The Meaning Construction of Poverty and Communication Behavior of Poor Women in Bandung City, West Java, Indonesia

Fajarina, Bugi Satrio Adiwibowo, Halomoan Harahap, Dani Vardiansyah

2018

Abstract

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 withfifteen 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 to havea 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 a 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.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Fajarina., Adiwibowo B., Harahap H. and Vardiansyah D. (2018). The Meaning Construction of Poverty and Communication Behavior of Poor Women in Bandung City, West Java, Indonesia.In Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Recent Innovations - Volume 1: ICRI, ISBN 978-989-758-458-9, pages 2592-2598. DOI: 10.5220/0009948925922598

in Bibtex Style

@conference{icri18,
author={Fajarina and Bugi Satrio Adiwibowo and Halomoan Harahap and Dani Vardiansyah},
title={The Meaning Construction of Poverty and Communication Behavior of Poor Women in Bandung City, West Java, Indonesia},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Recent Innovations - Volume 1: ICRI,},
year={2018},
pages={2592-2598},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0009948925922598},
isbn={978-989-758-458-9},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Recent Innovations - Volume 1: ICRI,
TI - The Meaning Construction of Poverty and Communication Behavior of Poor Women in Bandung City, West Java, Indonesia
SN - 978-989-758-458-9
AU - Fajarina.
AU - Adiwibowo B.
AU - Harahap H.
AU - Vardiansyah D.
PY - 2018
SP - 2592
EP - 2598
DO - 10.5220/0009948925922598