REPRESENTASI INDONESIA TIMUR DALAM PROGRAM TELEVISI KOMEDI (Analisisis Semiotika Program Main Hakim Sendiri Episode 107 dan 160)
Ahmad Alfath Akbar, Budi Irawanto, M.A., Ph.D.
2025 | Tesis | S2 Ilmu Komunikasi
The mass media is a place where diverse identities, ethnicities, races, and minority groups can be introduced. One of the minority groups in Indonesia is the group originating from eastern Indonesia. Eastern Indonesia often receives unfair treatment in its portrayal in the mass media, including television. The mass media is often used to describe and construct something in the form of television programs. The representation provided by television refers to how individuals, groups, and even social phenomena are described and represented. This representation is not neutral; it involves social constructs that are influenced by ideological, cultural, and economic forces. Eastern Indonesia is still depicted according to negative stereotypes and dominant elements that are widespread in society. This research aims to determine the representation of eastern Indonesia in the comedy television program Main Hakim Sendiri. This research uses Stuart Hall's representation approach theory and Arthur A. Berger's humor technique. This is qualitative research using John Fiske's Television Codes Semiotic Analysis approach. Documentation and transcripts will complement the data collection methods used. The researcher selected two episodes as the research objects.
Using John Fiske's three levels of television codes, namely the level of reality, the level of representation, and the level of ideology, the researcher conducted a reading of signs which were then linked to representations of Eastern Indonesia. The researcher found several depictions of Eastern Indonesia that were presented using humorous techniques. Comedy television programs still use stereotypes that are widespread among the public to elicit laughter. The representations shown are constructionist in approach. The researcher also found that the representation of Eastern Indonesian is depicted by several parties within the program, such as the creative team, actors, guest stars from Eastern Indonesia, and there are also efforts to resist the stereotypes that are shown.
Kata Kunci : representasi, program televisi komedi, semiotika, Indonesia timur