Participatory communication strategies for poverty alleviation in remote indigenous communities

  • Muniruddin UIN Sumatera Utara
  • Zul Hajji UIN Sumatera Utara
  • Rahmad A. Lauli University of Exeter
Abstract views: 99 , PDF downloads: 48
Keywords: communication strategy, remote indigenous communities, social welfare

Abstract

This study investigates the poverty alleviation approach employed by social services in Medan and the influence of remote indigenous community projects. Poverty results in several social and economic issues, underscoring the importance of identifying and implementing effective strategies to alleviate these challenges. This study investigates the impact of moral communication and social support on poverty reduction. It assesses the effectiveness of social support for communities using integrated data on prosperous families (in Bahasa called DTKS). The study employed a descriptive qualitative research methodology. The researchers obtained data by conducting interviews, observations, and analysing documents. Social services employ Islamic communication strategies to address poverty, encompassing various forms of social assistance. Only localities with integrated data on prosperous families can receive this funding. Social services employ this approach to diminish poverty and empower the community. For isolated indigenous tribes, social services extend beyond Islamic communication to implement policies that provide practical vocational training programmes that promote work integration and technical oversight. This study examines the utilisation of Islamic communication and social agencies' assistance to combat poverty. It also provides guidance for policies and activities specifically targeted towards indigenous communities. These discoveries can provide valuable insights for shaping future social service practices and regulations.

References

Abdulai, M., Ibrahim, H., & Latif Anas, A. (2023). The Role of Indigenous Communication Systems for Rural Development in the Tolon District of Ghana. Research in Globalization, 6, 100128. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resglo.2023.100128
Akbar, A., Flacke, J., Martinez, J., & van Maarseveen, M. F. A. M. (2020). Participatory planning practice in rural Indonesia: A sustainable development goals-based evaluation. Community Development, 51(3), 243–260.
Alfikri, M. (2023). Communicating development innovation in North Sumatra via group communication. Jurnal Studi Komunikasi, 7(2), 625–636. https://doi.org/10.25139/jsk.v7i2.6692
Allawi, A. H., & Al-Jazaeri, H. M. J. (2023). A new approach towards the sustainability of urban-rural integration: The development strategy for central villages in the Abbasiya District of Iraq using GIS techniques. Regional Sustainability, 4(1), 28–43. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.regsus.2023.02.004
Awad, A. (2023). Information and communication technologies role in alleviating poverty in Sub‐Saharan Africa: Impacts and transmission channels. Sustainable Development, 31(2), 1149–1165. https://doi.org/10.1002/sd.2447
Azhari, F., Lahmuddin, & Ritonga, H. J. (2023). The role of religious communication in North Sumatra’s governmental institutions. Jurnal Studi Komunikasi, 7(3), 962–976. https://doi.org/10.25139/jsk.v7i3.7407
Bandyopadhyay, S., & Younas, J. (2011). Poverty, political freedom, and the roots of terrorism in developing countries: An empirical assessment. Economics Letters. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econlet.2011.03.029
Briandana, R., Doktoralina, C. M., Hassan, S. A., & Hasan, W. N. W. (2020). Da’wah communication and social media: The interpretation of millennials in Southeast Asia. International Journal of Economics and Business Administration, 8(1), 216–226.
Bustos, M., Lau, L. L., Kirkpatrick, S. I., Dubin, J. A., Manguerra, H., & Dodd, W. (2023). Examining the Association Between Household Enrollment in the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) and Wasting and Stunting Status Among Children Experiencing Poverty in the Philippines: A Cross-Sectional Study. Asia Pacific Journal of Public Health, 35(6–7), 420–428. https://doi.org/10.1177/10105395231189570
Choirul Saleh, Ibad, S., Mindarty, L. I., & Hariyono, B. S. (2023). Public service innovation process of smart kampung program at Banyuwangi. Jurnal Studi Komunikasi, 7(1), 229–248. https://doi.org/10.25139/jsk.v7i1.5854
Choudrie, J., & Papazafeiropoulou, A. (2006). Lessons learnt from the broadband diffusion in South Korea and the UK: implications for future government intervention in technology diffusion. Electronic Government, an International Journal, 3(4), 373–385.
Dahiya, K., Taneja, S., & Özen, E. (2023). To Analyse the Impact of Multi-Media Technology on the Rural Entrepreneurship Development. In Contemporary Studies of Risks in Emerging Technology, Part A (pp. 221–240). Emerald Publishing Limited. https://doi.org/10.1108/978-1-80455-562-020231015
Denzin, N. (2016). Critical Qualitative Inquiry. Qualitative Inquiry. https://doi.org/10.1177/1077800416681864
Denzin, N., & Lincoln, Y. (2011). The Sage Handbook of Qualitative Research (fourth Edi). SAGE Publications, Inc; Fourth edition (April 27, 2011).
Dobbs, S., & Loh, K. S. (2023). The Origins of Urban Renewal in Singapore: A Transnational History. Journal of Urban History, 49(1), 60–84. https://doi.org/10.1177/0096144220985521
Dzator, J., Acheampong, A. O., Appiah-Otoo, I., & Dzator, M. (2023). Leveraging digital technology for development: Does ICT contribute to poverty reduction? Telecommunications Policy, 47(4), 102524. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.telpol.2023.102524
Elfriede, M., & Suryawan, D. A. (2023). Determinants of Poverty in North Sumatra in 2017-2021 using Panel Data Regression Analysis Method. Journal of Analytical Research, Statistics and Computation, 2(2).
Ferdous, J. (2023). Inequality and prosperity challenges in Bangladesh: experiences from Singapore. Southeast Asia: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 23(1), 70–79.
Forsyth, T. (2014). Public concerns about transboundary haze: A comparison of Indonesia, Singapore, and Malaysia. Global Environmental Change. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2014.01.013
Freeman, M. M., & David, O. O. (2022). Development Aid, Information and Communication Technology as Poverty Reduction Mechanisms in Zimbabwe. African Journal of Development Studies, 2022(si2), 101.
Gessese, N. B. (2020). Poverty-alleviation communication practices of the Jerusalem children and community development organization (JeCCDO) in negede woito community, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia. Palgrave Communications, 6(1), 1–9.
Gibson, J. (2023). Participatory culture’s role in advancing critical PR ideals through community placemaking for UK City of Culture 2021 (UKCoC) bids. Public Relations Review, 49(5), 102380. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pubrev.2023.102380
Gil de Zúñiga, H., Ardèvol-Abreu, A., & Casero-Ripollés, A. (2021). WhatsApp political discussion, conventional participation and activism: exploring direct, indirect and generational effects. Information, Communication & Society, 24(2), 201–218. https://doi.org/10.1080/1369118X.2019.1642933
Gómez-Carmona, O., Buján-Carballal, D., Casado-Mansilla, D., López-de-Ipiña, D., Cano-Benito, J., Cimmino, A., Poveda-Villalón, M., García-Castro, R., Almela-Miralles, J., Apostolidis, D., Drosou, A., Tzovaras, D., Wagner, M., Guadalupe-Rodriguez, M., Salinas, D., Esteller, D., Riera-Rovira, M., González, A., Clavijo-Ágreda, J., … Bujalkova, N. (2023). Mind the gap: The AURORAL ecosystem for the digital transformation of smart communities and rural areas. Technology in Society, 74, 102304. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.techsoc.2023.102304
Gu, R., Zhang, W., Chen, K., & Nie, F. (2023). Can information and communication technologies contribute to poverty reduction? Evidence from poor counties in China. Information Technology for Development, 29(1), 128–150. https://doi.org/10.1080/02681102.2022.2123772
Hidayat, E. (2020). Implementasi kebijakan dana desa untuk penanggulangan pandemi covid-19 di sampang. Soetomo Communication and Humanities, 1(3).
Hidayat, E., Susilo, D., & Anggoro, T. (2023). Strategi Komunikasi Tentara dalam Upaya Membantu Pengamanan Pilkades Serentak di Kabupaten Ciamis. Jurnal Komunikasi Profesional, 7(1), 121–133. https://doi.org/10.25139/jkp.v7i1.6056
Hidayat, E., Susilo, D., & Baihaqi, A. I. (2022). The practice of village branding and marginalisation in Mojokerto, Indonesia. Jurnal Studi Komunikasi (Indonesian Journal of Communications Studies), 6(3), 805–826. https://doi.org/10.25139/jsk.v6i3.5313
Hikichi, H., Aida, J., Matsuyama, Y., Tsuboya, T., Kondo, K., & Kawachi, I. (2018). Community-level social capital and cognitive decline after a natural disaster: A natural experiment from the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami. Social Science and Medicine. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2018.09.057
Ibita, M. M. S., & Ibita, M. M. S. (2023). 4 ‘He Has Filled the Hungry with Good Things’(Luke 1: 53). Religious Responses to Pandemics and Crises: Isolation, Survival, And# Covidchaos, 52.
Jenkins, H. (2013). Textual Poachers: Television Fans & Participatory Culture. Routledge.
Kataoka, M., & Darangina, A.-I. T. (2023). Imperial Manila syndrome in poverty reduction: a province-level spatial distribution analysis. Asia-Pacific Journal of Regional Science, 7(1), 1–28.
Kim, R. C. (2022). Rethinking corporate social responsibility under contemporary capitalism: Five ways to reinvent CSR. Business Ethics, the Environment & Responsibility, 31(2), 346–362. https://doi.org/10.1111/beer.12414
Larashati, S., Ridwansyah, I., Afandi, A. Y., & Novianti, R. (2020). Conservation efforts of ikan Batak (Tor spp. and Neolissochilus spp.) and its prospects to support ecotourism in Samosir Regency, North Sumatra Indonesia. IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science, 535(1), 12041.
Luo, G., Yang, Y., & Wang, L. (2023). Driving rural industry revitalization in the digital economy era: Exploring strategies and pathways in China. PLOS ONE, 18(9), e0292241. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0292241
Magno-Ballesteros, M., Ramos, T. P., & Ancheta, J. A. (2022). Measuring Housing Affordability in the Philippines. PIDS Discussion Paper Series.
Mindarti, L. I., Saleh, C., & Maskur, A. (2021). Domestic stakeholders’ aspirations for mou renewal on women migrant workers in Malaysia. Jurnal Studi Komunikasi, 5(2), 365–378. https://doi.org/10.25139/jsk.v5i2.3200
Mittal, S., Yabe, T., Arroyo Arroyo, F., & Ukkusuri, S. (2023). Linking Poverty-Based Inequalities with Transportation and Accessibility Using Mobility Data: A Case Study of Greater Maputo. Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, 2677(3), 668–682. https://doi.org/10.1177/03611981221116623
Nekoto, W., Marivate, V., Matsila, T., Fasubaa, T., Kolawole, T., Fagbohungbe, T., Akinola, S. O., Muhammad, S. H., Kabongo, S., & Osei, S. (2020). Participatory research for low-resourced machine translation: A case study in african languages. ArXiv Preprint ArXiv:2010.02353.
Neuman, W. L. (2014). The Meanings of Methodology. In Social Research Methods: Qualitative and Quantitative Approaches.
Newig, J., Jager, N. W., Challies, E., & Kochskämper, E. (2023). Does stakeholder participation improve environmental governance? Evidence from a meta-analysis of 305 case studies. Global Environmental Change, 82, 102705. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2023.102705
Nhon, H. T., Thong, B. Q., & Phuong, N. Van. (2018). The impact of intellectual capital dimensions on Vietnamese information communication technology firm performance: A mediation analysis of human and social capital. Academy of Strategic Management Journal.
Nugraheni, Y., & Widyaningrum, A. Y. (2019). Dinamika Sikap Warga atas Program CSR Bank Sampah Gunung Anyar Surabaya. Jurnal Studi Komunikasi (Indonesian Journal of Communications Studies). https://doi.org/10.25139/jsk.v3i1.1419
Owais, M., & Ali, J. (2023). Waqf management reform: A pathway to alleviate poverty within Muslim societies. Journal of Emerging Economies & Islamic Research, 11(1).
Poynton, C., & Lee, A. (2000). Culture & text : discourse and methodology in social research and cultural studies. Allen & Unwin.
Reviza Rachmawati, R., Juliani Purba, H., Sudaryanto, T., Erwidodo, Kristyantoadi Dermoredjo, S., & Riski Irawan, A. (2023). The dynamics of rural transformation, household income, and poverty reduction: Case study in North Sumatra, Indonesia. E3S Web of Conferences, 444, 03012. https://doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/202344403012
Roche, S., Otarra, C., Fell, I., Belle Torres, C., & Rees, S. (2023). Online sexual exploitation of children in the Philippines: A scoping review. Children and Youth Services Review, 148, 106861. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2023.106861
Rubawati, E. (2018). Media Baru: Tantangan dan Peluang Dakwah. Jurnal Studi Komunikasi, 2(1). https://doi.org/10.25139/jsk.v2i1.586
Safitri, L. U. E. (2021). Conflict management of Lake Toba halal tourism planning in the perspective of organisational communication. Jurnal Studi Komunikasi, 5(2), 349–364. https://doi.org/10.25139/jsk.v5i2.3573
Sanglay, G. G., & Abanto, R. G. (2024). Evaluating Poverty-Alleviating Programs in Asia: The Case of Self-Employment Assistance Kaunlaran Livelihood Program in the Philippines. International Journal of Research and Scientific Innovation, 11(1), 166–190.
Servaes, J. (2022). Communication for development and social change. In The Routledge handbook of nonprofit communication (pp. 23–31). Routledge.
Silaban, L. A., & Susiana. (2023). Analysis of Factors Influencing the Percentage of Poverty in North Sumatra Using Robust Linear Regression. Formosa Journal of Science and Technology, 2(2), 493–506. https://doi.org/10.55927/fjst.v2i2.2857
Susilo, D. (2022). Teori Komunikasi: Kajian Interdispliner dalam Kajian Publik dan Kajian Media. Indomedia Pustaka.
Susilo, D., Hidayat, E., & Marta, R. (2021). Village public innovations during COVID19 pandemic in rural areas: Phenomena in Madura, Indonesia. Cogent Social Sciences, 7(1), 1905919.
Swanson, E., Kim, S., Lee, S.-M., Yang, J.-J., & Lee, Y.-K. (2020). The effect of leader competencies on knowledge sharing and job performance: Social capital theory. Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Management, 42, 88–96. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhtm.2019.11.004
Tanko, M., Amfo, B., & Shafiwu, A. B. (2023). Social norms perspective of agriculture technology adoption and welfare in Ghana: Extending multinomial endogenous treatment effect model. Technology in Society, 74, 102324. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.techsoc.2023.102324
Waisbord, S. (2020). Family tree of theories, methodologies, and strategies in development communication. Handbook of Communication for Development and Social Change, 93–132.
Widyaningrum, A. Y., & Nugraheni, Y. (2019). Perempuan dan pemaknaan triple bottom line di kawasan mangrove surabaya. Jurnal Studi Komunikasi 3(3). https://doi.org/10.25139/jsk.v3i3.1588
Xu, N., & Li, C. (2023). Migration and Rural Sustainability: Relative Poverty Alleviation by Geographical Mobility in China. Sustainability, 15(7), 6248. https://doi.org/10.3390/su15076248
Zhao, L., & Rasoulinezhad, E. (2023). How has the coronavirus outbreak affected economic poverty in different Asian regions? The Singapore Economic Review, 68(04), 1091–1113
Published
2024-03-27
How to Cite
Muniruddin, Hajji, Z., & Lauli, R. A. (2024). Participatory communication strategies for poverty alleviation in remote indigenous communities. Jurnal Studi Komunikasi, 8(1), 021-031. https://doi.org/10.25139/jsk.v8i1.8053
Section
Articles