In a state with democratic system, political campaign tremendously becomes essential for introducing a candidate to the society. Political campaign is understood as an organised attempt trying to influence the decision making process in a particular group. Aiming at winning an election, every candidate has to consider some adequate strategies and plans. The strategies and plans are important because they determine the winning of the candidate in the election process. This paper examines the concept of campaign as a part of political communications. By explaining the concept of messages and strategies, this paper concludes that the success of a political campaign requires the planning and formation of a sufficient team to maximize the strategies.

The news about e-KTP corruption has attracted public attention thaks to the role of media that continually publish the case. This paper tries to explain the news of alleged corruption cases involving Setyanovanto, especially in Kompas media, using framing analysis. By analising several articles in Kompas media, this study concludes that news framing can construct public perception. The inappropriate process of framing the news on detailed content descriptions can further confuse the public. Thus according to the framing analysis, which is derived from the theory of social construction, the reality of news has not fulfilled the three aspects namely aspect of social, aspects of construction, aspects of reality.

The news about e-KTP corruption has attracted public attention thaks to the role of media that continually publish the case. This paper tries to explain the news of alleged corruption cases involving Setyanovanto, especially in Kompas media, using framing analysis. By analising several articles in Kompas media, this study concludes that news framing can construct public perception. The inappropriate process of framing the news on detailed content descriptions can further confuse the public. Thus according to the framing analysis, which is derived from the theory of social construction, the reality of news has not fulfilled the three aspects namely aspect of social, aspects of construction, aspects of reality.