1Yusuf Fadli, 2Rully, 3Wahyu Budi Priatna, 4Hudi Santoso
1Government Science Study Program, Muhammadiyah University, Tangerang, Indonesia
2LSPR Institute of Communication & Business Indonesia
3,4Digital Communication and Media, Vocational School, IPB University, Bogor, Indonesia
DOI : https://doi.org/10.47191/ijmra/v7-i08-24Google Scholar Download Pdf
ABSTRACT:
Joko Widodo's commitment in terms of eradicating corruption in Indonesia is very low, this is shown through the neglect of public voices on social media in the discourse of weakening the KPK. This study aims to explain the widespread public rejection of all efforts to weaken the KPK and analyze the factors that cause the government to choose to be ambiguous and lead to neglect. This research uses observation methods, documentation, literature studies and big data analysis. The study presents a different perspective from research that has discussed social media activism towards the weakening of anti-corruption institutions in Indonesia. The results of this study found that anti-corruption activism on social media was effective, such as the use of hashtags, coherent logic and credible actors, contributing to the rejection of the revision of the KPK Law and the dismissal of KPK employees through the National Insight Test. However, the massive anti-corruption movement on social media has no impact on the Joko Widodo administration's policymaking in the field of eradicating corruption, this paper also reveals the strong dominance of the political elite in policy making. The conclusion of this article is that the effectiveness of movements on social media to cause public unrest does not necessarily have an impact on decision-making made by state organizers.
KEYWORDS:KPK Weakening, Social Media Activism, Revision of the KPK Law, National Insight Test
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