Open AccessMedia Rakyat sebagai Media Komunikasi Pembangunan Masyarakat Suku Boti
Author(s) -
Petrus Ana Andung,
Hotlif Arkilaus Nope
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
jurnal ilmu komunikasi/jurnal ilmu komunikasi
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2548-8643
pISSN - 1829-6564
DOI - 10.24002/jik.v14i2.870
Subject(s) - meaning (existential) , ceremony , tribe , kinship , sociology , psychology , theology , anthropology , philosophy , psychotherapist
The Boti tribe in NTT Province prefers to use bonet as a traditional media to deliver development messages. This paper aims to describe the communication pattern as well as meaning construction of bonet as a traditional media of Boti community. This study is a qualitative research using in-depth interviews and participant observation techniques. The results show that bonet is a traditional media, where there is dialogical communication among participants. The Boti people consider bonet as sacred ceremony. Decisions in bonet are considered as a representation of people’s decision. Bonet for the Boti tribe has religious, kinship/friendship, and reconciliation meanings.