Research Article
Nationalism and Pandemic in Indonesia: An Analysis of Discursive Nationalism in New Media During Pandemic
@INPROCEEDINGS{10.4108/eai.8-12-2021.2322562, author={Didik Haryadi Santoso and Pawito Pawito and Prahastiwi Utari and Drajat Tri Kartono}, title={Nationalism and Pandemic in Indonesia: An Analysis of Discursive Nationalism in New Media During Pandemic}, proceedings={Proceedings of the 1st International Conference of Humanities and Social Science, ICHSS 2021, 8 December 2021, Surakarta, Central Java, Indonesia}, publisher={EAI}, proceedings_a={ICHSS}, year={2022}, month={10}, keywords={discursive hegemony nationalism new media pandemic}, doi={10.4108/eai.8-12-2021.2322562} }- Didik Haryadi Santoso
Pawito Pawito
Prahastiwi Utari
Drajat Tri Kartono
Year: 2022
Nationalism and Pandemic in Indonesia: An Analysis of Discursive Nationalism in New Media During Pandemic
ICHSS
EAI
DOI: 10.4108/eai.8-12-2021.2322562
Abstract
This study aims to understand how the discourse of nationalism in the pandemic era in Indonesia, especially in online news and social media. In addition, this study also aims to find out how the hegemony of new media is in replace to is related to the discourse of nationalism in the pandemic era. This study formulates research questions; First, the discourse on nationalism in the pandemic era. Second, how is the hegemony of new media in the discourse of nationalism in the pandemic era? The method used in this research is the web crawlers method. This study found that the discourse on nationalism in Indonesia and the pandemic era has consisted of three things, namely; First, where did the covid-19 virus come from, Second, about vaccinations from outside Indonesia. Did the covid-19 virus originate from the city of Wuhan, China, or a western country? The third is the discourse on conspiracy. Furthermore, online news is dominated by conventional media that migrate to the digital world and exert their hegemonic influence. While on social media, twitter holds the control of hegemony through the power of hashtags, mentions, replies, and retweets.