Constructing Islamic communication research through a dialogical-dialectical approach: Evidence from Indonesia

Siti Solikhati; Adeni Adeni; Fitri - Fitri

doi:10.21580/icj.2026.11.1.31899

Authors

Siti Solikhati Universitas Islam Negeri Walisongo Semarang, Indonesia
Adeni Adeni Universitas Islam Negeri Walisongo Semarang, Indonesia https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8118-319X
Fitri - Fitri Universitas Islam Negeri Walisongo Semarang, Indonesia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21580/icj.2026.11.1.31899

Keywords:

Islamic Communication, dialogical-dialectical approach, inclusive communication, broadcasting, journalism, public relations.

Abstract

This article seeks to examine the tendencies of student research in the Islamic Communication and Broadcasting (KPI) program, particularly within the concentrations of broadcasting, journalism, and public relations at UIN Walisongo Semarang. Employing a qualitative approach combined with documentation techniques and corpus-based data analysis, the study indicates that KPI research has not yet clearly articulated Islamic communication within its scholarly inquiries. This article proposes a dialogical-dialectical approach to Islamic communication. Accordingly, KPI research requires: (1) integration between general theoretical/conceptual frameworks and Islamic perspectives, and (2) a balanced engagement between data on Islamic issues and general theories/concepts, or between data on general issues and Islamic theories/concepts, which will result in more open and reflexive KPI research. Both general and Islamic concepts/theories are positioned as mutually enriching and complementary. The dialogical-dialectical approach opens space for epistemic transformation in the development of Islamic communication studies. Islamic communication research should not merely reproduce classical da'wah models, but also reinterpret contemporary communication dynamics while grounding them in Islamic ethical-normative values. This article contributes to the enrichment of perspectives in Islamic communication-based research.

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Artikel ini bertujuan untuk mengkaji kecenderungan riset mahasiswa pada Program Studi Komunikasi dan Penyiaran Islam (KPI), khususnya pada konsentrasi broadcasting, jurnalistik, dan public relations di UIN Walisongo Semarang. Dengan menggunakan pendekatan kualitatif yang dilakukan dengan teknik dokumentasi serta analisis data berbasis korpus, penelitian ini menunjukkan bahwa riset KPI belum secara jelas mengartikulasikan komunikasi Islam dalam kerangka kajian ilmiahnya. Artikel ini mengusulkan pendekatan dialogis-dialektis dalam komunikasi Islam. Dalam kerangka tersebut, riset KPI memerlukan: (1) integrasi antara kerangka teoretis/konseptual umum dengan perspektif keislaman, dan (2) keterlibatan yang seimbang antara data tentang isu-isu keislaman dengan teori/konsep umum, atau antara data tentang isu-isu umum dengan teori/konsep keislaman, yang akan menghasilkan riset KPI yang lebih terbuka dan refleksif. Baik konsep maupun teori umum dan keislaman diposisikan sebagai entitas yang saling memperkaya dan komplementer. Pendekatan dialogis-dialektis ini membuka ruang bagi transformasi epistemik dalam pengembangan studi komunikasi Islam. Riset komunikasi Islam tidak semata-mata mereproduksi model-model dakwah klasik, tetapi juga mereinterpretasi dinamika komunikasi kontemporer dengan tetap berlandaskan pada nilai-nilai etis-normatif Islam. Artikel ini berkontribusi dalam memperkaya perspektif dalam riset berbasis komunikasi Islam.

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