Vol 4 No 2 (2022): Oratio Directa
This issue examines contemporary communication phenomena involving global cultural events, digital literacy, public health, personal branding, media political economy, and media adaptation. The articles explore the construction of universal brotherhood in the official theme of the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar through Roland Barthes? semiotics (Elu, 2022), media literacy and hate speech within the liberalized environment of social media (Hutapea et al., 2022), perceptions of health-protocol communication among visitors to the Cikarang Wholesale Center Market during the COVID-19 pandemic (Sanjaya et al., 2022), Kiara Leswara?s use of Make-Up Therapy content to construct personal branding as a beauty influencer (Sukmaranti et al., 2022), the tension between media independence and business interests within the political economy of media (Mudjiyanto et al., 2022), and the management strategies adopted by Media Indonesia to maintain the existence of its printed newspaper in the digital era (Supriatin & Babys, 2022).