New Media Theory Research Articles

REVEALING POSTTRAUMATIC GROWTH, IDENTITY AND GLOBAL INFLUENCE IN DEMI LOVATO: DANCING WITH THE DEVIL DOCUMENTARY

As a singer and an actress, Demi Lovato has fame which can influence her fans globally. Further, with the mental health, addiction, and trauma issues, she gains positive changes in her life that affect and encourage her fans as well. The object of this study is Demi Lovato: Dancing with the Devil documentary series. This study reveals Lovato’s posttraumatic growth that influences her identity and global influence. The narratives, captured clips, posts, and previous research are used as the data in this study. This study uses the theory of posttraumatic growth and new media for data interpretation. The findings show that Lovato’s posttraumatic growth consists of five domains: personal strength, relations to others, new possibilities, appreciation of life, and spiritual and existential changes. Moreover, her posttraumatic growth also leads her to discover her identity as a non–binary person and bring positive impacts to her fans around the world and the non-binary community. Therefore, as a new media form, the Dancing with the Devil documentary series successfully delivers Lovato’s stories and struggles to people worldwide, especially her fans.

The Influence of Changes in the Logo and Slogan of PT Aplikasi Karya Anak Bangsa on Achieving Brand Image Among Consumers in Medan City

This study aims to analyze the effect of changing the logo and slogan of PT Aplikasi Karya Anak Bangsa on the achievement of brand image among Medan city consumers. The theory used in this study is the theory of communication, new media, advertising, brand, rebranding and brand image. The research method used is a quantitative method with explanatory research. The population in this study are consumers of theGojek application in the city of Medan. The sampling technique uses the Taro Yamane formula so that a total sample of 100 respondents is obtained with the sample criteria, namely consumers of the Gojek application in the city of Medan who know the changes to the Gojek logo andslogan. The data collection technique used in this study was field research by distributing questionnaires and library research. The data analysis technique used is descriptive analysis, classical assumption test, multiple linear regression analysis and hypothesis testing. The results showed that there was an effect of changing the logo and slogan of PT Aplikasi Karya Anak Bangsa on the achievement of brand image among Medancity consumers. The magnitude of the influence or the coefficient of determination of changes in the Gojek logo and slogan on brand imageachievement is 46.2%, which means the correlation is quite significant, while the remaining 53.8% is the influence of other factors not examined in this study such as service quality, trust, reliability and speed.

Artificial Intelligence: Medium or Subject? On the 10th Anniversary of the Publication of the Article “Theory of New Media and the Transformation of a Medium into a Subject?”

Artificial Intelligence: Medium or Subject? On the 10th Anniversary of the Publication of the Article “Theory of New Media and the Transformation of a Medium into a Subject?”

Social Media Communication Strategy of Al-Izzah Campus Da'wah Institute UIN North Sumatra in Optimizing the Spread of Islamic Values on Social Media

This research aims to investigate how the communication strategy of the Al-Izzah UIN North Sumatra Campus Da'wah Institute (LDK) maximises the dissemination of Islamic ideals on social media. The research employed a descriptive qualitative research method. Qualitative research methods employ scientific techniques to elucidate a phenomenon by comprehensively summarising data and facts using language, with respect to the subject of study. The data collecting methods employed were interviews and observations of dakwah content on the LDK Al-Izzah UINSU Instagram social media account. The research incorporates the theories of New media proposed by Pierre Levy, the impact of dakwah on social media, and communication methods utilising SWOT analysis. The primary findings of this study reveal the effectiveness of utilising distinctive and innovative dakwah content, such as humorous videos, to captivate and engage the audience in the dakwah message. Furthermore, the deficiency in disseminating dakwah content on social media stems from a scarcity of manpower and the utilisation of rudimentary instruments for making dakwah content, hence leading to subpar outcomes in the created dakwah video content. Furthermore, there are potential to disseminate Islamic ideals on social media platforms, particularly through the emerging trend of providing innovative and contemporary preaching content. Furthermore, the Al-Izzah Campus Da'wah Institute faces a hindrance in disseminating Islamic ideals on social media due to the removal of parts of their dakwah content on LDK Al-Izzah's social media platforms.

Analisis Body Positivity Movement Tentang Wanita Plus Size di Indonesia Melalui Tiktok

The enforcement of beauty standards has caused anxiety for plus size women because it can lead to bullying. In reality, bullying still appears in social media activities and is even considered normal by most people without thinking about the impact on plus size women. Seeing this phenomenon, there is a need for a body positivity movement. The body positivity movement can promote self-love and acceptance of bodies of all shapes, sizes, or appearances. The presence of plus size content creators who raise their voices about body positivity has encouraged the emergence of a digital opinion movement from the public regarding this issue, thereby helping the success of the body positivity movement on TikTok. This research aims to understand the phenomenon of the body positivity movement regarding plus size women that occurs through TikTok in Indonesia. By using an interpretive paradigm through qualitative phenomenological methods, primary data collection was obtained through interviews and focus group discussions. This research uses the theory of digital movement, opinion and new media. The results of this research found that the body positivity movement on TikTok was carried out by contentcreatorplus size by creating content that had persuasive and motivational elements. The dominant character of new media is the character of interactivity which forms two-way and even multi-way communication, thereby encouraging a digital movement of opinions regarding body positivity for plus size women on TikTok.

Enchanted Backburner: Channeling Taylor Swift and Niki on Cegil Identity

This study chooses a transnational perspective to understand the practice of American culture in Indonesia. As this study discussed identity formed in social media and involved popular music singers, the theories applied in this study are the theories of identity, youth culture, new media, and popular music from the popular culture approach. In examining this study, the content analysis method was applied. After reviewing primary and secondary sources and find suppported theories for the data, it is find that the cegil identity is channeled through Taylor Swift and NIKI’s musicality due to the interconnection of youth culture and new media in treating popular music. The star and stardom of Swift and NIKI influence people's perspectives on their songs. The cegil community likes their lyricism in descriptive, imaginative, and poetic songs. Global access and media allow Spotify and X as the mediums to communicate and participate for cegil to express their feelings. They were also the place where the cegil term was coined. The last factor is a youth culture that treats music as the soundtrack of life and hence sees songs as a medium to express themselves.

The Role of Television in Shaping Democracy: An Old Dream with a Big Future?

Dominique Wolton (1947) needs no introduction within social sciences and outside the Anglo-Saxon sphere. There are 35 works by the French sociologist spread across 26 countries and 23 languages. Outside the academy, his recognition is equally wide, belonging, for example, to the National Order of the Legion of Honour, the highest French distinction established by Napoleon and limited to only 75 living people. With a PhD in Sociology, he admits that his main objective is to study communication in an interdisciplinary fashion, focusing on the relationship between the individual, technique, culture and society. Among the many books published, the following stand out for discussion: Éloge du Grand Public. Une Théorie Critique de la Television (In Praise of the General Public: A Critical Theory of Television; Wolton, 1990); Penser la Communication (Thinking Communication; Wolton, 1997); Internet et Après? Une Théorie Critique des Nouveaux Médias (Internet and Then? A Critical Theory of New Media; Wolton, 1999); Sauver la Communication (Save the Communication; Wolton, 2005); Informer N’est pas Communiquer (Informing Is Not Communicating; Wolton, 2009); and Communiquer, C’Est Négocier (To Communicate Is to Negotiate; Wolton, 2022).

PENGARUH PENGGUNAAN APLIKASI TIKTOK TERHADAP POLA PIKIR KREATIF REMAJA (STUDI PADA SMK NEGERI 3 KOTA BEKASI JURUSAN TEKNIK KOMPUTER DAN JARINGAN)

TikTok application is currently very popular and has a pretty good influence as a place to express yourself. The TikTok application can be used to sharpen creative minds when viewing interesting content. Therefore the research is interested in discussing this matter further. This research is discussed using the theory of new media or new media. This study uses a quantitative method with a positivism paradigm. In this study, data was obtained by distributing questionnaires to students of SMK Negeri 3 Bekasi, TKJ Department, class of 2022-2023. The sampling technique is by purposive random sampling. The data analysis technique used by researchers in this studywas one sample Kolmogrov Smirnov with the help of the SPSS 22.0 program. The results of the research can be seen in the simple linear regression test with the results from the R square test it is known that the use of the tiktok application has an effect of 0.083. This states that the use of the tiktok application affects the creative mindset of teenagers at SMK Negeri 3 Bekasi City, Department of Computer and Network Engineering by 8.3%. The results can be explained that tcount > rtable then it is determined that Ho is rejected statistically significant. It can be seen from the results of the t test, the significant value is less than 0.05 (0.000 <0.05) meaning that there is a strong influence between the independent variable of the tiktok application and the dependent variable of a creative mindset. So it can be concluded from this study that the use of the TikTok application has an influence on the creative mindset of adolescents at SMK Negeri 3 Bekasi majoring in Computer and Network Engineering.

Instagram as A Digital Media to Build Self-Acceptance

One of the effects of Broken Home children is the difficulty in accepting their condition, which causes their Self-Acceptance. Children who find it challenging to build Self-Acceptance will affect their self-concept, so they continue to think negatively. This research focuses on analyzing the content of digital media Instagram that is present as a communication tool to provide educational information for generation Z related to specific problems, especially about Self-Acceptance. The presence of social media in the digital era can now be used as a means of long-distance communication and help educate its users. The social media that is popular among Generation Z is Instagram. The object of this research is the Instagram account @Behome.id. The data is obtained from content from the @Behome.id account, which has information about Self-Acceptance. This research uses a qualitative content analysis method with the theory of self-acceptance and new media. This research concludes that Behome.id provides tips such as a friend who embraces another friend by using a casual style of language, mapping broken home children tend to have low self-acceptance due to lack of self-disclosure to others, giving many tips to broken home children to be more can get their emotions out in order to express themselves.

Banyumas Regency Islamic Religious Extension Strategy in Strengthening Religious Moderation

This article aims to examine the communication strategies of Islamic Religious Counselors in Banyumas Regency in strengthening religious moderation. The problem focuses on the strategy of Islamic Religious Counselors in promoting religious moderation in the post-Covid 19 pandemic era. This research is qualitative research with a descriptive approach. The theories used in this research are Harold Laswell's communication theory, Uses and Gratification theory, and Campbell's theory of religious encounters and new media. Data collection was carried out through observation, interviews, and document analysis. The research informants, consisting of 30 Islamic Religious Counselors in the Banyumas Regency, were selected through purposive sampling based on the research objectives. This study concludes that Islamic Religious Counselors in Banyumas Regency, first, employ a strategy involving planning, understanding the characteristics of the target audience for da'wah (religious outreach), determining the material to be conveyed, selecting the delivery method, and choosing the communication media. Second, they carry out strategic planning by enhancing their knowledge of religious moderation through participation in workshops, training sessions, and independent study. They also conduct religious moderation outreach to congregations, both in face-to-face interactions and through media platforms such as radio, Facebook, WhatsApp, and YouTube. Furthermore, they practice religious moderation in various contexts, including interactions with Muslims, adherents of local culture, and followers of other religions. This research is valuable for the development of studies on strategies for promoting religious moderation at the grassroots level.

From Czechoslovakia with Nightmares

Abstract This study follows the origins of and search for “Clock Man”, from a nineteenth century Yorkshire folktale to a 2012 forum post about a lost 1976 Czechoslovakian stop motion film, and evaluates its merits as a piece of contemporary world literature. The internet has significantly altered how people communicate and share stories, allowing a range of texts to be instantly created, disseminated and discussed around the world. As the classification and study of ‘world literature’ are affected by changing standards of communication and literary merit, these new media communications can provide contemporary insight into how literature may be found in virtual public spaces. This paper blends theories of literariness, reception and new media with Deleuze and Guattari’s theory of deterritorialization to track the changes in the “Clock Man” story and observe broader trends of contemporary world literature in digital storytelling spaces.

TELEDENTISTRY: WHATSAPP SEBAGAI MEDIA PENUNJANG PERTUKARAN INFORMASI KESEHATAN GIGI

The beginning of this study was seen from the high cases of Covid-19 infection in health workers, especially dentists, WHO issued an appeal for dentists to carry out teledentistry for patients who wish to visit dental health clinics. However, due to the absence of integrated media for teledentistry, dentists use social media as teledentistry media, one of the most frequently used social media is Whatsapp. Whatsapp is a social media that is quite popular in Indonesia, besides this social media is quite easy to use by all social media users. This study uses a descriptive qualitative research method, using the theory of new media. The results of the analysis show that the reason dentists choose Whatsapp because it is easier to use when compared to other social media. The use of Whatsapp is considered very effective because dentists can convey all the information they want to convey to the public, especially their patients.

The historian is present: live interactive documentary as collaborative history

ABSTRACT Historical narratives seek to give us a shared reality, argued through recourse to evidence. Both impulses are under threat in the Age of the Anthropocene. This article introduces Live Interactive Documentary, a ‘performance dissemination’ model for history that deploys digital tools to merge cinema and lecture into a new form. It is designed to respond to Hayden White’s challenge in ‘The Burden of History’ and Bruno Latour’s call to gather as a bulwark to misinformation and the manipulative, political cooption of postmodern scepticism. Live Interactive Documentary creates a spectacle of archive and expertise, injected with post-postmodern values of polyphony and audience exchange, grounded in the local. This essay describes the form that I piloted with a team that includes historian Robert Nelson and composer, musician and media artist Brent Lee. Live Interactive Documentary is a model of ‘moving (image) history’ that seeks to cross boundaries between practice and theory, as well as history, film, multimedia performance art and participation. This hybrid cinema model draws upon theories of historiography, film and new media. It digitises earlier models of theatre and film exhibition and responds to the challenges of the Anthropocene by prioritising negotiation, complexity and gathering face-to-face in the real space of our analogue world.

PEMANFAATAN WHATSAPP GRUP SEBAGAI MEDIA KOMUNIKASI DI KALANGAN ORANG TUA MURID

This research is entitled Utilization of WhatsApp Groups as Communication MediaAmong Parents of Students. This research is a qualitative research. This research aims to find outhow the use of WhatsApp groups among parents of students. The subjects in this study consisted ofthe originator of the initial WhatsApp group formation and other group members as well as severalteachers using the Pierre Levy theory of new media as the theoretical basis of the research entitledthe use of WhatsApp gruo as a medium of communication among parents of students. Judging fromthe Whatsapp application, it can make it easier to interact because through this whatsapp groupyou can add more friends, and certainly make it easier for users to get to know each other withinthe scope of SDN 57 Oku Group. Based on the analysis of the research results it can be concludedthat utilization whatsapp group affects the dissemination of learning information at SDN 57 Okuclass 2A whatsapp features are used to disseminate learning information, including group chats,photos, videos, voice messages, and documents. Use of whatsapp groups to communicate betweenhomeroom teachers and parents, suggest information in the form of announcements to distributelesson material

The Media Sphere As a Space of Interaction Between Users of Social Networks

Relevance. One of the main characteristics of modern society is the development of new media as a tool for creating new communication channels for the interaction of individuals. In this case, we are talking about the media sphere as a space of interaction between users of social networks.The purpose is using the example of commenting on news content by users of social networks, the authors explore the media sphere as a space of their interaction in order to clarify the main theoretical prerequisites available in this area and attract new empirical data.Objectives: to present the media sphere as a space of interaction between users of social networks, which is formed, among other things, by commenting on news content; to describe the trends in the development of the media sphere in this context; to characterize the main lines of interaction between users of social networks when commenting on news content; to reveal the motivation for entering into interaction under the influence of various factors.Methodology. The methodological basis of the research is the concept of the media sphere by M. A. Buryak and the associated theories of media discourse, starting with T. G. Dobrosklonskaya; the theory of new media (D. Scott, L. Safko) and social networks (D. Barnes, T. O'Reilly, S. A. Kravchenko). To solve the tasks, the authors used the method of interviewing content analysis, analysis of secondary data, methods of comparison and analogy.Results. For a modern individual, the distribution of news content in social networks is the most convenient and effective way to obtain information in different age groups. In general, respondents tend to trust information received from social networks, but unstructured information containing fakes falls into the "risk" zone here.Conclusions. For the development of the media sphere as a space of interaction between users of social networks, the adaptation of each media resource to a separate communication channel and the emergence of the phenomenon of public communication, which is expressed in a system of symbols and signs (comments, "likes", etc.) are relevant.

MSMEs’ Strategy for Delivering Messages through TikTok Content

Competition between large companies and small businesses such as Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) is unavoidable. Quoting from previous research, MSME actors lack knowledge, funding, and time which may hamper their marketing communications. Content marketing through TikTok is now an option. The purpose of this study was to determine the model of the message delivery strategy through TikTok carried out by MSME actors referring to the theory of new media and content creation elements. This research uses a qualitative approach with a case study method. Data collection was carried out by interviewing eight MSME actors who use TikTok as a means of marketing communication. The results show that the target market is Generation Z, the content presented focuses on trends, the communication style is carried out by indirect marketing with diverse content schedules, and customer engagement through comments is very important.

Youth Life Writing, Networked Media, Climate Change: The Challenge of Testimony to the Future

This article examines some of Greta Thunberg’s life writing as an example of the creativity and ingenuity with which some young people engage with the identity category of ‘youth’ in their life writing. It argues that Thunberg’s activism uses personal testimony in order to amplify expertise testimony as an epistemic source that demands action on climate change. This strategic use of life writing produces a paradoxical, but seemingly effective, form of life writing in which Thunberg provides personal testimony to the future. The article analyses how this paradoxical form of testimony is produced by situating Thunberg’s life writing in the context of the social and political investment in youth as an identity genre central to understanding of the human life course, and to how political responsibility is figured in contemporary western democracies. Drawing on theories of new media as an affective site in which life unfolds, rather than being represented, the paper concludes by reflecting on how Wendy Chun’s argument that networks involve the twinning of habituation and crisis mirrors Thunberg’s argument that action on climate change demands that habitual ways of living and acting must be rethought in response to the climate crisis.

Transformed by contested digital spaces? Social media and Ukrainian diasporic ‘selves’ in the wake of the conflict with Russia

AbstractThe ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine has had a profound effect not only on the warring countries but also on diasporas that are related to them. Bringing together theories of diasporic identities and new media, this paper explores how Ukrainian diasporic ‘selves’ are affected by the ongoing conflict with the focus on the role of social media in the formation of their national and ethnic identities. With a series of in‐depth interviews conducted in Europe and North America, this study identifies the functions of social media in diasporic self‐understanding, representation of national culture and online commemoration and mourning. The findings reveal that social media provide diasporic subjects with a space for the negotiation and performance of ethnic and national identities. Within this space, however, they experience ongoing contestation that makes ‘new’ diaspora members more prone to relate to the radicalised discourses on national history, explanations of the conflict and Ukrainian monolingualism.

Research on Cultivation of College English Autonomous Learning Ability in the New Media Era

Due to the rapid development of information technology and the increasing requirements of modern society for college students' comprehensive English application ability, it has become an inevitable trend to apply online new media to college English teaching to improve students' autonomous learning ability. Based on the relevant theories of autonomous learning and new media, this paper analyzes the current situation of college English autonomous learning in the new media era, explores the construction of the teaching mode of college English autonomous learning, and puts forward some suggestions on how to help students improve their autonomous learning ability.

The Influence of Political Messages in New Media to Political Awareness and Its Impact on the Political Participation of Millennial Generation

Today many political parties use new media, the internet, as their political communication channel. For young people, the internet serves as a dominant public space. Since young voters as millennial generation have great potential to increase votes, many political parties convey their political messages through new media used by millennial generation. This research is intended to see and study the influence of political messages in new media on political awareness and its impact on political participants of millennial generation. This research uses Stimulus Organism Response (S-O-R) theory as main theory, McQuail’s mass communication theory, and theory or concept of political awareness, political participation and new media as well as millennial generation. This research uses quantitative approaches with a survey and questionnaire method as a means of collecting data. The millennial generation referred to in this research is younger generation aged between 17 and 37 years and lives in the Special Capital Province of Jakarta (DKI Jakarta). Based on the recapitulation of final voter lists for the 2018 general election, the number of voters aged between 17 and 37 years reaches about 2,885,000. The technique of determining the sample size uses Slovin’s formula, with the margin of error reaching 5% so that the number of samples is 400. Meanwhile, the technique of sampling uses proportional sampling and data analysis technique uses path analysis. The results of the research show that political messages in new media have direct and indirect influences on the political participation of millennial generation.