Countering Broken Home Stigma of Adolescents On Social Media

DOI

10.2991/assehr.k.220705.019How to use a DOI?

Keywords

adolescent; broken home; stigma; social media

Abstract

Society stigmatizes adolescents from broken homes as environment destroyers, uncontrollable, and immoral, hindering their development and achievement. Hamur Inspiration Community uses social media to fight the stigma associated with adolescents who have encountered a broken home. The study’s objectives were to (1) determine how to use social media to combat stigma against adolescents from broken homes and (2) evaluate the content of verbal, visual, and audiovisual messages posted on social media by the Hamur Inspiration Community. This study employs an ethnographic method. Stigma is a term used to describe someone in society who does not conform to their principles and practices. The World Health Organization defines adolescents as between 12 to 24. A broken home is a condition by the absence of parental care or affection due to death, divorce, or relationship problems. In this study, Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter are all considered social media platforms. The research informants purposefully choose from the management of Hamur Inspiration Community. The study demonstrates that social media can help break down the stigma associated with broken family adolescents by providing content that highlights their achievements and activities toward self-development. The content is verbal, visual, and audiovisual by style. The verbal communication expresses positive sentiments regarding the stigma associated with broken home adolescents, the visual message emphasizes aesthetic appearance, and the audiovisual message focuses on information clarity. In conclusion, social media works to overcome the stigma attached to adolescents from broken homes through the use of verbal, visual, and audiovisual messages emphasizing their positive characteristics.

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© 2022 The Authors. Published by Atlantis Press SARL.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC 4.0 license.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Yuni Retnowati
PY  - 2022
DA  - 2022/07/13
TI  - Countering Broken Home Stigma of Adolescents On Social Media
BT  - Proceedings of the 3rd International Media Conference 2021 (IMC 2021)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 182
EP  - 196
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.220705.019
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.220705.019
ID  - Retnowati2022
ER  -