Abstract
Hermeneutics is a theory and method of interpretation. Originally, Hermeneutics was used to interpret scripture, such as the Bible. Now, as time goes by, Hermeneutics was not only used to interpret the scriptures but other general texts. It is in the study of communication relating to the message (meaning), allowing relevance to Hermeneutics' emergence as a message interpretation approach. This is because a text is a medium to convey a communication message. This article aims to explain that there is a potential for Hermeneutics in contemporary communication studies. The focus of this article review is Gadamer's Hermeneutics. It is an effort to improve communication studies' knowledge, besides, to study in Indonesia on Content Analysis, Framing Analysis, and Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA). This article found that the study of hermeneutics studies has not been widely used to analyze communication issues & contemporary media. In this context, Hermeneutics requires an understanding of an interpretive dialogue that does not end up in communication (messages). Then, Hermeneutics can be used to gain a Hermeneutics understanding and to interpret texts, such as magazines, books, poems, speeches, songs, movies, reports, documents/articles, or news texts in print or online. This will be a starting point of hermeneutics to understand the reality of communication phenomena
Highlights
Hermeneutics is perceived as an interpretation method
This study aimed to describe and study Gadamer’s hermeneutics review in communication studies
In-depth interviews are used to get direct data and want to get the depth of data from the source (Barlian, 2016; Nurdin & Hartati, 2019). It is in line with a communication study that uses hermeneutics, namely, by using in-depth interview data sources, with the reason to find the understanding of the interpreters of a message/text to be studied. This shows that the purpose of the interview is to find interpretations of a particular problem/phenomenon/ reality, including a text, where the interviewee is asked for his opinion and ideas in-depth to find the meanings of ‘understanding.’
Summary
Hermeneutics is perceived as an interpretation method. It is an effort to interpret and understand the literal meaning. These data obtained from the Garuda portal of 20102020 from the total 991,895 indexed articles in the Garuda portal (Garuda, 2020) Another website, Rama Repository, a website of Indonesian students and lecturers studies results managed by the Ministry of Study, Technology, and Higher Education of the Republic of Indonesia, showed studies with a keyword of content analysis for 738 documents, framing analysis of (642 documents), and discourse analysis of (265 documents). Gadamer’s hermeneutics is an interpretation theory in philosophy that views an action’s meaning (text or action) is unavailable in action itself Instead, it should be searched through others as its communication partner and is relative to the interpreter. In achieving the study goal, this article used a qualitative method with a literature review approach It aimed to obtain a qualitative description (theoretical-conceptual) more-in-depth through interpretation, understanding, and investigation processes in reviewing Gadamer’s hermeneutics in communication studies
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