Opinion Polarisation in Indonesia Politics

Since the Indonesian presidential election in 2014, there are two emerging phenomena that are polarizing political opinions and spreading hoax. Polarisation of opinion causing the public divided into two major groups, the pro and contra - groups toward government. The polarisation is felt even after the presidential election was over and it metamorphosed when Jakarta Province governor election held in 2017. This research tries to analyze how each pro and contra - side in seeing the phenomenon of hoax and how their attitudes and opinions towards opposing groups. The research method used is qualitative descriptive by conducting focus group discussion, in-depth interview and observation. The technique of collecting data use FGD and interview. The research results show that each group has a high level of judgment against other groups including in assessing the phenomenon of hoax. It causes the difficulty on creating constructive discussions because the pro and contra only speak in their sphere and community. The government has made a series of efforts to solve polarisation and hoax by forming the Nusantara Taskforce, doing literacy through Ministry of Communication and Information Technology and legal action for the people who are involved in. But so far, the efforts have not shown a positive result.