UNS — The Doctoral Program in Communication Science Faculty of Social and Political Sciences (FISIP) Universitas Sebelas Maret (UNS) Surakarta succeded in graduating the first doctor, Emi Widiyanti. Emi, the Faculty Member of Agricultural Extension & Communication Program Faculty of Agriculture (FP) UNS was succeeded in defending her dissertation on ‘Negotiating the Communication Identity of Millennial Farmers and Progressive Farmers in the Era of Agriculture 4.0.’
The defense was held on Monday (22/11/2021), with Prof. Ravik Karsidi as promotor, Prof. Mahendra Wijaya as Co Promotor 1, and Prahastiwi Utari, Ph.D. as Co Promotor 2. The board of examiners was led by Prof. Ahmad Yunus, Prof. Ismi Dwi Astuti Nurhaeni as secretary, and Prof. Suwarto, Prof. Pawito, Dr. Andre Rahmanto, as members.
In her dissertation, Emi suggested to the agricultural extension officers to provide communication technology literacy to ensure that farmers have the millennials’ and progressive farmers’ communication identity. Communication technology literacy has an impact on the social changes recorded in human history.
“Social structure becomes a process that shapes stereotypes negotiated in determining competences through the competence formation,” Emi explained.
As reported in https://s3ilkom.fisip.uns.ac.id, Emi stated that negotiation of millennials and progressive farmers identity contains a perspective on technology, social, cultural, and environmental transfer. Emi also found that competence, courage to motivate other farmers, culture, and environmental supports in millennial farmers make them good agricultural extension officers for other farmers. The existing identity negotiation and communication caused by the current condition faced by farmers, in which their profession was threatened by newly developed professions in the urban regions.
Emi added that farmers need competence improvement in communication skills to explain that their profession is a professional occupation in the community structure. To support the communication skills of farmers, the role of agricultural extension officers is needed to deliver materials on communication and agricultural management. At the end of her defense, Emi added that mother and wife are the main driving force for millennials and progressive farmers in their negotiation of communication identity. Humas UNS
Reporter: Dwi Hastuti