Content Analysis Of Film “Cerita Tentang Skouw Di Papua (A Story About Skouw In Papua)”
Abstract
Information develops rapidly. It is proved from the number of mass media presenting information.
The closed relationship between the media in this case the film and information make them
inseparable. Information received can be positive or negative, depending on how the receicers
perceive it. The ability to process information is called literacy. In community development,
literacy means the ability to obtain, process, and use information. In order that the information
received is useful, the receivers should be able to proceed and use it wisely. This study aims to
determine the information/content of the message in the film “Cerita tentang Skouw di Papua (AStory about Skouw in Papua)” which tells about language and culture research at three villages,
namely Skouw Mabo, SkouwSae and SkouwYambe, Muara Tami, Jayapura, Papua. The study
used descriptive method and applied content analysis technique to gain an overview of the
message delivered systematically. The results show that the film was produced by UPT Balai
InformasiTeknologi LIPI in 2015, with duration 24:50 minutes, featuring three researchers and
five public figures, a pidgin language speaker and elementary school children. At minute 18:18,
it is found that at Skouw Mabo, SkouwSae and SkouwYambe, their native languages were used
only by the older generation; the children did not use it (minute 16:50). Effort made to preserve the
Skouw language, mentioned at minute 21:16, was by creating a small place for learning Skouw
language in a traditional house called Fa.