Indonesian's presidential social media campaigns

نویسنده

  • Leon Andretti Abdillah
چکیده

Social media has been used for political campaigns of presidential candidates in a number of democratic countries, including Indonesia.The candidates for president and vice president have been following the latest trends in the virtual world by using social media such as: 1) Facebook, and 2) Twitter.The author's continuing research with a focus on the popularity of candidates for president and vice president of the Indonesian presidential election in July 9, 2014.The authors found that Facebook remains a social media most widely used in Indonesia for presidential campaigns.Prabowo secured the most number of fans on Facebook. While Joko Widodo secured the most number of followers on Twitter.Facebook users is dominated by the user in the age range 18-24 years, and most cities are using Facebook is Jakarta. Kata kuncis:Social media, Facebook, Twitter, President candidates, Presidential campaigns. Abstrak Media sosial telah digunakan untuk kampanye politik calon presiden di sejumlah negara-negara demokrasi, tidak terkecuali Indonesia. Para calon presiden dan wakil presiden telah mengikuti tren terkini di dunia maya dengan memanfaatkan media sosial seperti: 1) Facebook, dan 2) Twitter. Penulis meneruskan penelitian ini dengan fokus popularitas calon residen dan wakil presiden menuju pemilihan presiden Indonesia pada 9 Juli 2014. Penulis menemukan bahwa Facebook tetaplah menjadi media sosial yang paling banyak digunakan di Indonesia untuk kampanye presiden. Prabowo Subianto berhasil mendapatkan jumlah penggemar terbanyak di Facebook. Sedangkan Joko Widodo berhasil mendapatkan jumlah pengikut terbanyak di Twitter.Pengguna facebook didominasi oleh pengguna pada rentang usia 18-24 tahun, dan kota terbanyak yang menggunakan Facebook adalah Jakarta. Kata kuncis: Media sosial, Facebook, Twitter, Calon presiden, Kampanye presiden.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • CoRR

دوره abs/1409.8372  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2014