Voters with Disabilities in the 2020 Regional Head Elections in Media Coverage and the Covid-19 Pandemic^*

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10.2991/assehr.k.211223.147How to use a DOI?

Keywords

disability voters; participation; covid-19

Abstract

Reporting on voters with disabilities in the Pilkada is a concern because of the importance of them exercising their right to vote sometimes not in accordance with the existence of their aspirations for the future of a region. Their reporting in the range of the Covid-19 Pandemic Pilkada is relatively massive, but they are more difficult to identify the candidates for regional heads to be elected. The purpose of this study is to determine the participation of voters with disabilities in the 2020 elections. This study uses a mixed method of qualitative and quantitative based on media discourse in reporting on voters with disabilities. The theory of rationality is used to analyze the participation of disabled voters in an atmosphere of covid-19 with media coverage. The results of the reseach explain that media coverage has an effect on the participation of disabled voters even though they have not presented them at the polling station optimally. Voters’ trust and distrust of regional head candidates plays a major role in the presence of disabled voters.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Agus Machfud Fauzi
AU  - Martinus Legowo
AU  - Moh Mudzakir
AU  - Novi Fitia Maliha
AU  - Ardhie Raditya
PY  - 2021
DA  - 2021/12/24
TI  - Voters with Disabilities in the 2020 Regional Head Elections in Media Coverage and the Covid-19 Pandemic*
BT  - Proceedings of the International Joint Conference on Arts and Humanities 2021 (IJCAH 2021)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 852
EP  - 856
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.211223.147
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.211223.147
ID  - Fauzi2021
ER  -