Indonesian Journal of Islamic Communication
Vol. 8 No. 2 (2025): Indonesian Journal Of Islamic Communication

A SEMIOTIC ANALYSIS OF DEATH NARRATIVES IN KAFANI.ID ADVERTISING CONTENT ON TIKTOK

Syifa Fauziyah Sukma (Universitas Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta)
Kholifatul Fauziah (Universitas Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta)



Article Info

Publish Date
31 Dec 2025

Abstract

Death carries profound spiritual and religious significance. In the digital era, platforms like TikTok have transformed death narratives into creative marketing tools. This study aims to analyze the visual and verbal signs in TikTok content by @kafani.id and explain how ideological and cultural meanings are constructed using Roland Barthes’ semiotic theory. Using a qualitative descriptive method, this research examines 33 videos posted between June and December 2024. The results show that signs such as white shrouds, corpse imagery, capitalized typography, and emotional phrases like “Accompany Me Until the End” construct a reflective and spiritual atmosphere. Denotatively, these signs present Islamic funeral practices; connotatively, they symbolize purity, peace, and divine connection; mythically, they reflect ideological meanings of spiritual readiness and cultural values within Indonesian Islam. This study contributes to Islamic communication scholarship by showing how religious messages are embedded in digital advertising narratives, merging spirituality, culture, and marketing in contemporary media.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

IJIC

Publisher

Subject

Religion Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media Social Sciences

Description

The Indonesian Journal of Islamic Communication published by the Postgraduate Program of Islamic Communication and Broadcasting UIN Kiai Haji Achmad Siddiq Jember focuses on the study of communication as a subject that communicates (integrates and interconnects) Islamic religious messages, namely: ...