Contestation of Power and the Formation of Social Identity in Communication Practices in Gorontalo City”
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Public Communication, Power Contestation, Social Identity, Critical Discourse Analysis, Gorontalo CityAbstract
This study examines how power contestation and the formation of social identity unfold through public communication practices in Gorontalo City. By conceptualizing communication as a social practice that constructs reality, the study investigates policy discourse and the city government’s official news coverage as arenas for producing meaning, legitimacy, and social categorization. Adopting a qualitative case study design, the research draws on document analysis of a corpus of news items published on the Gorontalo City Portal, covering issues of public services, disaster mitigation and waste management, urban development, bureaucratic governance, and interregional solidarity. Data were analyzed through thematic analysis, enriched by critical discourse analysis to trace the relationships among text, discursive practice, and broader social practice
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