Judul: Dinamika Komunikasi dalam Pengambilan Kebijakan Pengembangan Pemuda (Studi Kasus pada Kebijakan Pelatihan Kepemimpinan dan Manajemen Organisasian di KNPI Provinsi Banten)
Abstrak: National Committee for Indonesian Youth in Banten Province (KNPI Banten) is a potential organization in developing and empowering local youth. Supports from 50 Local Youth Organization and 8 KNPI regencies enabling KNPI to contribute positively to the local youth. Communication Organization aspect very determines the policy making process and the dynamics of internal organization, therefore the main issue from this research was to explain the communication process in KNPI in Banten Province, especially in organizing the desire from the organization members in the policy making process. This research aimed to describe and constructivis the scientific facts that related with the communication dynamics that happened in KNPI in Banten Province, and the final outputs from this research were expected to contribute scientifically for the communication science development especially in the field of communication organization. Contructism paradigm was used to reveal the policy making process and used to analyze barrier, pressure, and contradiction that occurred. This research was designed qualitatively with case study method, was conducted over three months and had taken place in KNPI in Banten Province. The informants were selected by using snowball method. The result described that the most frequent communication pattern used were Informal Participative Communication Pattern, interpersonal, transactional and circular. Whereas the communication climate that affected the policy making were the system and adopted organizational norm. The most dominant internal factor that affected the policy is the leadership factor and ideology, meanwhile the external factor that affected the policy is local political factor, where the government needs an institutional support and in the other hand KNPI had to keep their independency in political discourse.
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Judul: The Relationship between Communication Networks and Motivation to Take Education and Ease of Getting a Job (Case: Gerakan Budiraja Kreatif Group, Sirnabaya Village, Gunungjati District, Cirebon Regency, West Java Province)
Abstrak: Pemuda merupakan aktor krusial dalam pembangunan. Alat untuk mengukur kemajuan pemuda adalah IPP. Nilai IPP Indonesia khususnya di Jawa Barat masih tergolong rendah sehingga perlu upaya lebih untuk meningkatkan kualitas pemuda melalui kelompok pemuda yang aktif dalam kegiatan positif. Pada sebuah kelompok, terdapat hubungan antaraktor yang membentuk sebuah jaringan komunikasi. Jaringan komunikasi yang baik dalam kelompok pemuda diharapkan dapat mendorong perubahan positif. Oleh karena itu, tujuan utama skripsi ini adalah untuk menganalisis peranan jaringan komunikasi dalam pembangunan kepemudaan. Penelitian ini menggunakan metode sensus kepada 80 responden dengan pendekatan kuantitatif serta menggunakan software UCINET VI. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa karakteristik pemuda tidak berhubungan dengan jaringan komunikasi. Korelasi terdapat pada frekuensi konflik antarkelompok pemuda dengan sentralitas kedekatan dan kedudukan dalam kelompok dengan sentralitas tingkatan dan kedekatan. Jaringan komunikasi berperan penting dalam pembangunan kepemudaan khususnya dalam meningkatkan motivasi menempuh pendidikan dan kemudahan memperoleh pekerjaan., Youth is a crucial actor in development. The tool for measuring youth progress is the IPP. Indonesia's IPP score, especially in West Java, is still relatively low, so more effort is needed to improve the quality of youth through active youth groups in positive activities. In a group, there are relationships between actors that form a communication network. Good communication networks within youth groups are expected to encourage positive change. Therefore, the main objective of this thesis is to analyze the role of communication networks in youth development. This study used the census method to 80 respondents with a quantitative approach and used the UCINET VI software. The results of the study show that youth characteristics are not related to communication networks. There is a correlation between the frequency of conflicts between youth groups with the centrality of closeness and position in the group with the centrality of degree and closeness. Communication networks play an important role in youth development, especially in increasing motivation to pursue education and ease of getting a job.
Keyword: communication network, development, education, employment, youth

Judul: Macroalgae development as feeding stimulants for the adult sea urchin (Tripneustes gratilla Linnaeus 1758)
Abstrak: Development of artificial feed for somatic growth and gonad quality is one of the focus of research on sea urchin aquaculture activities. Palatability is important factor when developing artificial feed for aquaculture diets. This study investigated the effects of macroalgae (Sargassum polycystum, Gracilaria lichenoides, and Ulva reticulata) as feeding stimulants to artificial diets consumption and gonad profile for the adult sea urchin Tripneustes gratilla, by three feeding trials. Previously starved T. gratilla were held in replicated (3X) 50 L aquaria with recirculation water system (in the first feeding trial) and flow through water system (in the second and third feeding trial). In the first feeding trial, preference of T. gratilla for dried macroalgae was assessed in choice feeding experiment. T. gratilla displayed significant preference for the agar containing dried U. reticulata at 20% agar weight over nine other diets treatment when they were offered simultaneously. Total protein, energy and the ratio of protein to energy in the dried macroalgae had no correlation on agar consumption by T. gratilla. Three artificial diets were made by incorporating one of each of these dried macroalgae at 5% feed weight used in the second feeding trial. Although no significant difference in artificial diets containing dried macroalgae, urchins fed diets containing dried macroalgae consumed more than basal diet when they were offered as single diet. These results indicate that dried macroalgae added to the artificial diets act as feeding stimulants and increasing the acceptability of artificial sea urchin diets. The third feeding trial used dried U. reticulata as feeding stimulant to artificial diet. Data suggest that artificial diet containing 10% dried U. reticulata boosting feed consumption and significantly increasing nutrient accumulation, gonad index, egg diameter and fix gonad color.
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