Cyber Troops, Online Manipulation of Public Opinion and Co-optation of Indonesia’s Cybersphere. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

Sastramidjaja, Yatun; Sastramidjaja, Wijayanto

doi:10.1355/9789815011500-002

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“…In another article, Sastramidjaja and Rasidi (2021) discuss conflicts centered around the Omnibus Law or the Job Creation Act (#TolakOmnibusLaw), both in direct action and virtual action, between mainstream media and social media, and between physical repression and control over cyberspace. Resistance to the Omnibus Law continued as of May 2020 in the public sphere, with direct action against the law and the trending hashtag #TolakOmnibusLaw on social media.…”

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“…Both articles (Sastramidjaja, 2020;Sastramidjaja & Rasidi, 2021) show the importance and relevance of looking at the trends of digital social movements, especially in the context of Indonesia, and in particular at the two movements that are the focus of this article. However, they did not specifically address the involvement of young people in the movement, nor did they capture the relevance of their participation in the analysis of weakened democracy in Indonesia.…”

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“…The Internet and social media have greatly affected the participation of student movements in digital democracy in Indonesia; numerous protests have been carried out against corruption, and changes in democratic patterns (Saud & Margono, 2021), as seen in the #ReformasiDikorupsi movement in 2019 and #TolakOmnibusLaw movement in 2020. #ReformasiDikorupsi (Corrupted Reform) was a protest against the ratification of the Draft Law (RUU) of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK), which is considered likely to curb civil liberties and freedom of expression (Sastramidjaja, 2020), while #TolakOmnibusLaw was a 2020 movement of students, trade unions, and civil society groups fighting against or rejecting the Omnibus Law on Job Creation, which was considered detrimental to workers (Sastramidjaja & Rasidi, 2021). This study will focus on the relationship between youth political participation, digital media, and the development of youth political identity by analyzing young people's experiences of participation in Indonesia, especially during the mass protests of #ReformasiDikorupsi in 2019 and #TolakOmnibusLaw in 2020.…”

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Youth political participation and digital movement in Indonesia: the case of #ReformasiDikorupsi and #TolakOmnibusLaw

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Uljanatunnisa

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The younger generations have always been at the forefront of and contributed significantly to social movements that are critical of state policies or respond to socio-political situations. This is also what happened in large movements involving young people in Indonesia, conventionally in the form of demonstrations and digital movements. This study seeks to explore the relationship between youth political participation, digital media, and the development of youth political identity by analyzing young people’s engagement in some of the most significant political protests in Indonesia during the mass protests of #ReformasiDikorupsi, a movement opposing the amendments of several important bills, and #TolakOmnibusLaw, a movement opposing the establishment of a new single bill related to labor and investment, between 2019 and 2020. By analyzing quantitative data through data mining from Twitter from October 2019 to November 2020 with the social network analysis method, this study discusses online youth participation in social movements and the way they shape their political identity. Our research found that young people play an active and central role in building online and offline movements. In particular, the online movement contributes to the growth of the offline protest movement, and vice versa, because of concerns about the practice of illiberal democracy.

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