July. 2019.Vol. 32. No.1 ISSN 2307-227X International Journal of Research In Social Sciences © 2013-2019 IJRSS & K.A.J. All rights reserved www.ijsk.org/ijrss ANALYZING COMMUNICATION BETWEEN GOVERNMENT AND COMMUNITY IN THE FLOW OF CROSS-BORDER GOODS IN THE REGENCY OF MERANTI ISLAND 1BELLI NASUTION, 2ANUAR RASYID 1,2Lecturer of Communication Studies, Faculty of Social and Political Sciences, University of Riau. [email protected] [email protected] ABSTRACT The aim of the research is to analyze the conflict communication between the Government and the community in the journey of cross-country goods in Meranti Archipelago district. The writer used descriptive qualitative method as the design of this research. This research will be implemented in the community and government in the Meranti Archipelago district. and the subjects of this research are government and the community, and the international flow of goods is the object in the research. This research involved three people from the government and two people from the community. Primary data is a data obtained directly by looking at the situation and based on monitoring of the current state of international goods, interviews directly with the community and the Government and field observations with the parties. The research used Huberman and Miles model to analyze the data. The results showed the communicator in the case of the current item consists of three government agencies, customs, navy, and navy military police. Regulations are the government-run messages as communicators. The channels of face to face that they use caused direct effect on the community. Conflict with the type of force conflict is that the government forces its citizens to obey the law in hopes of the realization of a flow of goods from overseas. Keywords: Conflict Communication, Travel Flows across Countries Goods, Government, Society. 1. INTRODUCTION district in Marbau Island. The occurrence of conflict between government institutions and the community in Regency of Meranti Island located on the east coast of the case of travel flows across countries in the Meranti Sumatra island that is very strategic because it is located Island District is very interesting to research. Case after in the world's busiest international shipping area, case continues, the intensity of this conflict is increasing namely the Straits of Malacca which is directly adjacent after the Meranti archipelago becomes a stand-alone to Malaysia and two economics growth triangle, they Regency (which is divided from Bengkalis Regency). are Indonesia-Malaysia-Singapore (IMS-GT) and Solutions by looking for a model of urgent conflict triangle of Indonesia Indonesia-Malaysia-Thailand communication to take to minimize the cases that (IMT-GT). The regency of Meranti Archipelago continue to occur in the region. The model can be said consists of four major islands, they are Merbau, Padang, as a form that describes the phenomenon (representation Rangsang, and Tebing Tinggi. The regency of Meranti of the phenomenon), where the model will explain the Islands also became hinterland of the FTZ growth elements that exist in the phenomenon. A model is a region of Riau Islands province. Thus, the regency of simple picture of a phenomenon, from a model we can Meranti Archipelago has the potential to serve as a understand a process as well as its elements and the supplier of various market needs in the surrounding system that makes up the process. By understanding the area, especially in the centers of economic activities conflict communication and finding the model of course such as Malaysia, Singapore, Karimun, Batam. The can be a reference for this area to overcome the regency of Meranti Island is a new district. Meranti problems it is facing, and can also be a referral if you Island is formed by under the Law 12/2009 with 55km want to develop the same thing in other areas. is all of area, consisting of land area of 370km and an Therefore, the author is interested to examine the model area of 18km Sea. Meranti Island Regency consists of 9 of conflict communication in Meranti District. sub districts, they are Tebing Tinggi, Tebing tinggi barat and Tebing tinggi timur that located in Padang Island, Ransang Sub-district, West Rangsang and Rangsang coastal area in Rangsang Island and Marbau Island sub 10 July. 2019.Vol. 32. No.1 ISSN 2307-227X International Journal of Research In Social Sciences © 2013-2019 IJRSS & K.A.J. All rights reserved www.ijsk.org/ijrss 2. METHOD of needs daily life, because this culture is hereditary since ancient times. The goods are exchanged in the Qualitative descriptive methods are used in this flow of travel of goods dominated by agricultural research. This research will be implemented in the commodities. Agricultural commodities in the Meranti community and government in the Meranti Island Archipelago Regency are sold to Malaysia. The regency. Government and communities become subjects proceeds from the agricultural commodities sold again in research, while international goods flows into objects for the daily needs of Malaysia. This is stated by Regent in research. The research subjects are three people from Meranti Island as follows: the government and three people from the community. Primary data is data obtained directly by looking at the Trade with the exchange of goods, so if we dig situation and based on monitoring of the current state of or master the history of cross border trade is based on the international goods, interviews directly with the the number of agricultural commodities that exist in community and government and the observation of the Meranti it cannot be sold to other places, but can be sold field with the part of being the object research, the in Malaysia because The proximity of the better buying model used in analyzing the data is the interactive price in Malaysia. Then, from the proceeds of the sale, model Huberman and Miles. the people of Meranti buy goods daily necessities from Malaysia. There are several reasons for the people of the 3. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION. regency of Meranti Island to make purchases of similar goods that come from Indonesia. These reasons, among Communication conflicts between Governments and others, goods from Malaysia have better quality, communities in the travels of cross-country goods in the cheaper and easier to obtain and a closer distance. The regency of Meranti Island. The current journey of cross- results of interviews with Mr. Regent Meranti Island as country goods in the Meranti Archipelago district has follows. The provision of daily goods because of the been around hundreds of years ago. This is because the consideration of distance, better quality, similar goods community of Meranti Archipelago District has made that enter from Indonesia is much more expensive with this work a culture. Then between the community quality under the quality of Malaysia, so that the Meranti Archipelago Regency has an emotional and automatic person Meranti will surely seek Buy that need family relationship and kinship with Malaysia is Johor. from Malaysia with cheap price, better quality and easy This is in accordance with the results of the interview to get. The Government is the party responsible for with the Regent of Meranti Island, he stated if the providing the current permits of goods. The government inclusion of goods cross-border from overseas that serves as a communicator consists of customs, navy especially Malaysia might have been hundreds of years, military police, and navy. Governments should because it is a work that has become a culture, and understand the circumstances of audiences or the Meranti and Johor has an emotional relationship of Government must understand the state of the audience kinship family, so the principle of cross border trading or society. The Regent of Meranti Island explained that itself is barter trip. The same thing is also conveyed by the communicators who originated from the government the Navy, the results of interviews toward him as involved conflict are as follows so the conflict between follow; Since ancient times, Indonesia has been a strong governments and communities in the context of cross- bilateral relationship with Malaysia, but likewise with border trade tends to conflict between communities that cooperation in the field of trade, it is also not to be conduct cross-border trade activities with officers in separated from the rules for the travel of the traffic flow. quotation marks are certain agencies. People with Well, speaking of the flow of goods that go into customs officials, communities with water police, Indonesia, especially in the Meranti archipelago, in communities with the Navy. Because these three ancient times since hundreds of years ago, communities institutions are always supervising and do have the in the Meranti Island have been trading with the barter authority to keep the goods out of the foreign entrance. system, called by barter trade agreement, for the relationship between Meranti Island and Malaysia, the The National Food and Drug Agency (BPOM) community economy is quite good. Because in this case is not involved in the flow of goods. BPOM is involved the community sailed to Malaysia that was only 2 or 3 when the goods have been marketed. It is a supported days, while the other community only proceeds of the Regent statement i.e. There are 4 government agencies sale of agricultural products were given food goods to involved, namely customs, navy military police navy, Malaysia, then the remaining money is used for the cost and National Food and Drug Agency. So that is the 11 July. 2019.Vol. 32. No.1 ISSN 2307-227X International Journal of Research In Social Sciences © 2013-2019 IJRSS & K.A.J. All rights reserved www.ijsk.org/ijrss problem is who is the traffic police when the circulation affecting interpersonal attractions such as physical in the sea, because if on land it is clearly there is police attraction, reward and ability.