The #dirumahaja as a People Movement on Twitter

Zuly Qodir (Universitas Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta)
Vindhi Putri Pratiwi
Mega Hidayati
Hasse Jubba

Jurnal Ilmu Komunikasi
Vol. 19 No. 2 (2022)

The central and local governments must continue synergizing to reduce the spread of Covid-19. Policies that the Indonesian government implemented are social distancing and self-quarantine. The #dirumahaja movement emerged on various social media platforms, including Twitter. This paper analyzes the use of Twiter as a platform for #dirumahaja movement, to understands people’s attitude in dealing with Covid-19. The findings show that becomes a public space. Through hashtags on Twitter, the public communicate and support government policies related to social distancing and self-quarantine.