Proceedings of the 1st International Symposium on Indonesian Politics, SIP 2019, 26-27 June 2019, Central Java, Indonesia

Research Article

Critical Discourse Analysis of Hoax on Primordial Issues in the Jakarta Gubernatorial Election 2017

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  • @INPROCEEDINGS{10.4108/eai.25-6-2019.2287981,
        author={Fawaz  Syaefullah and Aditya  Perdana},
        title={Critical Discourse Analysis of Hoax on Primordial Issues in the Jakarta Gubernatorial Election 2017},
        proceedings={Proceedings of the 1st International Symposium on Indonesian Politics, SIP 2019, 26-27 June 2019, Central Java, Indonesia},
        publisher={EAI},
        proceedings_a={ISIP},
        year={2019},
        month={9},
        keywords={primordial hoax critical discourse analysis},
        doi={10.4108/eai.25-6-2019.2287981}
    }
    
  • Fawaz Syaefullah
    Aditya Perdana
    Year: 2019
    Critical Discourse Analysis of Hoax on Primordial Issues in the Jakarta Gubernatorial Election 2017
    ISIP
    EAI
    DOI: 10.4108/eai.25-6-2019.2287981
Fawaz Syaefullah1,*, Aditya Perdana1
  • 1: University of Indonesia, Indonesia
*Contact email: fawazun18@gmail.com

Abstract

This article wants to describe the presence of primordialism in the hoax in the Jakarta Gubernatorial Election 2017. The abundant flow of information, massive campaigns, and high digital interaction turned out to be dealing with incorrect information, or better known as hoaxes. Primordial-themed Hoax threaten contestations based on rationality or compete with ideas, ideas, visions, missions, and programs. Besides that, hoax with a primordial theme tends to make voters shift, no longer become rational voters but sociological voters who choose based on religious or ethnic similarities. By using critical discourse analysis, this paper attempts to explain in a comprehensive manner the concept of the hoax with primordial themes in the Jakarta Gubernatorial Election 2017