PENGARUH KOMENTAR USER TERHADAP SIKAP PEMILIH PEMULA DALAM MENDUKUNG PRABOWO SUBIANTO SEBAGAI CALON PRESIDEN REPUBLIK INDONESIA PERIODE 2014-2019

This thesis aims to see the effects of user comments on attitudes toward Prabowo Subianto as a presidential candidate of Republik Indonesia 2014-2019. It�s interesting because Prabowo Subianto is the most potential candidate based on various survey. Despite having a high electability, he had bad track records regarding human rights violations that could tackle him down to become a first man of the country. Ahead of the President and Vice President Election 2014, the first voters who are swing voters want to ensure the capability of a presidential candidate by comparing their opinions with others on user comments. Through user comments, they could find a majority that can be used to determine their own attitudes toward Prabowo Subianto as a presidential candidate. By using the experimental method, this research was conducted on 90 students of SMA Stella Duce 1 Yogyakarta on 22-23 July 2013. Respondents were divided into three groups, namely group A who read pro user comments, group B who read cons user comments, and group C as a control group who did not read the user comments. Questions to be answered in this research is: How do user comments on the news \"SMRC: Jokowi-Basuki Unggul Untungkan Prabowo Ketimbang Mega\" in Kompas.com 23 September 2012 edition affect the attitude of SMA Stella Duce 1 Yogyakarta students towards Prabowo Subianto as a presidential candidate of Republik Indonesia 2014-2019. As a result, pro user comments produce more positive attitude towards Prabowo Subianto as a presidential candidate than cons and control user comments. Instead, cons user comments produce more negative attitudes toward Prabowo Subianto as a presidential candidate than pro and control user comments The first voters are very promising in terms of quantity. In addition, young people as the first voters are the backbone who drive the dynamics of the nation as well as a reflection of the future of national politics. Do not let the user comments exploited by certain political elements to steer public opinion for the sake of their personal interests. The winning team of several political candidates and political parties seem to have started to infiltrate user comments in order to form a public opinion to gain a support as much as possible. Therefore, young people as the first voters should be critical and skeptical to all of the information available on the internet