MOTIF KHALAYAK RW 007 GUNUNG GEDANGAN, MOJOKERTO MELIHAT TAYANGAN MAHABARATA

Abstract

Television is one of the mass media which serves to provide information and entertainment to the
public at large. In the development of a lot of programs that have been given by the mass media of
television as a public spectacle. Increasing number of events presented by television stations making the
community to choose a program that will show they consume. Institutions not only television station
serving domestic production alone event in obtaining public interest, but several television programs buy
movie production abroad to be used as reference in the attention of audiences. One television station
programs favored by our society today is a drama series Mahabharata. colossal drama series produced
by the Indian state is able to attract the attention of television viewers. Formulation of the problem in this
research is "What is the motive audiences to viewing Mahabharata?". This study uses descriptive
qualitative method by conducting interviews and observations. Informants in this study is the RW 007
Gunung Gedangan Mojokerto. From this study, the authors would like to explain that the motives that
drive audiences in viewing Mahabharata.
Key Word : motif, film, mahabarata, public