Meta-Sintesis Pancasila Sebagai Ideologi atau Pemikiran Filosofis: Sebuah Tinjauan Kritis dalam Perspektif Komunikasi

Pancasila is often debated as either an ideology or a philosophical system of thought, while a gap between its values and everyday practice persists. This study aims to quantitatively synthesize the strength of the relationship between understanding and practicing Pancasila values and citizen behavior, such as tolerance and radical attitudes. It uses Koento Wibisono's dimensions of ideology (belief, myth, loyalty) and the three philosophical principles (ontology, epistemology, axiology) as its framework, with the way values are delivered treated as a moderator. The study was designed as a meta-analysis using a random-effects model and Fisher's z transformation. A search of the Garuda and Google Scholar databases for publications from 1996 to 2026 yielded twenty articles as an initial corpus. All were conceptual, normative, or qualitative, so effect sizes could not yet be pooled and the three hypotheses could not be tested statistically. A thematic synthesis shows that ideology and philosophy are understood as a unity, that Pancasila values are hierarchical, and that their practice remains suboptimal, while rote-based education leaves little lasting impression. The corpus only hints at a positive relationship between internalizing Pancasila and tolerance. This study contributes a coding scheme for future research and recommends strengthening programs that emphasize role modeling, character education, and value delivery suited to technological developments.