Research Article
The Role Of Community Radio “Kelud Fm” As Media Of Education For Disaster Awareness
@INPROCEEDINGS{10.4108/eai.18-7-2019.2288569, author={Oktolina Simatupang}, title={The Role Of Community Radio “Kelud Fm” As Media Of Education For Disaster Awareness}, proceedings={Proceedings of The 2nd International Conference On Advance And Scientific Innovation, ICASI 2019, 18 July, Banda Aceh, Indonesia}, publisher={EAI}, proceedings_a={ICASI}, year={2019}, month={11}, keywords={community radio education disaster awareness media}, doi={10.4108/eai.18-7-2019.2288569} }- Oktolina Simatupang
Year: 2019
The Role Of Community Radio “Kelud Fm” As Media Of Education For Disaster Awareness
ICASI
EAI
DOI: 10.4108/eai.18-7-2019.2288569
Abstract
Mount Kelud on Kediri-East Java is one of 76 active volcanoes in Indonesia. On its eruption in 2007, information that was spread in the community about the condition of Mount Kelud was very confusing and made situation became chaos. This issue caused the process of evacuation became more difficult. In order to prevent the recurrence of similar conditions then some locals formed a community radio named Kelud FM. One of the goals of Kelud FM is to educate residents about disaster awareness. This study used descriptive method with qualitative approach. Data was collected by doing depth-interview for some informants to know the role of Community Radio “Kelud FM” as media of education for disaster awareness. Data is analyzed based on Miles and Huberman framework. The result shows Kelud FM educates people by any products it has such as public service advertisement, special talk show (Sambang Warga) and drama on radio. This fact shows that Kelud FM has an important role and beneficial as a media for disaster awareness education for its audience especially for people of Sugihwaras village.
