Abstract :
Advertising is the process of delivering a message or information to some
or all audiences by using media. Problems that often occur when this number of
accidents that occur on railway crossings in Indonesia. Objectives to be achieved
in this study was to determine how the level of public knowledge about the
contents of the message Surabaya public service ads warning at railroad crossings
on television.
The population in this study are Surabaya people over the age of 17-59
years and sampling techniques in the study were non-probability sampling method
with accidental sampling technique. Methods of data analysis in this study using a
frequency table.
From the results of the test results obtained respondents' level of
knowledge of the contents of the message about the public service ads warning at
railway crossings is high. The high level of knowledge of the respondents indicate
the success of the government in conveying messages through community service.