DEMOKRASI DAN POLITIK MEDIA SOSIAL DARI ORDE BARU HINGGA REFORMASI

Qibthia, Maria

MAKNA: Jurnal Kajian Komunikasi, Bahasa dan Budaya
Vol 4 No 2 (2014): MAKNA : Jurnal Kajian Komunikasi, Bahasa dan Budaya

This paper discusses the influence of social media in leading democratiza-tion in Indonesia. By tracing two recent historical episodes; students? movement conducting the downfall of president Soeharto in 1998, and the role of social me-dia after Orde Baru as political usage, social media has many functions in lead-ing democratization. This paper also shows that social media plays the contest of power and image in political arena which I assumed as a tool of media politic, and control over the public sphere as one way in leading democratization