Instagram and Political Education for Net Generation in Indonesia - Study on the Usage of Instagram for Political Education in Palembang City

Mariatul Qibtiyah, Alva Beriansyah

2018

Abstract

Net Generation is an important part of the democratisation of this nation. Aside from being the next generation of the nation's leadership, the sizeable population cannot be ignored in today's democratic party events. Generations born in the digital age more often access and utilise technology and internet than the previous generations. The Net Generation is not only technologically literate but also politically literate, and they are willing to participate in political life and so they should get access to political education. By using a descriptive qualitative research method, this article has tried to analyse the political education obtained by the Net Generation of Palembang City through social media, focused on Instagram. Beginner voter behaviour generally tends to be rational and has the ability to access various media in order to obtain information. With different characters, the Net Generation can easily get their political education through social media, with one of them being through Instagram. The political education that can be obtained by the Net Generation through Instagram can be political information, viral political news, the introduction of political figures and there can also be a reduction in the attitude of political apathy. The Net Generation can therefore become an active political participant.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Qibtiyah M. and Beriansyah A. (2018). Instagram and Political Education for Net Generation in Indonesia - Study on the Usage of Instagram for Political Education in Palembang City.In Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Contemporary Social and Political Affairs - Volume 1: ICoCSPA, ISBN 978-989-758-393-3, pages 205-210. DOI: 10.5220/0008819102050210

in Bibtex Style

@conference{icocspa18,
author={Mariatul Qibtiyah and Alva Beriansyah},
title={Instagram and Political Education for Net Generation in Indonesia - Study on the Usage of Instagram for Political Education in Palembang City},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Contemporary Social and Political Affairs - Volume 1: ICoCSPA,},
year={2018},
pages={205-210},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0008819102050210},
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 - Instagram and Political Education for Net Generation in Indonesia - Study on the Usage of Instagram for Political Education in Palembang City
SN - 978-989-758-393-3
AU - Qibtiyah M.
AU - Beriansyah A.
PY - 2018
SP - 205
EP - 210
DO - 10.5220/0008819102050210