The Political Role of Women in the City of Santri, Situbondo (Overview of Political Communication)

Abstract

This study aims to show how the role of women's political communication in the city of santri (a student in
Islamic boarding school) in facing political power that is dominated by men in Situbondo. It becomes a
development in women's political communication in a practical and scientific manner. The reality of the
political climate in Situbondo is inseparable from the influence of the kyai as religious and cultural figures,
so each of his political perceptions and views certainly has its own perspective and far from gender justice.
Consequently, this affects the political space for female santri in Situbondo. In this research, building
theoretical interconnections from building theoretical frameworks used such as political communication,
gender analysis and phenomenology, related to the focus of research. With a qualitative-explorative research
approach, several steps in the procedure of collecting observational data, interviews and documentation are
applied consistently and continuously. The results of the research are firstly Santri woman has a political
outlook with the benefit of minimizing conflict; secondly cultural barriers as a medium of political
communication are effectively overcome by female santri. Besides, female santri tend to override political
choices by preferring the political choices of the figures they envision for benefit purposes.