Social Media and Autonomy in Indonesia

Panel Convenor(s)

• AN

  Anton Novenanto

  Universitas Brawijaya, Indonesia

Panel Chair(s)

• AN

  Anton Novenanto

  Universitas Brawijaya, Indonesia

Presenter(s)

• NS

  Nuzul Solekhah

  National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN), Indonesia

Co-Author(s)

• SL

  Siti Putri Lestari

  Gadjah Mada University, Indonesia

Presenter(s)

• SL

  Siti Putri Lestari

  Gadjah Mada University, Indonesia

Co-Author(s)

• NS

  Nuzul Solekhah

  National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN), Indonesia

Presenter(s)

• SS

  Suprapto Suprapto

  Brawijaya University, Indonesia

Co-Author(s)

• AN

  Anton Novenanto

  Universitas Brawijaya, Indonesia

Presenter(s)

• AA

  Anastasya Andriarti

  Bakrie University, Indonesia

Co-Author(s)

• AN

  Anton Novenanto

  Universitas Brawijaya, Indonesia

The panel discusses how Indonesian social media users utilize this new kind of media for various purposes because the autonomy it offers. In the age of social media, everyone has the potential to act as a consumer, distributor, and producer of information. Social media has blurred subject positions of actors. Although digital media landscape was created as a continuation of preexisting social and political structures (Tapsell, 2019), to some extent it triggers new cultural ideas and patterns as well as new variety of identities among the social media users. The panel gathers scholars from various disciplines and institutions to discuss some of recent trends on the autonomy of Indonesian social media in interacting with new technology and other users. Some questions the panel would like to address are: how do we study social media construction of cultural identity? What do social media users, especially new generations, do this new technology? What forms of interaction are facilitated by social media? What culture and identity are newly formed, modified, and maintained from such interactions? What efforts do these users take to mitigate the side effects of social media?

Presentations:

• 14:00 – 15:45 (GMT+7)

  Just for Content: Neo-Objectification of the Female Body in Crossdressing Content on Social Media
  

  Presenter: Nuzul Solekhah – National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN)
• 14:00 – 15:45 (GMT+7)

  Turning Back the Panoptic: How Gen Z Navigate Anxiety through Social Media Memes
  

  Presenter: Siti Putri Lestari – Gadjah Mada University
• 14:00 – 15:45 (GMT+7)

  Identity and Fandom: Parasocial Interactions among Indonesian BTS Fans in the Age of Social Media
  

  Presenter: Suprapto Suprapto – Brawijaya University
• 14:00 – 15:45 (GMT+7)

  Debunking Hoax from/through Social Media: Learning from Indonesia's 2024 Presidential Election
  

  Presenter: Anastasya Andriarti – Bakrie University