Judul: Efektivitas komunikasi dalam sosialisasi kegiatan program Posdaya di desa binaan IPB
Abstrak: One of the programs which is implemented by LPPM IPB is program of Family Empowerment Post (Posdaya). The objectives of this research were 1) Learning the impacts of internal factors of communication effectiveness in socialization of Posdaya program activities, 2) Learning the impact of external factors of communication effectiveness in socialization of Posdaya program activities, 3) Learning the socialization process of Posdaya program activities, 4) Learning the communication effectiveness in socialization of Posdaya program activities, 5) Analyzing the relation between internal and external factors and socialization process of Posdaya program activities, 6) Analyzing the relation between internal and external factors and communication effectiveness in Posdaya program activities, 7) Analyzing the relation between socialization process and communication effectiveness in Posdaya program activities. This research was designed as survey research. Sample collection was conducted with random sampling, and the data were processed with descriptive statistics and analyzed with correlation technique of Tau Kendal. This research results showed among other things that most participants of Posdaya were old aged people, with primary and Junior High School education and had never followed training; the participants were fairly easy to access services in Posdaya program; Posdaya socialization process ocured in fairly efficient manner; and in general, communication in the process of Posdaya socialization process had been effective. Internal and external factors which are related with socialization process in health program were age, formal education and level of cosmopolitan features, whereas those in education program were aspects of formal education and level of cosmopolitan features. In economy program, such factors were aspects of age, formal education, non formal education, business, level of cosmopolitan features and facilities and infrastructure. Internal factors and external factors which are related with communication effectiveness existed only in health program, namely in the aspects of age. Socialization processes which were related with communication effectiveness in health program were communication media, credibility of human resources, and materials and facilities/infrastructure; whereas that in education program was education; and those in economy program were the aspects of method and communication media.
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Judul: Hubungan Intensitas Komunikasi Dengan Tingkat Keberhasilan Kinerja Kader Pos Pemberdayaan Keluarga
Abstrak: Posdaya merupakan salah satu program pemberdayaan Sumber Daya Manusia berbasis partisipatif dan swadaya masyarakat, oleh karena itu dibutuhkan aktivitas komunikasi yang tepat agar dapat melaksanakan fungsinya sesuai dengan kebutuhan masyarakat. Keberhasilan sebuah Posdaya tentunya didukung oleh berbagai faktor. Beberapa diantaranya yaitu dapat dinilai dari keberhasilan kinerja kader Posdaya dan intensitas komunikasi yang terjalin antar kader. Keberhasilan kinerja kader merupakan sebuah nilai yang memiliki kekuatan atau gerak di dalam kelompok, sehingga dapat menentukan perilaku kelompok dan anggotanya dalam pencapaian tujuan kelompok Posdaya, sedangkan intensitas komunikasi yang terjalin antar kader merupakan keadaan tingkatan atau ukuran yang menggambarkan seberapa sering suatu komunikasi antar kader terjadi serta daya konsentrasi yang terjalin dalam berkomunikasi. Metode yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah metode sensus dengan pendekatan kuantitatif yang didukung oleh data kualitatif. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengkaji hubungan intensitas komunikasi dengan tingkat keberhasilan kinerja kader Pos pemberdayaan keluarga di Posdaya Puspa Lestari. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa karakteristik responden terbukti memiliki hubungan yang positif dengan intensitas komunikasi pada dua indikator, yaitu: pendidikan non formal dan tingkat kekosmopolitan, dan memiliki hubungan yang positif dengan tingkat keberhasilan kinerja kader pada tiga indikator, yaitu: pendidikan non formal, pengalaman, dan tingkat kekosmopolitan. Begitupula, dengan intensitas komunikasi terbukti memiliki hubungan yang positif dengan tingkat keberhasilan kinerja dengan nilai signifikansi sebesar 0,01.
Keyword: Intensitas Komunikasi, Kinerja Kader Posdaya, Posdaya

Judul: Posisi Filogenetik Kura-Kura Carettochelys Insculpta  (Reptillia: Testudinata)
Abstrak: Carettochelys insculpta is an endemic freshwater turtle of southern Papua and northern Australia. Phylogenetic position of this turtle is remain unresolved until now. Most of the research conducted show close relationships of C. insculpta and members of Trionychidae family. However, some of the research show distance between C. insculpta and members of Trionychidae family. This research is conducted to analyze phylogenetic relationship between C. insculpta and other members of Testudinata using 12S rRNA, 16S rRNA, and both gene as markers. DNA samples were obtained from three different organisms of C. insculpta. Two species used as outgroups were Alligator mississippiensis and Iguana iguana. Phylogenetic analysis was carried out using Neighbor-Joining method with Felsenstein 1981 (F81) modeltest. A polytomy tree of Testudinata was produced by using 12S rRNA gene. However, analysis using 16S rRNA and both genes as markers confirmed that C. insculpta was located between the Chelonidae and the Trionychidae family.
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