Abstract
This paper presents an analysis of how community-based media were used during series of Lombok earthquakes which reach 7.0 Richter magnitude in August to September 2018. The disaster left 564 casualties, 1.866 injured an 216.489 displaced according to National Disaster Management Authority (BNPB). In the event of this natural disaster, the community experienced an information crisis and communication crisis which caused the emergence of disinformation in a form of hoaxes, fake news, and misleading information which triggered panic. In the situation of uncertainty, the use of community based media as an alternative communication media also altered, since the mainstream media could not give adequate information for the society. The communication crisis that occurred in Lombok after the earthquake disaster helped to activate community-based media using a number of social media platforms and news portals. This paper examines community-based media in Lombok as research objects on how the public used them according to its function. Public participation in contributing to the disaster communication in form of citizen journalism has also increased not only in the form of information on the occurrence of earthquakes that repeatedly happened but also information on affected locations, conditions of displacement and alternative transportation routes reach affected areas also shared by the community. This information from the community helped the disaster management process from a number of agencies related to both the government and social institutions.
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Disaster communication, Community, Media, Citizen journalism
