ENVIRONMENTAL CRISIS COMMUNICATION IN URBAN WASTE MANAGEMENT: DISCOURSE ANALYSIS OF BANJARMASIN GOVERNMENT’S STRATEGY
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.31947/aiccon2025.v1i2.47672Keywords:
Critical Discourse Analysis, Environmental Communication, Waste Crisis, Banjarmasin CityAbstract
The waste crisis in Banjarmasin City, triggered by the closure of the Basirih Final Disposal Site in February 2025 has posed significant challenges in environmental management and public communication. The Government, through various statements and media, has communicated its crisis communication strategy to solve this problem and has invited the public for their active participation. The purpose of this research is to analyze the environmental crisis communication strategy used by the Banjarmasin city government and to study how discourse is formed in conveying public messages. Using a qualitative approach with discourse critical analysis method by Norman Fairclough, data is obtained by media documentation, official statement, and interview with related parties. Result of this research shows that the government framed the crisis as a collective responsibility, using collaborative narrative and moral calls to raise public awareness. This strategy serves as a form of legitimacy for emergency policy as well as a means of building public trust. This research has contributed in understanding environmental crisis communication practice and the importance of discourse construction in forming opinion and public participation.
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