The Subliminal Messages of Political Infrastructure of President Joko Widodo : An Deconstruction Analysis by Jaques Derrida

Abstract

The various mega projects implemented in Indonesia, in fact, that is a manifestation of political infrastructure by this regime. Political infrastructure is a text or discourse that has various meanings. The purpose of this research is to find one of the possible meanings subliminal message that resides in the discourse.

This study is a qualitative reflection of a discourse of political infrastructure by Jaques Derrida's theory of deconstruction. This theory is in charge to uncovering possibilities of subliminal messages of the  discourse or a text. Subliminal message is a message from a text obtained, using deconstruction horizon to catch the meaning. The text in question is the political implementation of infrastructure as reported in the media. The selected news are the depth news  or investigative news, come from various national media.

The results of this study is the implementation of political infrastructure  carried out by Jokowi, has been a sublimation of corruption. This sublimation occurs because the community is more dazzled to the physical appearance of the project. Sublimation has occurred in the interests of mega projects supported by the Chinese businessmen with various corporate units. Another subliminal message that China becomes a guide of Jokowi political regime, which in the context of this research is the guide of infrastructure. The  increasing of Indonesia debt would ease the country of  “bamboo curtain” to influence political policy of our Republic.