Analisis Kebijakan Pembatasan Sosial Berskala Besar (PSBB) dalam Penanggulangan dan Pencegahan COVID-19 di Kota Depok

Latar Belakang. COVID-19 masuk di Indonesia pertama kali di Kota Depok, pada tanggal 2 Maret 2020. Penyebaran masif mengharuskan negara-negara terindikasi memberlakukan kebijakan ketat. Kebijakan yang diberlakukan Indonesia adalah Pembatasan Sosial Berskala Besar (PSBB). Dinyatakan sebagai zona merah, Kota Depok melalui Keputusan Gubernur Jawa Barat No.443/Kep.221-Hukham/2020 menetapkan pemberlakuan PSBB dimulai tanggal 15 April 2020.Tujuan. untuk mengindentifikasi dan menganalisa pelaksanaan kebijakan PSBB di Kota Depok serta merumuskan rekomendasi strategis kebijakan pelaksanaan PSBB Metode.Menggunakan media content analysis sebagai metode pengumpulan data kebijakan PSBB di Kota Depok, kemudianmenganalisisnya menggunakan pendekatan segitiga kebijakan dan teknik analisis SWOTHasil. Terdapat 23 Kebijakan Pemerintah Kota dalam menanggulangi COVID-19 di Kota Depok. enam Diantaranya terkait pelaksanaan PSBB dan duaperaturan terkait sanksi bagi pelanggar PSBB. PSBB diaplikasikan dalam empat tahapan perpanjangan dan satu tahap lanjutan menuju PSBB Proporsional.Kesimpulan. Tahap perpanjangan Kebijakan PSBB berhasil mengubah status Kota Depok menjadi zona kuning dengan nilai Rt = 0,54 pada tanggal 8 Juni 2020 sehingga siap melaksanakan PSBB Proporsional.ABSTRACTBackground. COVID-19 entered Indonesia first in Depok City on 2ndMarch 2020. Massive spread requires infected countries to enact strict policies. The policy chosen by Indonesia is a Large-Scale Social Restrictions Policy (PSBB). Declared as a red zone, Depok City, through the West Java Governor Decree No.443/2020, stipulates the implementation of PSBB on 15th April 2020. Objective. to identify and analyze the implementation of PSBB policies in Depok City and formulate strategic recommendations for PSBB implementation policiesMethod.The method used media content analysis to collect PSBB policy data in Depok City, then analyzing it using a policy triangle approach and SWOT analysis techniques.Results.There are 23 Local Government Policies to tackle COVID-19 in Depok City. Six of them implemented the PSBB and two regulations relating to the sanction for PSBB violators. The PSBB was applied in 4 stages of extension and 1 stage to continue the Proportional PSBB.Conclusion.The extension stages of PSBB policy have successfully changed to be the yellow zone with Rt = 0,54 on 8th June 2020. Therefore, Depok City is ready to implement Proportional PSBB.

Public discourses and Engagement on Governance of Covid-19 in Ekiti State, Nigeria

Numerous studies have emerged so far on Covid-19 (SARS-CoV-2) across different disciplines. There is virtually no facet of human experience and relationships that have not been studied. In Nigeria, these studies include knowledge and attitude, risk perception, public perception of Covid-19 management, e-learning, palliatives, precautionary behaviours etc.,, Studies have also been carried out on public framing of Covid-19 discourses in Nigeria; these have explored both offline and online messaging and issues from the perspectives of citizens towards government’s policy responses such as palliative distributions, social distancing and lockdown. The investigators of these thematic concerns deployed different methodological tools in their studies. These tools include policy evaluations, content analysis, sentiment analysis, discourse analysis, survey questionnaires, focus group discussions, in depth-interviews as well as machine learning., These studies nearly always focus on the national government policy response, with little or no focus on the constituent states. In many of the studies, the researchers work with newspaper articles for analysis of public opinions while others use social media generated contents such as tweets) as sources for analysis of sentiments and opinions. Although there are others who rely on the use of survey questionnaires and other tools outlined above; the limitations of these approaches necessitated the research plan adopted by this study. Most of the social media users in Nigeria are domiciled in cities and their demography comprises the middle class (socio-economic) who are more likely to be literate with access to internet technologies. Hence, the opinions of a majority of the population who are most likely rural dwellers with limited access to internet technologies are very often excluded. This is not in any way to disparage social media content analysis findings; because the opinions expressed by opinion leaders usually represent the larger subset of opinions prevalent in the society. Analysing public perception using questionnaires is also fraught with its challenges, as well as reliance on newspaper articles. A lot of the newspapers and news media organisations in Nigeria are politically hinged; some of them have active politicians and their associates as their proprietors. Getting unbiased opinions from these sources might be difficult. The news articles are also most likely to reflect and amplify official positions through press releases and interviews which usually privilege elite actors. These gaps motivated this collaboration between Ekiti State Government and the African Leadership Centre at King’s College London to embark on research that will primarily assess public perceptions of government leadership response to Covid-19 in Ekiti State. The timeframe of the study covers the first phase of the pandemic in Ekiti State (March/April to August 2020).

A reflection on participatory research methodologies in the light of the COVID-19 – lessons learnt from the European Research Project TRIPS

The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak has had considerable impacts on research projects, particularly those adopting participatory approaches. This paper reflects on the methodological adaptations employed by the European research project TRIPS to facilitate co-design and open innovation practices towards the development of accessible mobility solutions. The article reports how the methods were adapted to facilitate participatory research with almost no physical meetings. In doing so, the paper presents the alternative ‘distanced-based’ participatory approaches employed to engage users with disabilities and institutional stakeholders in the transport ecosystem, like online workshops, social media content analysis, online surveys and peer-to-peer telephone interviews. Lessons learnt and practical guidelines for distance-based participatory research are presented and discussed with the aim of increasing resilience in the light of future changes.

Digital communication and Ramadan at the time of COVID-19

COVID-19 has presented both a health and an information risk with the viral spread of sometimes partial, false or erroneous news. In the Arab region, the media spheres have been saturated with information regarding coronavirus news. From social and traditional media, Arab audiences have been bombarded with a plethora of information, some of which was confusing and contradictory. As coronavirus sweeps across the world, many questions have been raised about the possibility of practicing the rites of the month of Ramadan and to observe fasting by Muslims. With the multiplication of the responses from medical staff, doctors of the law and political representatives, COVID-19 has simultaneously become a health, religious, political and ethical problem for the Muslim world. The premise elaborated so far calls for an in-depth research on the return of news on the official Facebook pages of three online magazines during the coronavirus emergency. The research carries out a qualitative media content analysis of all the news published by three digital ethnic newspapers: The Muslim News (United Kingdom), the Saphir News (France) and the Daily Muslim (Italy). The magazines have undertaken to stem the spread of fake news by offering users data and updates on COVID-19, proposing themselves as authoritative voices and reliable sources of information. Ramadan turns out to be a very central element in the three magazines in different measures, since it is an issue that becomes more and more urgent for the Muslim community as the weeks go by. The centrality of the religious element in the information flows is in line with the centrality of Islam in the individual and community life of the faithful. The health and religious emergency were narrated together providing updates on the daily measures to be put in place. Individuals have been called to face the health emergency stimulated by their sense of responsibility towards others also through religious principles. Social media have played an important role from religious, cultural and social points of view in one of the most important moments of the year for the Islamic community.

'I want to buy my own block of land': Representation of urban settlement communities in Papua New Guinea

Urban settlements are home to around half the urban population of Papua New Guinea. Since the end of the Second World War, PNG towns and cities have experienced significant growth of urban settlements. Urban dwellings were established on customary and untransformed state lands. With limited support for services from government, informal settlements in the urban landscape have often been perceived from the perspective of their deficiencies. However, residents of urban settlement communities play an important role in urban economies. The purpose of this article is to critically review perceptions of settlements and issues affecting settlement communities in PNG, both in the mainstream media and from within settlement communities. The authors first present a media content analysis of reporting on settlement communities on PNG’s main online media sites. Second, they examine urban market vendors’ personal experiences of the challenges and solutions of living in Kamkumung Settlement in Lae. Drawing on storytelling and photovoice workshops with market vendors at Awagasi market, they argue for the need for media actively to include the voices of settlement residents. The article suggests that, by better understanding the context and personal experience of residents, journalists and the media could make a stronger contribution to sustainable development and urban planning in PNG.

Clergy-Perpetrated Sexual Abuse in Ghana: A Media Content Analysis of Survivors, Offenders, and Offence Characteristics

While there are no official data and published studies on clergy-perpetrated sexual abuse (CPSA) from Ghana, local media reports continue to show worrying trends of the phenomenon. We drew on 73 media reports from January 2000 to March 2019, to describe the offence characteristics and profiles of the perpetrators and survivors of CPSA in Ghana. The findings showed females aged 10–19 as predominant survivors. The perpetrators were all males found guilty of lone rape, incest, defilement, indecent assault, sodomy, attempted rape, or gang rape. A preventive measure could involve streamlining the recruitment, training, and leadership structures of the church.

Ultra-Right Radicalization: a Method of Automated Threat Detection with the Use of Web Mining

The paper provides a brief review of current trends in studying ultra-right radicalization risks both in Russia and globally. Since the scientific interpretations in studying the notion of radicalization are differentiated, the authors prefer the following one: the ultra-rightists represent communities and movements that accept the idea that violence is necessary to achieve any goal (political, ideological, economic, social or personal). The ultra-rightists justify and promote this idea, expressing their willingness to act violently. They also make a moral commitment to defend those who promote the idea. The authors present the results of the work of the TPU’s cross-subject project team to create a prototype and a method for automated detection of ultra-rightists’ threats in social media. The paper describes the main challenges the researches face when applying smart social media content analysis as a tool for automating social science research.

Twitter, Telepractice, and the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Social Media Content Analysis

Purpose Telepractice was extensively utilized during the COVID-19 pandemic. Little is known about issues experienced during the wide-scale rollout of a service delivery model that was novel to many. Social media research is a way to unobtrusively analyze public communication, including during a health crisis. We investigated the characteristics of tweets about telepractice through the lens of an established health technology implementation framework. Results can help guide efforts to support and sustain telehealth beyond the pandemic context. Method We retrieved a historical Twitter data set containing tweets about telepractice from the early months of the pandemic. Tweets were analyzed using a concurrent mixed-methods content analysis design informed by the nonadoption, abandonment, scale-up, spread, and sustainability (NASSS) framework. Results Approximately 2,200 Twitter posts were retrieved, and 820 original tweets were analyzed qualitatively. Volume of tweets about telepractice increased in the early months of the pandemic. The largest group of Twitter users tweeting about telepractice was a group of clinical professionals. Tweet content reflected many, but not all, domains of the NASSS framework. Conclusions Twitter posting about telepractice increased during the pandemic. Although many tweets represented topics expected in technology implementation, some represented phenomena were potentially unique to speech-language pathology. Certain technology implementation topics, notably sustainability, were not found in the data. Implications for future telepractice implementation and further research are discussed.