Judul: Persepsi Khalayak Terhadap Program Acara Televisi Reality show JIKA AKU MENJADI di TRANS TV (Kasus : Mahasiswa Institut Pertanian Bogor, Departemen Sains Komunikasi dan Pengembangan Masyarakat Peserta Mata Kuliah Psikologi Sosial Angkatan 2006, 2007, dan 2008)
Abstrak: The effectiveness of a television program such as reality show program, “Jika Aku Menjadi” which is broadcast by Trans TV, can be known from the public perception about the program. The objectives of this research are: (1) to determine the exposure level of JAM program; (2) to assess public perception about JAM program and to identify the packaging criteria that determine public perception about JAM program; and (3) to analyze the factors associated with the public perception of JAM program. This research has been conducted by using quantitative and qualitative method at Trans TV and Bogor Agricultural University (BAU) campus on May – June 2010. The respondents involved in this research were about 76 people from the total population who were selected through stratified random sampling. The data have been analyzed by using Chi Square test and Spearman Rank Correlation, supported by SPSS Program for Windows version 17.0. The results of this research show that the exposure level of JAM Program to its audience is low due to the low frequency of watching among respondents. In addition to this fact, the public perception of JAM program on Trans TV, is less well assessed based on this research. The story content revealed as the most decisive perception criteria of broadcasting program on the television. The intrinsik and extrinsic factors of audience, have no tangible connection with the perception formation process of JAM program. In the other hand, the exposure of JAM program is known to has a significant correlation with the perception of JAM program.
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Judul: Persepsi Khalayak Penonton terhadap Tayangan Talk show “Ini Talkshow” NET TV di Desa Urban
Abstrak: Komunikasi massa sangat berperan penting dalam kehidupan sehari-hari karena komunikasi massa sebagai informasi bagi masyarakat. Televisi mempunyai kemampuan untuk menyampaikan informasi-informasi terkini secara cepat, tepat dan serentak di seluruh penjuru dunia. Program talk show sendiri dijadikan sebagai program televisi untuk menarik perhatian para khalayak dengan dikemas dalam bentuk formal maupun menghibur dengan mengikuti tren masa kini. Hal ini menimbulkan persepsi khalayak di desa urban terutama desa yang berdekatan dengan kotamadya yang terus meningkat karena pendatang dari luar kota. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui karakteristik khalayak dengan persepsi khalayak dan mengetahui hubungan keterdedahan dengan persepsi khalayak. Penelitian ini menggunakan metode pendekatan kuantitatif yang didukung dengan data kualitatif. Hasil penelitian menunjukan persepsi khalayak pada program “Ini Talkshow” termasuk kategori puas. Karakteristik khalayak tidak memiliki hubungan nyata dengan persepsi khalayak. Keterdedahan khalayak memiliki hubungan nyata dengan persepsi masyarakat dengan hasil semakin tinggi frekuensi menonton maka nilai informasi dan daya tarik tayangan “Ini Talkshow” semakin tinggi., Mass communication play an important role in everyday life because the mass communication as information for the community. Television have the ability to deliver the latest information quickly, precisely and simultaneously throughout the world. The talk show program itself is used as a television program to attract the attention of the audience by created in the form of formal and entertaining by following the trends of the present. This raises the perception of audiences in urban villages, especially villages adjacent to municipalities, which continue to increase due to migrants from outside the city. This study aims to determine the characteristics of society with public perception and determine the relationship between exposure and perception public. This study uses a quantitative approach that is supported by qualitative data. The results showed that the public's perception of the "Ini Talkshow" program was the satisfied category. The characteristics of the community do not have a real relationship with the audience's perception. The exposure of the audience has a real relationship with public perception with the result that the higher the frequency of viewing, the higher the information value and attractiveness of the “Ini Talkshow”.
Keyword: perception, talkshow, urban village

Judul: Karakteristik Anatomi Skelet Kepala Buaya senyulong (Tomistoma schlegelii).
Abstrak: Buaya sepit atau senyulong (Tomistoma schlegelii) merupakan jenis buaya asli Indonesia yang berhabitat di sungai-sungai Sumatera, Kalimantan, dan juga pedalaman Sulawesi. Salah satu ciri khas buaya senyulong adalah bentuk moncong yang runcing dan sempit, namun hingga saat ini informasi mengenai struktur skelet kepala buaya senyulong sangat terbatas. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mempelajari karakteristik anatomi skelet kepala buaya senyulong yang dikatikan dengan fungsi dan perilakunya. Penelitian dilakukan secara eksploratif dengan melakukan pengamatan, pencatatan, dan pengambilan gambar dari skelet kepala buaya senyulong. Skelet kepala berukuran panjang 70 cm, lebar 29 cm, dan tingggi 17 cm dengan permukaan kasar pada os nasale, os frontale, os maxilla, os mandibula, os lacrimale, os jugale. Jumlah gigi pada buaya ini sebanyak 78 buah, terdiri dari 4 buah gigi premaxila, 16 buah gigi maxila, dan 19 buah gigi mandibula. Pada regio orbitalis ditemukan dua pasang fenestrae temporales yang berkembang baik. Fenestra supratemporale merupakan lubang oval yang membentang di sepanjang os parietale. Fenestra infratemporale berbentuk segitiga dan dibatasi oleh os squamosum, os postorbitale, os jugulare, dan os quadratum. Os mandibula hewan ini mempunyai symphysis mandibularis yang panjang yaitu garis yang melintang di corpus mandibulae. Secara fungsional ukuran symphysis mandibularis berkaitan dengan adaptasi hewan terhadap diet makan.
Keyword: kepala, moncong, Tomistoma schlegelii