Political Communicator Irine Yusiana Roba Putri Member of the House of Representatives of the Republic of Indonesia Period 2019-2024

Abstract

The role of political communicators in the process of conveying public opinion should have capacity, so that the ideas conveyed in their messages are able to influence the public. This study discusses political communicator Irine Yusiana Roba Putri as a member of the House of Representatives of the Republic of Indonesia for the 2019-2024 term. The purpose of the study is to analyze the role of political communicator Irine Yusiana Roba Putri in convincing and influencing the public as well as to understand the Elements of Communicators built during the 2019 campaign. The method used in this study is a qualitative method in the form of a case study. The results of this study illustrate that Irine yusiana Roba Putri has the capacity to be a political communicator as a member of the House of Representatives of the Republic of Indonesia. Politician Irine is a representative of the group he leads, so that in communicating a politician as a political communicator will protect the goals and interests of his group in accordance with the goals as a legislative member in parliament, Irine is able to approach the community or his constituents in the style of a wongcilik approach, meaning descending and blending directly with the grassroots. From the results of Irine's research, it meets four elements in political communicators, namely; Credibility, attractiveness, similarity and power.