International Journal of Communication and Society ISSN: 2684-9267 Vol. 3, No. 1, June 2021, pp. 39-51 39 A review of institutional response and Covid-19 pandemic risk communication in regional autonomy system in Indonesia Agus Supriyadi a,b,1,*, Tao Wang a,b,2, Pandu Pribadi c,3, M. Ali Mauludin d,4, Faqih Ma’arif e,5, Zalik Nuryana f,g,6 a The School of Geography, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing 210023, China b The Jiangsu Center for Collaborative Innovation in Geographical Information Resource Development and Application, Nanjing 210023, China c STIT Muhammadiyah Banjar, Banjar 46331, Indonesia d Laboratorium of Sociology and Extension, Padjadjaran University, Indonesia e Department of Transportation Science and Civil Engineering, Beihang University, Beijing 100083, China f School of Education Science, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, 210097, China g Universitas Ahmad Dahlan, Indonesia 1
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[email protected] * corresponding author ARTICLE INFO ABSTRACT A global pandemic Covid-19 led countries to take aggressive action Article history regarding social management and crisis governance management Received 2020-10-08 system. The case of a pandemic discovered in Wuhan provides a lesson Revised 2020-11-23 for the government worldwide to adopt. However, the government Accepted 2021-01-08 system in every country has its characteristics. This study aims to release the potential policy recommendation in Indonesia when Indonesia's regional autonomy system faces a challenge in the pandemic Keywords situation, such as the increase of competition between regions.