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COMMUNICATION POLITICAL YOUTH (CASE STUDY TEMAN AHOK)
(2016)
Abstract
Dynamics of Indonesian political life slowly changing. First Indonesian politics
only in the respective fields by the elderly, but this time the young begin to take
part in the political surge enliven Indonesia. By supported by the presence of
information and communication technology are good, young people can take
advantage of social media to distribute political messages. Political
Communication in the Brain briefly McNair is a form of communication that
made political and non-political actors to achieve the goal. One is a political
movement “Teman Ahok”. “Teman Ahok” is a collection of volunteers who
founded a group of young people who aim to assist and accompany Ahok to the
next governor. Please know that once a candidate Gerindra Ahok as governor is
no longer supported. Ahok considered to be no longer have a common opinion in
policies. Without the support of political parties Ahok will have difficulty in
following the 2017 governor's race. However, Ahok still be allowed to
participate in the next gubernatorial election with the requirement to collect one
million cards (KTP) of Jakarta residents. On the basis of these regulations
Friend Ahok seeks to collect a copy of identity card Jakarta residents either
directly or using social media. Young people began to participate to collect the
copy of ID card to Friend Ahok. “Teman Ahok” very optimistic they could
collect more than one million ID cards in 2017. This phenomenon is interesting
to study more in depth about how young people are interested in participating in
Ahok to be a candidate for Governor. How does social media play a role in
channeling political messages young people. To approach this phenomenon
researchers used a descriptive case study method to unravel the case. Interim
results by the researchers is political communication built by "Teman Ahok" only
as a forum to provide information about the performance Ahok and support Ahok
until the next governor election.
Keywords
- New Media,
- Youth,
- Political Communication
Disciplines
Publication Date
February, 2016
Editor
Suzy Azeharie, Wulan Purnama Sari
Publisher
Fakultas Ilmu Komunikasi Universitas Tarumanagara
ISBN
978-602-74139-0-0
Citation Information
Sinta Paramita. COMMUNICATION POLITICAL YOUTH (CASE STUDY TEMAN AHOK). Jakarta(2016) Available at: http://works.bepress.com/sinta-paramita/4/