Indonesia’s Response to Covid-19 Outbreak: Raising Awareness through Community Engagement and Actionable Volunteer Contribution

The world is in the grip of a health crisis due to the unforeseen consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic causing a substantial increase in distress associated with pain, depression, and loss. Indonesia is not handling the epidemic properly at this early stage due to a lack of planning and readiness on the part of the country. The government subsequently established the COVID-19 national task force, a COVID-19 assistance centre that reflects the government's readiness and urgency in dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic. At the national and regional levels, the task force reports directly to the president, organizes and encourages all connected agencies to respond to the COVID-19 crisis. The task force's other responsibility is to raise awareness about COVID-19 to the general public. The study aims to determine how Indonesia's COVID-19 task force volunteers can act as a communication aid for the public as a source of empowerment during the pandemic, as well as to examine risk communication and community engagement. This research uses a qualitative approach using the theory of social support. As a result, this study has identified new volunteering approaches for Indonesia's COVID-19 task force that could act as a support system as well as improvements on their approach on community engagement with the public.

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Coronavirus: Towards controlling of the pandemic - Indian scenario

International Journal of Research in Pharmaceutical Sciences ◽

10.26452/ijrps.v11ispl1.2813 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 11 (SPL1) ◽

pp. 462-468

Author(s):

Latika kothari ◽

Sanskruti Wadatkar ◽

Roshni Taori ◽

Pavan Bajaj ◽

Diksha Agrawal

Keyword(s):

Control Measures ◽

The Novel ◽

Medical Treatments ◽

Health Crisis ◽

The Public ◽

Infection Control Measures ◽

The Social ◽

Asking Questions ◽

The Government ◽

Novel Coronavirus

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a communicable infection caused by the novel coronavirus resulting in severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV). It was recognized to be a health crisis for the general population of international concern on 30th January 2020 and conceded as a pandemic on 11th March 2020. India is taking various measures to fight this invisible enemy by adopting different strategies and policies. To stop the COVID-19 from spreading, the Home Affairs Ministry and the health ministry, of India, has issued the nCoV 19 guidelines on travel. Screening for COVID-19 by asking questions about any symptoms, recent travel history, and exposure. India has been trying to get testing kits available. The government of India has enforced various laws like the social distancing, Janata curfew, strict lockdowns, screening door to door to control the spread of novel coronavirus. In this pandemic, innovative medical treatments are being explored, and a proper vaccine is being hunted to deal with the situation. Infection control measures are necessary to prevent the virus from further spreading and to help control the current situation. Thus, this review illustrates and explains the criteria provided by the government of India to the awareness of the public to prevent the spread of COVID-19.

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The ‘Astronomy for the Public’ Task Force

Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union ◽

10.1017/s174392131401206x ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 10 (H16) ◽

pp. 550-551

Author(s):

Carolina J. Ödman-Govender ◽

Ian E. Robson

Keyword(s):

Citizen Science ◽

General Public ◽

Scientific Community ◽

Task Force ◽

Scientific Thinking ◽

The Public ◽

Raising Awareness ◽

Set Up ◽

Force Range ◽

The Universe

AbstractOne of the ways in which astronomy can stimulate development is by raising awareness of our place in the universe among the general public. This contributes to inspiring people and brings the scientific community and scientific thinking closer to everyone. The IAU OAD has set up one task force dedicated to ‘Astronomy for the Public’. Proposed activities of the task force range from low-tech astronomy outreach to citizen science. We will present the task force, its objectives and potential developmental impacts for the first few years of operation.

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Mind Covid, Remember Mask" To Reduce Corona Spreading (A Case Study In The Johan Pahlawan Sub-District, Meulaboh City, West Aceh)

International Journal of Science, Technology & Management ◽

10.46729/ijstm.v2i3.193 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 2 (3) ◽

pp. 786-790

Author(s):

Musliyadi ◽

Irmayanti

Keyword(s):

Data Collection ◽

Task Force ◽

Qualitative Approach ◽

Protective Equipment ◽

Government Officials ◽

The Public ◽

Daily Record ◽

Descriptive Method ◽

Very High

The coronavirus spread has been the main issue among Acehnese people since it occurred. Every day, people get infected; some people also are starting to recover from the coronavirus. The governments have been working to reduce the risked people and infected victims by providing various personal protective equipment and educating the public about the virus and its threats. Those all require society to obey them, such as wearing masks to avoid being infected or transmit to other people. Until now, the spread of the coronavirus is also very high trending. The Covid-19 task force in Jakarta on February 16th, 2021 recorded that the ratio of coronavirus cases has reached 38.34 percent. This figure shows the highest daily record since the pandemic took place. This study used a descriptive method with a qualitative approach. Data collection was performed by interviewing several communities in the Johan Pahlawan sub-district, monitoring and observing in the field, and reading relevant sources. The study found a low level of community compliance with health protocols. The use of masks is still very lacking; people only wear masks when raids are carried out on the streets by joint government officials

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Kajian Peluang Kerjasama Pemerintah Swasta (Kps) Dalam Penyediaan Infrastruktur Di Pelabuhan Tanjung Emas Semarang

JURNAL PEMBANGUNAN WILAYAH & KOTA ◽

10.14710/pwk.v11i4.11551 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 11 (4) ◽

pp. 413

Author(s):

Desy Yuli Aryani ◽

Mardwi - Rahdriawan

Keyword(s):

Descriptive Analysis ◽

Qualitative Approach ◽

Master Plan ◽

Institutional Policies ◽

The Public ◽

Analysis Techniques ◽

Ownership Status ◽

Qualitative Descriptive ◽

The Government ◽

Port Infrastructure

ABSTRACT Port infrastructure in the transport system is a valuable asset for the national economy in order to face the globalization of free trade. Problems of provision of port infrastructure constraints in general is a factor financing. One of the government's efforts to overcome the problems in the provision of infrastructure financing is through the Public Private Partnership (PPP). This research was conducted in order to determine the opportunities and constraints of PPP implementation in the provision of port infrastructure by Master Plan Tanjung Emas Semarang. This study used a qualitative approach with a qualitative descriptive analysis techniques conducted on the characteristics of the PPP, the perception of government and stakeholders, as well as regulatory and institutional policies related to the implementation of the PPP. From this research it is known that in the construction and development of the port of Tanjung Emas does not currently use the PPP scheme because of the ownership status of Tanjung Emas port assets that are still in data collection, and a lack of understanding of the parties implementing the PPP. But the chances of implementing a PPP scheme is still possible in the area of ownership of assets remain below the government. Keyword: opportunities, constrains, PPP, infrastructure, port ABSTRAK Infrastruktur pelabuhan dalam sistem transportasi merupakan aset berharga bagi perekonomian nasional dalam rangka menghadapi globalisasi perdagangan bebas. Kendala permasalahan penyediaan infrastruktur pelabuhan pada umumnya adalah faktor pembiayaan. Salah satu upaya pemerintah untuk mengatasi permasalahan pembiayaan dalam penyediaan infrastruktur adalah melalui program Kerjasama Pemerintah Swasta (KPS). Penelitian ini dilakukan dengan tujuan untuk mengetahui peluang dan kendala pelaksanaan KPS dalam penyediaan infrastruktur pelabuhan berdasarkan Rencana Induk Pelabuhan Tanjung Emas Semarang. Penelitian ini menggunakan pendekatan kualitatif dengan teknik analisis deskriptif kualitatif yang dilakukan terhadap karakteristik KPS, persepsi pemerintah dan stakeholder, serta peraturan dan kebijakan kelembagaan terkait pelaksanaan KPS. Dari hasil penelitian tersebut diketahui bahwa dalam pembangunan dan pengembangan pelabuhan Tanjung Emas pada saat ini tidak menggunakan skema KPS dikarenakan status kepemilikan aset pelabuhan Tanjung Emas yang masih dalam pendataan, dan kurangnya pemahaman pihak-pihak pelaksana KPS. Namun peluang penerapan skema KPS masih mungkin dilakukan pada kawasan yang status kepemilikan asetnya masih berada dibawah pemerintah.

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Analisa Terbentuknya Negatif Opini Publik Undang-Undang Cipta Kerja di Provinsi Kalimantan Selatan

Jurnal Kebijakan Pembangunan ◽

10.47441/jkp.v16i1.142 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 16 (1) ◽

pp. 43-50

Author(s):

Irwansyah ◽

Ahmad Alvin Ferdian ◽

Zulfiana Enni Rizqa ◽

Muzahid Akbar Hayat

Keyword(s):

Public Opinion ◽

Job Creation ◽

Qualitative Approach ◽

Community Leaders ◽

Religious Leaders ◽

The Public ◽

Public Figures ◽

The Law ◽

The Government ◽

Almost All

The Job Creation Act which was ratified on 5 October 2020 was met with the agitation of rejection in the form of demonstrations in almost all parts of Indonesia. There are many misunderstandings in the interpretation of this law, one of which is the assumption that the law will harm workers and society. This study aims to identify the causes of negative public opinion on the Job Creation Act, what forms of socialization are carried out by the government, and how the public gets information about the law. This research uses a qualitative approach. The data was taken through a questionnaire distributed to 22 respondents who were randomly selected from the Job Creation Act demonstrators in November 2020 in front of the DPRD Building of South Kalimantan Province. The results showed that respondent’s negative opinion on the Job Creation Act was caused by a lack of knowledge about the contents of the law and the lack of government socialization to the public. The strategy that can be taken by the government to create positive public opinion is to involve community groups, students, public figures, religious leaders, community leaders, and influencers as communicants or messengers in the socialization of the Job Creation Act.

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Social Media Insights During Health Crisis Events: Lessons From the COVID-19 Pandemic in Vietnam (Preprint)

10.2196/preprints.27116 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Huyen Thi Thanh Tran ◽

Shih-Hao Lu ◽

Ha Thi Thu Tran ◽

Bien Van Nguyen

Keyword(s):

Positive Emotions ◽

Software Tool ◽

Public Attention ◽

Health Crisis ◽

The Public ◽

Crisis Events ◽

Issue Attention ◽

The Government ◽

Interaction Efficiency ◽

People’S Attitudes

BACKGROUND The COVID-19 pandemic is still undergoing complicated developments in Vietnam and around the world. The amount of information about the COVID-19 pandemic is enormous, especially in cyberspace, where people can create and share information quickly. This can lead to an "infodemic," which is a challenge every government might face in the fight against pandemics. OBJECTIVE This study aims to understand public attention towards the pandemic (from December 2019 to November 2020) through 7 types of sources: Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, blogs, news sites, forums, and e-commerce sites. METHODS We collected and analyzed nearly 38 million pieces of text data from the sources listed above via SocialHeat, a social listening platform developed by YouNet Group. We described not only public attention volume trends, discussion sentiments; top sources, top posts that gained the most public attention, and hot keyword frequency; but also hot keywords’ co-occurrence as visualized by the VOSviewer software tool. RESULTS In this study, we reached 4 main conclusions. First, based on changing discussion trends regarding the subject of COVID-19, 7 periods were identified based on events that can be aggregated into two pandemic waves in Vietnam. Second, community pages on Facebook were the source of the most engagement from the public. However, the sources with the highest average interaction efficiency per article are government sources. Third, people’s attitudes when discussing the pandemic have changed from negative to positive emotions. Fourth, the type of content that attracts the most interactions from people varies from time to time. Besides that, the issue-attention cycle theory occurred not only once but four times during the COVID-19 pandemic in Vietnam. CONCLUSIONS Our study shows that online resources can help the government quickly identify public attention to public health messages during times of crisis. We also determined the hot spots that most interested in the public as well as public attention communication patterns, which can help the government get practical information to make more effective policy reactions to help prevent the spread of the pandemic.

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Konstruksi Sosial Keagamaan Masyarakat Pada Masa Pandemi Covid-19

Dakwatuna: Jurnal Dakwah dan Komunikasi Islam ◽

10.36835/dakwatuna.v6i2.636 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 6 (2) ◽

pp. 281

Author(s):

Abdul Ghofur ◽

Bambang Subahri

Keyword(s):

Social Media ◽

Social Construction ◽

Task Force ◽

Social Changes ◽

Religious Behavior ◽

Religious Traditions ◽

The Public ◽

The Government ◽

Call To Prayer ◽

At Home

Covid-19 or Corona pandemic, which has entered Indonesia since the last three months, has changed many of the religious behaviors of Indonesian people who are predominantly Muslim. Starting from praying in congregation at home, Friday prayers at home, Eid prayer at home, changing sentences on some words in the call to prayer to cancel the departure of the pilgrims. This has changed the religious traditions and religious behavior of the community in general. This study uses theoretical conceptions according to Peter L. Berger with the conception of social construction with three components, namely externalization, objectivation and internalization. This study uses a qualitative approach with the aim of uncovering a phenomenon of religious behavior that occurred in the community during the Covid-19. The conclusions in this research are, externally the community made social changes because of information related to the Covid-19 pandemic, both through a task force formed by the government, as well as news that circulated on television and social media. From that, people make objectivation by implicit behavior formation in response to government regulations and news circulating on social media. Internalization is carried out by the public by picking wisdom in every situation that occurs. Furthermore, from the socio-religious construction the perspective of Sufism during the pandemic resulted in patterns of religious behavior: patient, gratitude, tawakal and muhasabah Keywords: Covid-19, Social Construction, Tasawuf, Society

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Toward an improved risk/crisis communication in this time of COVID-19 pandemic: a baseline study for Philippine local government units

Journal of Science Communication ◽

10.22323/2.19070209 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 19 (07) ◽

pp. A09

Author(s):

Reymund Flores ◽

Xavier Venn Asuncion

Keyword(s):

Local Government ◽

Crisis Communication ◽

Structural Equation ◽

Online Survey ◽

Equation Modeling ◽

Communication Preferences ◽

Health Crisis ◽

Factors Affecting ◽

The Public ◽

The Government

This study mainly explores the communication preferences of the public; their level of trust in the government; and the factors affecting their risk/crisis perception amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. The key findings —derived from the data collected through an online survey and analysis using descriptive statistics, cross-tabulations, and Structural Equation Modeling (SEM), provide insights on how Local Government Units (LGUs) can improve their risk/crisis communication in this current health crisis. Among the key takeaways include the use of social media platforms, like Facebook, and native/local language for effective risk/crisis communication which may, consequently, foster trust building between the LGUs and the public.

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The Meaning of the Expansion of Administrative Court that Covers Factual Actions

Journal of Law and Legal Reform ◽

10.15294/jllr.v1i1.35417 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 1 (1) ◽

pp. 177-192

Author(s):

Fellista Ersyta Aji

Keyword(s):

Data Collection ◽

Qualitative Approach ◽

The State ◽

The Public ◽

Government Administration ◽

Research Material ◽

State Administration ◽

The Law ◽

The Government ◽

Administrative Justice

The Administrative Court and Law No. 5 of 1986 on State Administrative Justice have been provided facilities for the public to sue the government and ask to cancel the decision made by the government. Law No. 30 of 2014 on Government Administration has been stipulated that Government Administration Act more or less supersedes the provisions contained in the Law of the State administrative justice. Especially in this Law which attracts attention is the expansion of object disputes state Administration. The object of the state Administration dispute in this Act is different from its elements to the Law of the State administrative justice. One of these is a written stipulation that includes factual action. There is no explanation for the meaning of factual acts in this Administrative Administration Act. Therefore, further research is needed in this regard. This study aims to find out and understand the meaning of factual actions in Article 87 letter (a) of Law Number 30 of 2014. This study uses a qualitative approach to the type of research Normative Juridical. Data collection techniques are Library study is to collect data conducted by reading, quoting, recording and understanding various literature that have to do with research material. The object of the state Administration disputed in Law Number 5 of 1986 and its amendment has expanded on Law Number 30 Year 2014 on Government Administration. When the object of the dispute expands, it will affect the decision taken by the legal practitioner in this case is the state Administration judge.

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Corpus-based Comparative Study of Online News Reporting of the COVID-19 Outbreak in the Philippines and Malaysia

10.31235/osf.io/2rvsm ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Gio Eiron Villanueva

Keyword(s):

News Media ◽

Early Period ◽

The Philippines ◽

Online News ◽

Personal Hygiene ◽

Health Crisis ◽

News Reporting ◽

The Public ◽

News Reports ◽

The Government

When faced with new and threatening events like a global health crisis, the public tends to draw inferences from news media to make sense of the uncertainties of the situation. This study explores how online news media in the Philippines and Malaysia depicted the outbreak of COVID-19 during the early period of its spread. The study analyzes the discourse around the outbreak based on a large corpus of Facebook news posts between January and March 2020. Using a corpus-based approach called Keyness Analysis, salient themes & topics, and framings around the disease were identified and interpreted. The results show the differences in the reporting of the outbreak between the two countries. News reports in the Philippines depicted the disease in an enigmatic lens which explains the alarmist angle of news reports and the reassuring tone of the government, versus the war framing of Malaysian news that depicted the disease as an enemy to be fought and defeated. In reporting about the bid to contain the spread of the virus, Philippine news reports dealt mostly with the restrictions and regulations of movement while the Malaysian news covered more issues on personal hygiene and safety protocols. Lastly, concerns for Filipino seafarers and Overseas Filipino Workers (OFW) that needs to be repatriated was a recurring theme in Philippine news reports regarding COVID-19, while concerns for the economy was prominent in the Malaysian news reports. The study therefore shows that the depiction of COVID-19 in Malaysia and the Philippines are shaped by each country’s present social and political conditions.

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