Communication Development And The Colonization Of Transmigration First In Lampung Provincial

Abstract

This study aims to find out how development communication played a role in the colonization of the first transmigration in Lampung and this paper is focused on population movement (migration) or the colonization of the Dutch East Indies government from densely populated areas on the island of Java to Lampung. The methodology used in this study is a qualitative approach. Qualitative method as a research procedure that produces descriptive data in the form of written or spoken words from people and observable behavior. This approach is directed at the background of the individual holistically. The writing of this source text will focus on policies regarding population movement (migration) or colonization of the Dutch East Indies government from densely populated areas on the island of Java to the Lampung area which during the colonial period was named Bagelen Village, Gedong Tataan District, Onderafdeeling Telok Betong, Afdeeling Telok Betong or which is currently Bagelen Village, Gedong Tataan District, Pesawaran Regency. From the results of the study, each family who arrived in the colonized area would get food for some time while waiting for the harvest and also obtain equipment for both cooking and farming purposes. Among them they will receive hoe, machete, pot, rice and others. The goal of all is for a greater welfare increase than if they had remained in Java. There are many opportunities for them not only in domestic agriculture but also great opportunities in the construction of the railway network the opportunity to work as paid workers in both national and indigenous companies. Therefore in 1913 it was declared that the colonization experiment was successful.