Komunikasi Politik Kepresidenan: Studi Kasus Komunikasi Politik Presiden RI Ke-6 Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono

Political communication as in other systems, also practiced in the political life in Indonesia. Every day, goverment leaders or political leader deliver statements (official or unofficial), opinions on various forums, and comments about the problems that occur in genedral. It is one of the concrete forms of political activity in which the political elite acted as a communicator. The presidential political communicator is the 6th President of Indonesia, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY). In Presidential political communication, the president himself speaks to the media. According to the presidential spokesman at the time, Andi Malarangeng, said that during a press conference, if the material are concering basic or fundamental matters, and has direct impact to the peope, will be made by the president himself. This article will talk about how Indonesia 6th President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono uses political communication throught mass media, and other media, to convey messages to the people