Corruption And Discourse Renewal in the Ministry of Agriculture: A Study of Crisis Communications

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10.2991/iccsr-18.2018.46How to use a DOI?

Keywords

crisis communication; corruption; discourse of renewal theory

Abstract

The organizational ability to learn from the crisis and explore the opportunities that still exist is a positive step that can improve the credibility of the organization in the eyes of stakeholders and the community. This study attempts to use a new approach in assessing crisis communications conducted by the Ministry of Agriculture. During this time, research on communication crisis in Indonesia majority use theory of Image Restoration or Situational Crisis Communication Theory. Therefore, researchers try to use the Discourse of Renewal from Seeger, Ulmer and Sellnow to analyze communication messages issued by the Ministry of Agriculture related to corruption cases. The data used comes from the news in online media during the leadership of the Minister of Agriculture Andi Amran Sulaiman. The messages are examined using the theoretical framework of the renewal discourse that emphasizes provisional communication, prospective, optimistic communication and leader-based communication. This article is part of the ongoing research process.

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© 2018, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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