Jaringan Komunikasi Dan Peran Aktor Dalam Migrasi Buruh Migran Perempuan Tahap Pendaftaran Di Kabupaten Cilacap

Abstract

The flow of migrant workers abroad cannot be separated from the strength of migrant
social networks. This study presents an analysis of how the prospective migrant workers' efforts
in obtaining the informat ion needed through a communication network approach. The research
objective is to know (1) the structure of the communicat ion network related to the migration
process of prospective Indonesian female migrant workers, (2) Know the role of the actors in the
communication network of female migrant workers. The method used in this study is the method
of analysis with the subject of the study being prospective migrant workers conducted in Karang
tawang village, Cilacap district. The results showed (1) Sentrality in each communication
networkwas very low and spread to several actors. Some conditions that form a non-cohesive
communicat ion network are very low network density even though the average distance is not
up to two people or can be said to be close enough and the actor only needs three other actors to
be able to relate to that actor in a position central (2) Former migrant workers as one of the
disseminators of information act as 'information of control' (control of information) it also means
to act as a gatekeeper.