Digital Racism: A New Form of Racism, A Threat to the Integrity of the Nation

DOI

10.2991/assehr.k.220108.054How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Digital Racism; Negara Kesatuan Republik Indonesia; Social Media

Abstract

Media transformation and interaction through digital space born in the circle of globalization, encourage Indonesians to become a digital society by relying on their interactions through cyberspace. Advances in information and communication technology provide convenience in people’s lives. However, it has penetrated the lifestyle and social behavior of people who ignore multicultural values. The development of information and communication technology today makes social media an open space for hate speech to beginning to acts of racism in virtual space. This study aims to identify forms of racism on social media in Indonesia. Researchers used a qualitative approach with the phenomenology method. The study found that, First, acts of racism are rife on social media through various digital platforms such as Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Tik Tok, and YouTube; second, the form of digital racism is demonstrated by digital content in the form of writings, memes, videos, and expressions directly in live chat applications; and thirdly, various racism on social media are contrary to the values of Pancasila and Undang Undang Dasar 1945. Based on this, it is concluded that digital content that contains hate speech, demeans others based on physical characteristics, and shows the superiority of a particular race becomes a source of conflict for multiethnic Indonesian society. Therefore, digital racism as a new form of racism in Indonesian society is part of a major threat to the integrity of Negara Kesatuan Republik Indonesia.

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© 2022 The Authors. Published by Atlantis Press SARL.

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This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC license.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Pipi Karmila
AU  - Dasim Budimansyah
PY  - 2022
DA  - 2022/01/21
TI  - Digital Racism: A New Form of Racism, A Threat to the Integrity of the Nation
BT  - Proceedings of the Annual Civic Education Conference (ACEC 2021)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 296
EP  - 301
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.220108.054
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.220108.054
ID  - Karmila2022
ER  -