PERSPEKTIF
Vol. 12 No. 4 (2023): PERSPEKTIF, October

Understanding Connective Action in the Wadas Village Conflict: Social Network Analysis on the #WadasSuing Hashtag

Dini Kumalawati Sarjani (Universitas Indonesia)



Article Info

Publish Date
13 Oct 2023

Abstract

The conflict that occurred in Wadas Village is a conflict that originated from a grassroots movement, has been going on for several years since 2013, and has not been resolved until now. In addition to conducting movements through offline actions, the community and non-governmental organizations that oppose mining plans also make efforts to spread actions and foster support by using social media. Connective action theory is used in this research, it is important to know the power of the #Wadasmengault hashtag who are the actors, and the network structure formed in this online movement. The method used in this research is Social Network Analysis (SNA). Data collection was carried out using Netlytic software, The results obtained are that the hashtag #Wadas Mengtinggian as an extension of offline action was less successful. Because the Reply, retweet, and mention activities are one-way. The dominant actors in hashtag conversations are NGO accounts and environmental organizations, the delivery of information only spreads among them and does not spread naturally to the wider community  

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Journal Info

Abbrev

perspektif

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Subject

Humanities Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media Social Sciences

Description

PERSPEKTIF, is a journal of Governmental, Political, Public Administration, Communication and Social Sciences, for information and communication resources for academics, and observers of Governance Sciences, Social Sciences, Political Sciences, Public Administration Sciences, Communication Sciences, ...