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The Meaning Construction Of Poverty And Communication Behavior Of Poor Women In Bandung City, West Java, Indonesia

Description:

The research aims to find out the meaning construction of poverty based on what the Poor Women have experienced by themselves and communication behavior of the Poor Women with their neighborhood, and to find out the meaning of each neighborhood of the Poor Women in Bandung city. The research uses the phenomenological paradigm. The data were obtained by using direct observation and in-depth interview to fifteen informants.The result shows that the poverty experienced by the Poor Women is significantly defined as the most unpleasant life condition that tends to be negative in which they feel to live in restlessness, discomfort and insecurity in economic condition that causes the informants have responsibility to work and often makes them forget to socialize. Furthermore, the communication behavior of the Poor Women with their whole neighborhood varies from very often to very less intensity whether in face-to-face communication or via the media using the communication tool like mobile phone. And last, the neighborhood of the Poor Women including the family, neighbors, employers and friends is defined for the whole as something important and meaningful, something exist but feels not exist, and something usual.

Author:

  1. Fajarina

Source:

International Conference on Recent Innovation 2018[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]