Penyebaran Berita Politik dan Partisipasi Politik Masyarakat Kota Palu di Media Sosial

Abstract

Today's social media has created a new dilemma. Media independency is an important component for a democratic order, however, in some contexts, citizens experience several hindrance to fully enjoy this right. Replacing conventional media channels, social media is becoming an indispensable medium for expressing and discussing politics. This research focuses on the political participation of the people of Palu City which is influenced by the presence of social media. The social media means are Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram, Twitter, TikTok, YouTube, and Telegram. This study was designed using a quantitative approach. The techniques used to collect the data include observation, questionnaires, and written documents. This research questionnaire was distributed to the people of Palu City which was carried out directly and through social media. The results of distributing the questionnaires showed that 144 respondents were willing to fill out the questionnaires. Data analysis in this study used descriptive statistics. The results of the study show that the political participation of the people in Palu City places more emphasis on spreading news or political issues on social media, especially by spreading the news or issues on sundury social media accounts, but not only that, the political participation of the people is also shown by receiving and following the news. -News and political issues on social media. The political news or issues shared on social media in this study was carried out by the public if they received news or political issues that were hotly discussed. News or issues that are disseminated are no longer managed, but are immediately distributed on various social media accounts such as Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram, Twitter, TikTok, YouTube, and Telegram, so it is not uncommon for news or issues to have a positive impact, it some even have an negative impact.