International Journal of Multidisciplinary Research of Higher Education (IJMURHICA)
Vol 6 No 4 (2023): (October) Theme Social Science, Education and Science

Phenomena of Identity Politics in Indonesia: Interaction Analysis between Religion and Ethnicity in West Sumatera

Risnaldi Ibrahim (Universitas Andalas, Indonesia)
Mohammad Agus Yusoff (Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Malaysia)
Asrinaldi Asrinaldi (Universitas Andalas, Indonesia)
Julio Tomas Pinto (Universidade da Paz, Timor-Leste)
Irma Irayanti (Institut Agama Islam Negeri Kendari, Indonesia)



Article Info

Publish Date
30 Oct 2023

Abstract

In 2024 Indonesia will again hold General Elections. This national political succession has become a magnet for all Indonesian people to talk about it in conversations in various public spaces. Interestingly, the public discussion of each candidate who advances in the general election is inseparable from the religious and ethnic background that will determine the people's choice of a candidate. The problem that arises is that religious and ethnic issues tend to cause hostility among potential supporters. This study aims to analyze how identity politics, especially religion and ethnicity, influences people's choice of a candidate. This research uses qualitative methods with phenomenological and ethnographic approaches. Sources of data are taken from various communication theories, mass psychology, political communication theory, and results of analysis of various previous research results that examine these issues and problems in different contexts and issues. All the findings in this study will be discussed in an interesting way and based on phenomena that occur in society.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

ijmurhica

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Subject

Economics, Econometrics & Finance Education Engineering Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media Social Sciences

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An objective of the International Journal of Multidisciplinary Research of Higher Education is to promote the wide dissemination of the results of systematic scholarly inquiries into the broad field of multidiscipline research. This journal is intended to be the journal for publishing articles ...