Vol. 7 No. 15 (2008)

Communication is used to both spread and develop science and technology. Communication technology can be used as a means of political propaganda, to change a concept, and move resources and an individual from one location to another. Some important values that we have to construct in communication are, among others, honesty (mutual trust) in determining a value system, in researching the cultural system of a community, in modifying information, and in spreading information. The obstacles in implementing a communication in Indonesia are that the Indonesian people have not yet had a blue print…

The strategic position of a nation may determine its existence in the world. The position depends on the ability of the nation to interact internationally. The interaction refers to the communication strategy as a transnational non-territorial actor that is dynamic, universal, and non-political substantive. In implementing the communication strategy, higher educations and the institutions of science and technology needs to optimize their competence as intelligence-based institutions to conduct interconnection presenting the synergy of intelligence to communicate science and technology for…

An ambiguous sentence is a sentence which has more than one possible meaning. In Bahasa Indonesia, an ambiguous sentence can be avoided by (1) putting the hyphen (-) within the phrase that is being referred to, (2) placing the word "“ in the ambiguous phrase "“ to which it is being referred to the front, (3) placing the word which is being referred to in the beginning of the sentence, (4) modifying or determining the ambiguous phrase, and (5) putting comma within the ambiguous phrase to determine the meaning

The scientific community faces many challenges, from the funding of scientific research to the public communication of science and technology. A better understanding of science and technology

The language used in the advertisements of both printed and electronic mass media is often unsuitable with the grammatical rules of Bahasa Indonesia. Due to the ineffective use of Bahasa Indonesia, the intended message conveyed is not accomplished. The facts show that the advertisements are expressed in simple, contextual, and familiar language to the targeted audience. This condition concerns many people. One of the reasons for the advertisements expressed in such a way is because applying the SPOK rule and effective sentences will result in long and unattractive wording. In every…

In most of the literatures up to the sixties, we could see how important the role of teachers was. For instance, it was told how a student would rush to take over his teacher

Land has a real important meaning and function. Customary communitie obtains the right to master deep soil meaning of exploiting land. Existence of this customary land generates various form of land tenure in customary communities In consequence boundary a plot of land and also regional become of vital importance. So do like in Bali, countryside pakraman is federation of customary law which still growing in Indonesia which the existence accompaniment with desa/kelurahan which is notched by goverment. Pakraman has various customary land types and the boundary object. With classification will…

Dalam masa globalisasi dan internet, informasi datang dari segala penjuru, gaya berkomunikasi pun telah berevolusi dengan melibatkan angka-angka sebagai penunjang argumentasi penyedia informasi untuk meyakinkan pembacanya. Masalah kemudian muncul ketika kebenaran yang dicoba untuk diwakili oleh angka tersebut bertemu dengan konsumen dengan berbagai jenis kualifikasi kepekaan terhadap informasi. Angka yang sejatinya bersifat eksak, menurut Blastland dan Dilnot, ketika menjadi agen informasi bisa menjadi tidak sepasti sifat aslinya. Kadang terkandung motif-motif politis atau marketing di dalam…