Electronic Theses and Dissertation

ABSTRACT
This study, entitled Students’ opinion on Serambi Indonesia daily news about 15 Gayo Arts
which do not include in fifth Aceh Culture Festival in 2013 (A study on Gayonese students in
Syiah Kuala University Banda Aceh). This study aims to find out the opinion from Gayonese
students who study in Syiah Kuala University Banda Aceh. They have to give their opinion
toward Serambi Indonesia daily news which topic is about 15 Gayo Arts which are not
involved in the fifth Aceh Culture Festival in 2013. The method used in this study is a
qualitative, and the data collection technique is done by doing a Forum Group Discussion
(FGD) to ten informants who have been representing Gayonese students in Syiah Kuala
University Banda Aceh. The results of the research that has been conducted shows that the
Serambi Indonesia daily news with topic 15 Gayo Arts do not include in fifth Aceh Culture
Festival in 2013 is some informants could receive the news. They deliver different opinions
that are able to attract the attention of all the informants who were divided into two group
discussions. The different opinions are caused by the understanding concept of the each
informant towards the news. There are informants who have a good understanding on the
news and some bad. In addition, this news has created negative effects on Gayonese people,
where people feel their dignity is downgraded and they feel insulted due to the absence of 15
Gayo Arts performance in fifth Aceh Culture Festival in 2013. The 15 Gayo Arts which are
not comprised in fifth Aceh Culture Festival are the house traditional ceremony, wedding
traditional ceremony, circumcision traditional ceremony, case traditional ceremony, rowboat,
musical creations, traditional music, vocal art, traditional clothing show, new creation dance,
guel dance, munalo dance, ingrang, elephant game, and geutayang tunong.
Keywords: Opinion, Serambi Daily News, Gayonese Students

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