The Information Needs and Media of Small Islands Society

Ambar Yoganingrum,Wahyoe S Hantoro

doi:10.15294/komunitas.v7i2.4836

Ambar Yoganingrum, Wahyoe S Hantoro

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https://doi.org/10.15294/komunitas.v7i2.4836

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Abstract

The purpose of the study is to identify the needs and appropriate media for information services regarding the management of freshwater and sanitation of small island community in North Lombok. The data was collected using a questionnaire with the households as respondents. The study then compared two samples i.e. the community in the district of Lombok north and Kepulauan Seribu using Kolmogorov-Smirnov technique. The community in both districts has similarities and differences in the aspect of demographic, understanding, behaviors as well as the information needs and the preferred media. The study concludes that the community in Lombok Utara needs information about global warming and its effect to the damage of freshwater and sanitation. The media information such as film animation is necessary to be considered due to fact that people of the two districts have a longer time on the land.

Highlights

Coral reefs, mangroves, coastal forests and rock cliffs are natural protectors against the dangers of extreme events due to climate dynamics, e.g. strong waves (Hantoro et al.2013; Hantoro et al 2014)
The condition is worsened by the negative behavior, such as allowing the flow of fresh water into the sea, reducing the balance of freshwater in coastal area or small island and building latrines and disposing the waste into any place on the coastal areas and waters, resulting in pollution for ground water and coastal environments (Hantoro et al 2008a; Hantoro et al 2008b)
Increasing tourism sector, especially the arrival of foreign tourists in coastal areas and small islands can change the main occupation of the people, from professional fishermen into tourist actors

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Mangroves, coastal forests and rock cliffs are natural protectors against the dangers of extreme events due to climate dynamics, e.g. strong waves (Hantoro et al.2013; Hantoro et al 2014). Society is driven by the needs of building materials so they make them as economic resources, causing the damage to the natural protectors. The damage to the natural protective layer will cause the destruction of fresh water in that area. The condition is worsened by the negative behavior, such as allowing the flow of fresh water into the sea, reducing the balance of freshwater in coastal area or small island and building latrines and disposing the waste into any place on the coastal areas and waters, resulting in pollution for ground water and coastal environments (Hantoro et al 2008a; Hantoro et al 2008b)

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