Vol. 20 No. 1 (2021)

This research is a study on halal consumer behavior, which consists of empirical results from various Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSME)s in Bandung, Indonesia. Data were collected from 161 muslim tourists who have experiences visiting Bandung, West Java, Indonesia, and consuming culinary products produced by MSMEs in the city. Simple linear regression method was applied to evaluate the relation between consumers’ attitude and purchase decisions. This research aims to provide deeper understanding on the effect of tourists’ attitude towards the halal label and purchase decision, seen…

Sustainable development goals are expected to be achieved by 2030. One of the goals of sustainable development is to build cities and settlements that are inclusive, safe, and resilient. Bandung as one of the cities with very rapid development growth during the last 10 years has experienced changes in land prices, which are also very fast. Land prices are proven to have a relationship with development in an area. The more complete public facilities, social facilities, and accesses in an area, the higher the price is. This study has determined the spatial pattern of land prices in Bandung…

This study on the interactional experience of people who have visual impairments or disabilities in using Go-jek and Grab Android applications employs usability testing using mixed approach. It is an explanatory sequential design research; quantitative data were measured in time, number of errors, Single Ease Question (SEQ) questionnaire score and System Usability Scale (SUS) score. They were used to evaluate the usability level of the application, and finger mapping data and participant comments were used to find more specific problems in the design or look for user patterns. Usability…

ABSTRACTThe benefits of renewable energy in Indonesia are not well understood by consumers. This research suggests the useof renewable energy, which is very beneficial for consumers. This research also has implications for policy makers,electricity suppliers, and future researchers. Using two online and offline survey methods, this study can formulate abehavior change model that can help policy makers identify marketing and branding strategies so that they are expectedto succeed in changing consumer behavior and increasing the degree of consumer involvement in renewable energyproducts, for…

Social Distancing has been imposed almost in all countries affected by Covid-19 including Indonesia, causing almost all companies to urge their employees to work from home (WFH). Teleworking in pandemic conditions is not a person’s choice, but a compulsion. This research is aimed at finding the relationship between personal traits and job satisfaction towards WFH. This study employed the big five personality and demography variables such as sex, age, ranks, and duration of work as control variables. This research uses a quantitative method, through a survey of 129 administration staff…

The Digital Humanities: A Primer for Students and Scholars is written by Eileen Gardiner and Ronald G. Musto as a resource for undergraduate and postgraduate students working in the field of the digital humanities. Overall, the well-structured book discusses how technological developments have presented scholars and students with new grounds to explore the methodology, pedagogy, and public history aspects of digital history. It tries to respond to such questions as whether the Digital Humanities (DH) is a field of study or a methodology, if it is a social science, a humanistic, or a…

This paper describes the burial practice in the Gravettian (early Upper Paleolithic) and the Epi-Gravettian periods (lateUpper Paleolithic) in Italy, and the Gravettian period (early Upper Paleolithic) in Czech and Russia. In Italy, the Gravettianand the Epi-Gravettian burial sites were mostly situated in caves because geologically Italy has extensive karstic systemsthroughout Alpine mountains. Meanwhile, the Gravettian single and multiple burial sites in Czech and Russia were foundin an alluvial plain. The single burials are more numerous in the Epi-Gravettian than the Gravettian periods in…

This paper investigates global research of highly cited articles on biochar for wastewater treatment using bibliometric analysis from Scopus database. Based on bibliometric, highly cited articles were published between 2009-2018. We found 33 highly cited articles with 6,429 citations from various journals, countries, institutions, and authors. The most active journal to publish biochar in wastewater treatment is Journal of Hazardous Materials (JHM) from Netherlands. Most active authors come from America and China. University of Florida, USA, is the most active institution to research the use…

The present study is aimed at investigating the perception of elementary school pre-service teachers regarding the genre based digital story telling projects in their General English (GE) class. The benefits and challenges of digital storytelling projects have been studied by many researchers. However, perception of elementary school pre-service teachers of the issue is still rarely investigated. The data were collected from open and closed questionnaire to 47 elementary school pre-service teachers of a public university in West Java, Indonesia. In the second semester, they had a GE class…

The Covid-19 pandemic is spreading rapidly throughout the world, including in Indonesia. Every province in Indonesia has been using social media to share Covid-19 information. This study aims to see the activeness and openness of provincial governments’ social media about Covid-19 information. The steps taken were crawling data on governments’ social media, namely Instagram by taking 300 posts. Then, data extraction was carried out to filter data related to Covid 19. This study also conducted a comparison or ranking of provinces that have had Covid-19 confirmed cases. The results show that…

This article aims to explore the embeddedness both the millennial generation to the internet in daily activities and education at the local level. This research uses concurrent mixed methods with a survey and interview strategy simultaneously. The results showed the uniqueness of the Banten millennial generation’s engagement with the internet as follows: (i) informants learned to use the internet more by themselves; (ii) they use internet more for social media; (iii) they still like shopping and use conventional modes of transportation; (iv) most of them cannot carry out their daily…

We see an opportunity to cultivate natural potentials in the Blitar Regency to be used as a means of improving thecommunity’s welfare. One of the possible uses of the natural materials is the manufacture of eco-print products.The purpose of this research is to implement eco-print technique in producing eco-print products that will benefit inimproving the welfare of the community. This community empowerment project involves 68 students that are dividedinto seven groups and are prepared in a Service-Learning method. There are some stages that the students go through inimplementing this program…

Home industry food packaging displayed on shelves in stores will compete with products from other brands that are placed close together. In order to attract consumers’ attention and assist them in the purchasing decision-making process, packaging that has a competitive advantage is needed. This research is limited to the Primary Display Panel (PDP) packaging of home industry banana chips. In previous studies, the research used was quantitative, but this does not reveal the whole story. The data recording process can support “what” the participant looks at but does not reveal “why” they look…