Virtual Democracy - MCA (Muslim Cyber Army) Influences on Political Issues in Indonesia

Pratiwi Fajriyah, Valentina Mariama Sadaedema

2018

Abstract

A wave of democracy has existed since the end of the Cold War. Democracy is an ideal system for developed countries, that should be practiced in developing or third world countries. The wave of democracy that has struck third world countries, including Indonesia, has caused impacts through the entry-era of globalisation. A democracy based on freedom and human rights has a tremendous impact on the dynamics of society. The freedom that comes from using social media both positively and negatively poses as a lighter in the context of the development of religious populism. One of the items of evidence of the development of religious populism is the existence of a social media account named MCA. MCA utilises social media in channelling aspirations related to political issues. This focus of this research is on how social media utilisation by MCA can change society’s mindset related to political issues. The methods used in this research were social media analysis and literature studies. The MCA movement is indicated to have a political goal because it always disseminates information that is on a tangent to political issues. As a result, it can be said that virtual democracy has an impact on the growth of the religious populist movement in society as well as MCA.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Fajriyah P. and Sadaedema V. (2018). Virtual Democracy - MCA (Muslim Cyber Army) Influences on Political Issues in Indonesia.In Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Contemporary Social and Political Affairs - Volume 1: ICoCSPA, ISBN 978-989-758-393-3, pages 173-181. DOI: 10.5220/0008818601730181

in Bibtex Style

@conference{icocspa18,
author={Pratiwi Fajriyah and Valentina Mariama Sadaedema},
title={Virtual Democracy - MCA (Muslim Cyber Army) Influences on Political Issues in Indonesia},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Contemporary Social and Political Affairs - Volume 1: ICoCSPA,},
year={2018},
pages={173-181},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0008818601730181},
isbn={978-989-758-393-3},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Contemporary Social and Political Affairs - Volume 1: ICoCSPA,
TI - Virtual Democracy - MCA (Muslim Cyber Army) Influences on Political Issues in Indonesia
SN - 978-989-758-393-3
AU - Fajriyah P.
AU - Sadaedema V.
PY - 2018
SP - 173
EP - 181
DO - 10.5220/0008818601730181