Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) Image Management In The 2019 Election
AbstractProsperous Justice Party (PKS) is one of the largest Islamic-based parties in Indonesia. Ahead of the 2019 general election, PKS received an internal solidity endurance test and externally as the government's opposition. PKS requires communicative performance to improve its image in the 2019 election. Departing from these problems, researchers are interested in knowing how the PKS communicative performance in the 2019 legislative elections and the PKS Political Public Relations Approach in the 2019 elections. This research uses the main theories of communicative performance, which Michael Pacanowsky and Nick O'Donnell-Trujillo and the concept of Public Relations Politics to explain the management of the PKS image in the 2019 legislative elections. This study uses qualitative research methods, with library studies, documentation, and interviews. Besides, this research also uses the Norman Fairclough critical paradigm approach. The object of this research study is the board of the Central Prosperous Justice Party (DPP PKS) Board of Representatives and PKS Legislative Members in the Indonesian House of Representatives (DPR). The findings of this research indicate, Communicative Performance of PKS in the 2019 Election in Ritual Performance, each party's decision making is collective. Political Public Relations Approach is not maximized in a political marketing approach, and it needs its management to improve the image of PKS. The results of this study indicate that PKS is weak in issue management, and PKS Communicative Performance in the 2019 elections is quite good even though the performance of persuasion is less effective. Also, the Persuasive Political approach is less effective for PKS.Keywords: Image Management, Prosperous Justice Party (PKS), 2019 Elections
