Research Article
Political Identity on Pop-Tafsir: An Analysis of Celebrity Dai’s Interpretation on YouTube
@INPROCEEDINGS{10.4108/eai.19-10-2022.2329039, author={La Aa Li U Maknunah and Nur Fadiah Anisah and Hamka Hasan and Kusmana Kusmana and Dewi Aprilia Ningrum and Khamami Zada}, title={Political Identity on Pop-Tafsir: An Analysis of Celebrity Dai’s Interpretation on YouTube}, proceedings={Proceedings of the 5th International Graduate Conference in Islam and Interdisciplinary Studies, IGCIIS 2022, 19-20 October 2022, Mataram, Lombok, Indonesia}, publisher={EAI}, proceedings_a={IGCIIS}, year={2023}, month={5}, keywords={political identity pop-tafsir celebrity dai}, doi={10.4108/eai.19-10-2022.2329039} }- La Aa Li U Maknunah
Nur Fadiah Anisah
Hamka Hasan
Kusmana Kusmana
Dewi Aprilia Ningrum
Khamami Zada
Year: 2023
Political Identity on Pop-Tafsir: An Analysis of Celebrity Dai’s Interpretation on YouTube
IGCIIS
EAI
DOI: 10.4108/eai.19-10-2022.2329039
Abstract
This study seeks to look at political identity in a modern landscape. This essay specifically shows how political identiy lives in the content of various preaching channels broadcasted through YouTube which, to some extent, represent certain radical groups’ teachings. Furthermore, this study examines how external factors such as socio-political situations have inscribed the notion of caliphate ideology within the YouTube content uploaded by the four celerity preachers included in this study. This study is library research that employs a virtual ethnographic method that has been considered as a new approach in cyber-religious research. The result shows that the four celerity preachers who posted sermons on YouTube have interpreted political identity in the shape of caliphate ideology, particularly in state affairs. They choose social media as a new "battlefield" as it has been a valuable alternative space where individuals can express themselves freely. This has made the caliphate ideology to spread online, despite the state's prohibition upon the ideology.