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: Hydroxyapatite-Chitosan Composite Coating on Stainless Steel 316 to Improve Corrosion Resistance
Abstrak: Metals that were used in bone implantation should have good corrosion resistance that were not easily corroded when implanted into the body. Metal corrosion resistance of stainless steel 316 can be enhanced through the metal coating by hydroxyapatite-chitosan composite with composition ratio of hydroxyapatite (gram) and chitosan 3% (mL) 0.2:0, 0.2:0.1, 0.2:0.5, 0.2:1.0, and 0.2:1.5. Besides improving the corrosion resistance of metal, the presence of chitosan also maintain the position of hydroxyapatite on metal surfaces. Corrosion resistance increases with increasing amount of chitosan added and the best composition of hydroxyapatite-chitosan composite was 0.2:1.0.
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