara lain.

Meski begitu, menurut Masduki, tak selamanya setiap penerima beasiswa bisa seperti ini. Banyak juga peraturan dari pemberi beasiswa yang ketat dan membuat penerima jadi tak bisa bergerak bebas selain fokus pada studinya. Maka perlu kiranya pencari beasiswa jeli memilih dan memilah pemberi beasiswa. Beasiswa dengan studi ke Jerman banyak sekali kata Masduki. Beragam jenisnya dan kriterianya. Misalnya anda bisa mencoba beasiswa IGSP (Indonesia Germany Scholarship Program) sebuah beasiswa dari Jerman untuk orang Indonesia lewat pemerintah Indonesia. Ada juga DAAD (The German Academic Exchange Service), hans shiedel (beasiswa studi dan riset) , Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, atau juga dari lembaga seperti Friedrich Naumann Stiftung.

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#SharingSession (1) World Class University Academic Tradition Story With Masduki

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How to study to adapt to the academic tradition, weather, and food in other countries?

Click, Snap! The sound of a Digital SLR camera and the sound of a smartphone camera burst in the Eastparc Hotel meeting room. A new philosopy of doctor from UII’s Communication Department  has just posed with the Head of the Communication Department of UII, while raising a T-shirt that reads “Communication” with a big “A”, a t-shirt that was intentionally made after achieving A accreditation of this department. This is a successive good news for Communication Department: We get A accreditation (again), and a doctor from university at Germany at the same time. Yeah, Masduki, a lecturer in the Communication Deparment at UII, has finished defending his dissertation entitled Public Service Broadcasting in Post-Authoritarian Indonesia in front of examiners on July 18, 2019. “The German examination is simple, calm and not luxurious. Unlike Indonesia and the Netherlands, which has a tradition built with sacred, luxurious and lively tests, ” said Masduki.

Masduki, share the stoy of him at Coordination Meeting of Communication Department, on August 9, 2019, that He told us many things that we can learn from his academic journey in Germany for three years. Learning arises even from things that are not commonly faced in Indonesia, especially in Jogjakarta. For example from the comparison of cultures between Germany (Europe) and Indonesia.

Indonesia, for example, still focuses on material matters. People are still busy taking care of how to eat, how to secure property, how to house and so forth. Meanwhile, “The Germans are even Post-Material,” said Masduki. For example, Germans have talked about sharing with others. So no wonder that many refugees from Syria, Afghanistan, and others were welcomed with a “Welcome Refugee”.

Talks about freedom of opinion, social concern, and post-religious have become the main topics in Germany. Post-religious considers religion personal. The church is only a tourist spot for non-Europeans. “There is no congregation except to come if you want to get married in the church,” he added.

But the point is, said Masduki, academic traditions at world-class universities such as the Institute of Communication Studies & Media Research (IfKW), Ludwig Maximilians University of Munich (LMU Munich) are indeed different. For example the way students interact with lecturers. “Students in Germany, if this is like a glass, it is assumed that 70-80 percent of the contents are already filled,” said Masduki. Lecturers always give a book reading and it will be asked in the classroom and the discussion process takes place there, explained Masduki. At that time the students were already supposed ready. Masduki explained that the lecturer gave paper review and other writing assignments so it was not surprising that the library was full of reader and students that want to send assignments.

Not to mention there are a myriad of workshops that are a pity to pass up with an environmentally friendly registration system: online registration. For example for foreign students there is a city orientation workshop, or there is also an academic writing workshop to write academic papers both theses and dissertations.

Masduki advised, “If you want to build a network (in the world of communication academics), be diligent and active in the International Communication Association (ICA) and the International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR),” said Masduki. The forum, you will meet a lot of thinkers in the world of communication that we often read his book as a reference. For example, said Masduki, he could meet Graham Murdoch, author of the Political Communication Handbook at the forums. At the international forum, academicians who are interested in continuing their studies can discuss with many professors the theme of the study. “There are many professors who are often present at not participating as conference presenters, instead to see the development of communication studies in the contemporary world, now you can approach with the professor here,” he said. This method is even more likely to get assistance from the desired professor when going to study abroad. This method is more effective than sending random dissertation proposals to any professor in the hope that they are interested in our ideas, he said again.

If lucky, diligently writing papers, and diligently networking, you can also participate in conferences in several countries for free as well as travel. Masduki’s exposure is not merely a figment. For example, he could take part in a conference on Freedom of the Press while returning home, financed to and from home. “At that time there was a World Press Freedom Day in Jakarta, the committee was interested in my paper, yes, I said it was funded to Indonesia. So I go home for free, right?” He asked the committee, which was agreed with a moment later. Not only to Indonesia, but also to conferences in several other countries.

 

Even so, according to Masduki, not every scholarship recipient can always be like this. There are also many regulations from scholarship providers that are strict and make recipients unable to move freely apart from focusing on their studies. So it is necessary for observant scholarship seekers to choose and sort out scholarship providers. Masduki said many scholarships for studying in Germany. Various types and criteria. For example, you can try the IGSP (Indonesia Germany Scholarship Program) scholarship from Germany for Indonesians through the Indonesian government. There are also DAAD (The German Academic Exchange Service), Hans Shiedel (scholarship study and research), Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, or also from institutions such as Friedrich Naumann Stiftung.

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Apa saja yang bisa mahasiswa lakukan bersama tim di International Program (IP) Komunikasi UII?

Jika anda belum banyak tahu soal program internasional di Komunikasi UII, kini saatnya berkenalan. Mari menyelami seluk beluk International Program yang berdiri pada 2018 ini. Hal pertama yang bisa anda lakukan dalam program studi ini misalnya melakukan beragam proyek pengembangan skill, karakter, dan pengalaman internasional kerangka proyek perjalanan dan kompetisi internasional P2A (Passage to Asean) seperti tahun-tahun sebelumnya. (link)

Anda juga dapat melakukan pertukaran pengetahuan dalam kelas-kelas kuliah dengan bahasa inggris. Proses pembelajaran day to day dengan menggunakan bahasa inggris memungkinkan terbentuknya suasana akademik yang kondusif. Kondusif dalam arti memperkuat soft skill kepemimpinan di masa depan dengan beragam program penguatan karakter. Beberapa program ke depan juga akan dilaksanakan melibatkan mahasiswa sebagai pusat pembelajaran seperti program magang internasional dan program pemberdayaan komunitas internasional.

Sebagai mahasiswa Program internasional, anda memiliki kebebasan akademik untuk melakukan studi dan penelitian pada beragam tema kajian pada 6 klaster. 6 Klaster itu seperti Komunikasi Geografi, Komunikasi Visual, Jurnalisme, Public Relation, Komunikasi Pemberdayaan, dan Regulasi dan Kebijakan Komunikasi.

Selama 4 tahun, atau sekira 8 semester, anda akan menjalani 144 SKS yang dibagi sekira 20-24 SKS selama 4 tahun masa kuliah. Dari 20-24 SKS jika dipilah bisa mencakup 6-8 mata kuliah per semester. Anda bisa memilih 4 peminatan khusus juga seperti Jurnalisme, Public Relation, Media Kreatif, dan yang terakhir Kajian Media. Pada semester ke-7 mahasiswa dapat menguji kemampuannya mengaplikasikan teorinya dalam kerja akademis seperti membuat karya tulis akademik atau proyek tugas akhir seperti produksi film dokumenter, foto, produksi program berita, atau produksi media kreatif yang lain.