Emotion Regulation of Fanatical Army (BTS Fans) Involved in Verbal Aggression: A Phenomenological Study

Alifasa Iqbal, Klara Amanda, Agmal Yuladi, Rahayu Utami

2021

Abstract

The spread of Hallyu and the rapid advancement of social media has increasing the number of Korean idol fandoms all over the world, including Indonesia. However, this growth was eventually followed by the fan war and verbal aggression phenomenon that occur between fans and non-fans. This study examines the emotional regulation of Army who has experienced verbal aggression on social media. This research uses a qualitative method with phenomenological approach. Data analysis with Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA) method. Data were collected by in-depth interviews, observation, and collecting evidence of verbal aggression. Two subjects were 20 and 25 years old each having experiences of verbal aggression on social media regarding their idol. The subject’s emotional regulation was analyzed using five stages of The Theory of Emotion Regulation by Gross. The results found that the subject’s involvement of verbal aggression aimed at his idol on social media attracted the subject to be involved and responded with verbal aggression as well. The emotion regulation process that should allow the subject to contain his anger failed due to the responses were considered rude and irrelevant.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Iqbal A., Amanda K., Yuladi A. and Utami R. (2021). Emotion Regulation of Fanatical Army (BTS Fans) Involved in Verbal Aggression: A Phenomenological Study. In Proceedings of the International Conference of Mental Health - Volume 1: Icometh, ISBN 978-989-758-586-9, pages 25-32. DOI: 10.5220/0011094500003368

in Bibtex Style

@conference{icometh21,
author={Alifasa Iqbal and Klara Amanda and Agmal Yuladi and Rahayu Utami},
title={Emotion Regulation of Fanatical Army (BTS Fans) Involved in Verbal Aggression: A Phenomenological Study},
booktitle={Proceedings of the International Conference of Mental Health - Volume 1: Icometh,},
year={2021},
pages={25-32},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0011094500003368},
isbn={978-989-758-586-9},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the International Conference of Mental Health - Volume 1: Icometh,
TI - Emotion Regulation of Fanatical Army (BTS Fans) Involved in Verbal Aggression: A Phenomenological Study
SN - 978-989-758-586-9
AU - Iqbal A.
AU - Amanda K.
AU - Yuladi A.
AU - Utami R.
PY - 2021
SP - 25
EP - 32
DO - 10.5220/0011094500003368