Research Article
www.chuzetu.com as Social Media Facilitating Japanese Women’s Abortion Experiences in The Context of Johoka Shakai
@INPROCEEDINGS{10.4108/eai.6-11-2019.2297261, author={Diddah Annissaa’atul Shalihah and Kurniawaty Kurniawaty}, title={www.chuzetu.com as Social Media Facilitating Japanese Women’s Abortion Experiences in The Context of Johoka Shakai}, proceedings={Proceedings of 3rd International Conference on Strategic and Global Studies, ICSGS 2019, 6-7 November 2019, Sari Pacific, Jakarta, Indonesia}, publisher={EAI}, proceedings_a={ICSGS}, year={2020}, month={11}, keywords={abortion experiences japanese women media social movements}, doi={10.4108/eai.6-11-2019.2297261} }- Diddah Annissaa’atul Shalihah
Kurniawaty Kurniawaty
Year: 2020
www.chuzetu.com as Social Media Facilitating Japanese Women’s Abortion Experiences in The Context of Johoka Shakai
ICSGS
EAI
DOI: 10.4108/eai.6-11-2019.2297261
Abstract
This article discusses www.chuzetu.com as social media, which is a portal site for Japanese women aspiring to communicate their abortion experience with people having similar experiences, and other visitors aiming to have an abortion. This study uses qualitative methods, and the type of research is phenomenology. Using network society theory to focus on social movements by Manuell Castells, and Japanese Behavior theory by Takie Sugiyama Lebra to help explain the phenomenon of making www.chuzetu.com as an alternative media in communicating abortion experiences. In this study, three factors founded that encourage them to have an abortion, and they are (1) education, economics, psychology, (2) social considerations, (3) and health. Furthermore, media roles as a places for Japanese women to communicate their abortion experience are (1) to make social movements on the internet, (2) an alternative media in communicating abortion experience, (3) and to motivate Japanese women who had had an abortion. From these two findings, the phenomenon of making www.chuzetu.com as a place to communicate the experience of abortion is part of the #MeToo campaign action.