Vol 5 No 1 (2023): Oratio Directa
This issue brings together theoretical and empirical discussions on media studies, popular culture, social identity, ideological resilience, artificial intelligence, and public relations. The articles reconsider the development of media studies from agenda setting and social construction to representation and consensus formation (Mudjiyanto et al., 2023), analyze representations of hope in BTS?s Permission to Dance music video through Roland Barthes? semiotics (Sudarmika et al., 2023), examine the reconstruction of self-concept among former prisoners returning to society (Hutapea, 2023), investigate university students? perceptions of national ideological resilience in confronting global capitalism (Babys & Prayitno, 2023), discuss the relationship between artificial intelligence, human beings, and religious activities (Faisyal, 2023), and explore public relations activities aimed at maintaining harmonious relationships among residents of Sunter Parkview Apartment (Banu & Sukmaranti, 2023).