Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Indonesian Social and Political Enquiries, ICISPE 2020, 9-10 October 2020, Semarang, Indonesia

Research Article

Data Transparency in Covid-19 Countermeasures Policy (Case Study of Central Java Provincial Government)

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  • @INPROCEEDINGS{10.4108/eai.9-10-2020.2304731,
        author={Yuliana  Kristanto and Amni Zarkasyi Rahman and Retna  Hanani},
        title={Data Transparency in Covid-19 Countermeasures Policy (Case Study of Central Java Provincial Government)},
        proceedings={Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Indonesian Social and Political Enquiries, ICISPE 2020, 9-10 October 2020, Semarang, Indonesia},
        publisher={EAI},
        proceedings_a={ICISPE},
        year={2021},
        month={3},
        keywords={covid-19 policy good governance data transparency central java province orange application},
        doi={10.4108/eai.9-10-2020.2304731}
    }
    
  • Yuliana Kristanto
    Amni Zarkasyi Rahman
    Retna Hanani
    Year: 2021
    Data Transparency in Covid-19 Countermeasures Policy (Case Study of Central Java Provincial Government)
    ICISPE
    EAI
    DOI: 10.4108/eai.9-10-2020.2304731
Yuliana Kristanto1,*, Amni Zarkasyi Rahman1, Retna Hanani1
  • 1: Universitas Diponegoro
*Contact email: yulianakristanto@lecturer.undip.ac.id

Abstract

The Covid-19 pandemic that attacks most countries in the world, including Indonesia, shows an increase over time and causes more casualties and material losses, which have implications for social, economic and social welfare aspects. In accordance with the President's instructions, the policy to prevent the spread of Covid-19 has become the autonomy of each local government in Indonesia. Local governments are expected to realize the urgency of data transparency for the public in their policies because data transparency is one form of government accountability in realizing Good Governance. In this study, the researcher wanted to examine the implementation of good governance in the aspect of data transparency in Central Java province related to Covid-19. Central Java Province is a province that is in the top seven with the highest number of Covid-19 sufferers in Indonesia (update data until July 10, 2020). In this study, researcher’s processed big data from 36 online mass media articles from March to June 2020 which contained the statement of the Governor of Central Java. Then processed using the Orange application.