Communists as Saviors - Reading from Real Teenage Community Generation

Abstract

Public as a whole have different abilities in interpretation on the text media. Therefore, each issue necessary documentary media texts especially true delivery so as not to cause confusion in the interpretation of the message. In line with the rapid pace of information technology to make all information more easily accessible lead the audience (especially teenagers) became more confused in making the interpretation of the meaning of the documentary primarily oriented history. The importance of media literacy should be considered in the process of meaning construction. This paper explores the interpretation of the meaning of the constructs of the teenagers at the Institute of Higher Learning on the independent documentary ‘The Last Communist (2004)’ work of Amir Muhammad. An experiment was conducted on 60 selected respondents. Every aspect of the show that visualized in the independent documentary film narrative ethics support a symbolic meaning to the delivery of meaning that have been produced in the real situation. A string of social, technological constraints and the influence of foreign cultures that influence the construction of meaning, an independent documentary have given rise to different interpretations among real teenage community now about the communists as saviors. As a result, the interpretation of narrative and presentation techniques used in independent documentary is influenced by the combination of mutual understanding (in technological community groups) and education plus the uniqueness factor prevalence of individual cultures.

DOI: 10.5901/mjss.2015.v6n4s3p102