Yogyakarta, April 16^th, 2020—Center for Digital Society Faculty of Social and Political Sciences UGM (CfDS Fisipol UGM) was back online conducting the 14^th edition of Digital Discussion series titled “Tips on Writing Content on Social Media” last Thursday. This discussion was discussed in the WhatsApp Group platform with 111 participants, coming from various majors. Digital Discussion by CfDS invited the speaker Wardahtuljannah as CfDS Social Media Associate, @missfioree who was then called Mbak Wardah and moderated by Aldo Rafi Presnauli Siregar as the CfDS Partnership Assistant who guided the discussion. read more

Yogyakarta, April 16^th, 2020— Sharing session conducted by Creative Hub (C-Hub) Faculty of Social and Political Sciences UGM (Fisipol UGM) took place with the headline “Digital Activism in the Emergency Response of COVID-19” which held on last Thursday afternoon online. Inviting Suparlan as the Coordinator of the Disaster Sector SHEEP Indonesia Foundation (Yayasan SHEEP Indonesia/YSI) and Fathin Naufal as the founder of Gifood, C-Hub discussed all sorts of digital activism that can be done to help each other in the pandemic. read more

Yogyakarta, 16 April 2020 – These days, podcast is not a strange thing for the millenials in Indonesia. Many top influencers uses podcast as a content to share their casual conversations or even as their source of income. Even though it is quite popular for the millennials, but it seems like there are still many of us that do not know how to make a good podcast. Therefore, Career Development Center or CDC Fisipol UGM held a webinar event called “How to Start A Podcast” on Thursday, 16 April 2020 through the Cisco Webex platform. This webinar started at 01.00 p.m., with Wisnu Prasetya Utomo, S.I.P, M.A. as the speaker and also the lecturer of Communication Science Department UGM and was moderated by Alfira Nuarifia H. as the staff event of CDC. read more

Yogyakarta, April 15^th 2020—Exposure Talks is a digital discussion held by the Global Engagement Office (GEO) of Gadjah Mada University’s Faculty of Social and Political Science. Exposure Talk aims to open a dialog about student exchange and international exposure. The first Exposure Talks meeting was titled “Life in Japan” with E. Aradipka Haninda P. or Dipka as the speaker. Dipka is an alumni of International Relations study that did an exchange program to Japan, specifically at Tokyo University of Foreign Studies (TUFS) for a year. read more

Yogyakarta, April 14^th, 2020—Discussion series held by Faculty of Social and Political Sciences UGM (Fisipol UGM) has been occurring over the past two weeks. On Tuesday (4/14) the 5^th series of the discussions took place with the theme “Rescuing Marginalized Groups from the Attack of COVID-19”. This discussion presented Dr. Suzanna Eddyono, Dr. Hendrie Adjie Kusworo, and Dr. Hempri Suyatna from the Department of Social Development and Welfare as the speakers, also Randy Nandyatama as the moderator. Held online via Webex and YouTube Fisipol UGM channel, this discussion was attended by approximately 60 participants and from 10.00 to 11.30 WIB. read more

Yogyakarta, April 13^th 2020—In the fourth session of the Gadjah Mada University’s Faculty of Social and Political Science discussion series about the covid-19 management, the topic was about “The Rise of Social Solidarity in the Midst of Covid-19”. The speakers were Dr. Arie Sudjito and Mrs. Fina Itriyati M.A. As usual, this discussion series can be accessed by everyone, even those outside Gadjah Mada University. The enthusiasm was apparent through how interactive and full of questions the discussion was, even if it was held online. read more

Yogyakarta, April 9^th, 2020—COVID-19 pandemic is widely known as a problem throughout the world, including Indonesia. With the number of patients and deaths increasing, all parties are working together to inhibit the rate of spread of this virus. The rise of hoaxes amidst this crucial situation is inevitable. Along with the cause of panic in society, hoaxes also made people apply “health” tips that have not been scientifically proven. Hence, Center for Digital Society (CfDS) of Faculty of Social and Political Science UGM (Fisipol UGM) invited Smart People to recognize and fight the COVID-19 hoaxes in Digital Discussion #16: “Countering Hoax COVID-19”. read more

Yogyakarta, April 8^th 2020—Gadjah Mada University’s Faculty of Social and Political Science gave several goods to help students of the faculty that still stays in Yogyakarta amidst the Covid-19 pandemic. The aid was in the form of frying oil, noodles, rice, milk, and other basic necessities. Through the Student Board of Faculty of Social and Political Science (FISIPOL), the aid was distributed since April 1^st 2020.

Before getting the aid, university students have to register themselves through a form shared by the Fisipol Student Board. In that form, university students are asked to give a description about where they are staying and what they currently need. Other than that, university students can also report when they feel symptoms such as a sore throat, cough, shortness of breath, or high fever. The fisipol student board will then give several directions to further treat those symptoms. read more

Yogyakarta, 3rd April 2020—”Coordination is really important because we are facing an extraordinary crisis phase. In the normal situation, the highest risks of no coordination are inefficiency or corruption. But in this crisis situation, the risks are our family lives, our brothers and sisters lives, and humanity,” Cornelis Lay said in the Discussion Series Fisipol UGM on the last Friday (3/4).

It presented two professors from the Department of Politics and Government, Purwo Santoso and Cornelis Lay brought an issue about state’s coordination crisis towards COVID-19 in the Covid-19 Crisis Management Discussion Series that held online through Zoom and YouTube Live. According to Cornelis Lay, as known as Conny, coordination needs clear direction of communication. “We do not have equal informations, do not have a clear direction of communication towards each other, and it makes tremendous confusion on the public level, it makes public wonder what the government is really doing, distrust also emerged from the public,” Conny said. read more

Yogyakarta, 2 April 2020—Plagiarism seems to be a topic that is close to the students because every assignments that they do should be free from plagiarism. It becomes more relevant because the midterm exam season has begun—which means the students should do a series of assignments as the substitute of midterm exam, therefore the issue of plagiarism becomes really important to be discussed. Because of that, Center for Digital Society (CfDS) Fisipol UGM brought the topic of plagiarism in the Digital Discussion #15 with the title ‘Plagiarism, No More!’ that held through the WhatsApp platform. read more