DINAMIKA KOMUNIKASI SOSIAL ETNIS BALI DENGAN ETNIS SASAK DI KOTA MATARAM

Abstract

The existence of Balinese Ethnicity in Mataram City, where the majority of the population is Sasak Ethnic, is a virtuous dynamic of social communication. The existence of Balinese and Sasak Ethnics in Mataram City creates communication that can be positive but can also be negative. This research is a qualitative descriptive study that is used to describe the dynamics of social communication between ethnic Balinese and ethnic Sasak in Mataram City with a combination of primary and secondary data. Data were collected by means of observation, documentation and interviews.

Based on the research conducted, data shows that the existence of Balinese and Sasak Ethnics can be described by: (1) the dynamic phase of communication, namely the phase of the Balinese kingdom in Lombok and the Independence Phase after the independence of the Republic of Indonesia; (2) The dynamics of social communication between Balinese and Sasak ethnic groups in Mataram are in the form of associative communication and dissociative communication; (3) The implications of the dynamics of social communication between Balinese and Sasak Ethnics in Mataram City, namely the harmony of Balinese and Sasak Ethnics in Mataram City and conflicts between Balinese and Sasak Ethnics in Mataram City such as the conflict between ethnic Balinese in Tohpati and ethnic Sasak in Karang Mas Mas Cakranegara District, the conflict between the Balinese in Monjok, Selaparang District and the Sasak in Karang Taliwang, Cakranegara District, the conflict between the Balinese in Pagutan and the Sasak in Karang Genteng and the conflict between the Balinese in Pagesangan and the Sasak in Sekarbela, Pagesangan District;