Jurnal Penelitian Ekonomi dan Bisnis
Vol. 11 No. 2 (2026): September 2026

Grassroots Against the Bet: Community-Led Digital Resistance to Online Gambling in Indonesia

Zaldiansyah Perdana (Universitas Diponegoro)
Shinta Amrina Rosadha (Universitas Diponegoro)
Vicky Oktavia (Universitas Diponegoro)



Article Info

Publish Date
29 Sep 2026

Abstract

Online gambling (judi online, “judol”) has become a major digital-era social and economic harm in Indonesia, particularly among young and low-income groups. This study examines community-led digital resistance as a demand-side complement to state-led site blocking and financial interdiction. It investigates how key opinion leaders, content aggregators, and youth, hobby, and government-linked communities construct and circulate anti-judol messages; how network structure shapes message reach and resonance; and whether exposure influences awareness, perceived norms, refusal self-efficacy, collective efficacy, and intention to abstain. A convergent mixed-methods design combines social network analysis, quantitative content analysis, digital-campaign analytics, a community survey, and interviews with campaign actors and institutional partners. The study integrates connective-action theory, the two-step flow of communication, collective-efficacy theory, and inoculation theory. It is expected to show that trusted brokers connecting otherwise separate communities can strengthen message diffusion, while empathetic and prebunking-oriented content can improve resistance to gambling promotion. The study contributes a Global South perspective on networked civic action and offers practical guidance for community-anchored interventions that complement enforcement, strengthen digital literacy, protect vulnerable groups, and build social resilience against online gambling

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Journal Info

Abbrev

jpeb

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Subject

Decision Sciences, Operations Research & Management Economics, Econometrics & Finance

Description

JPEB is a periodical publication (two times a year, in March and September) with the primary objective to disseminate scientific articles in the fields of management, economics, accounting, and islamic economics. JPEB is accept your manuscript both written in Indonesian or ...