Persona in Social Media: A Case Study on Baim Paula Youtube Channel

Social media enables its users to participate in creating and sharing media contents through their accounts; thus, it gives opportunity to gain popularity for anyone, including celebrity.  This paper is aimed at revealing celebrities’ strategy to increase and maintain their popularity by constructing self-image through social media. Videos from Baim Paula youtube channel are selected as the main data of the analysis, considering Baim Wong’s success as celebrity and content creator. Using textual approach, the vidoes created and shared are analized as a cultural text which demonstrates celebrities’ self-representation in social media. The result shows that Baim Wong performs various self- images through his videos contents. His prank videos indirectly indicate authenticity and honesty entitled to Baim Wong’s image, as a strategy to create closeness to his fans. He also construcs an altruistic persona by giving presents and/or money to his pranked targets. Another self-representation is seen in videos about his daily activities with family and friends. Through these videos, Baim Wong constructs his image as a family man. The persona performed in social media has successfully attracted more fans/ subscribers and enhanced his fame. Subsequently, it generates profit not only from his YouTube channel, but also from advertising agencies and TV stations that hire him

Female Monsters: Figuring Female Transgression in Jennifer's Body (2009) and The Witch (2013)

This paper aimed to examine the depiction of the monstrous feminine in two horror flms, 2009’s Jennifer’s Bodyand 2015’s The Witch, by investigating how horror flms confront transgression through the construction of woman as a monstrous fgure in the story. The theory of abjection proposed by Julia Kristeva and of the monstrous feminine by Barbara Creed were used in the analysis. The main data were taken from these two flms, focusing on the characterization and narrative aspects. It was found that the depiction of the monstrous feminine in both flms was through the use of monstrous acts and images. The way in which these flms constructed monstrosity indicates female transgression of patriarchal boundaries, specifcally on the issue of gender identity and religiosity. The transgression emphasizes that there is no absolute identity, and thus boundaries are disrupted due to this fluid identit

Revisiting Coffee Shops as Public Space in Purwokerto

The increasing number of coffee shops identifies the dynamics of urban life in Purwokerto. However, how does the existence of these coffee shops influence the socio-cultural life of the society?  The research aims to examine the socio-cultural functions of coffee shops in Purwokerto in accordance to the role of public sphere. The concept of public sphere by Jurgen Habermas is used the theoretical foundation of the analysis. Using descriptive qualitative method, the study analyses data taken from the observation and interview process. Due to the large number of coffee shops in Purwokerto, the researchers select six coffee shops with different characteristics. The research finds that coffee shops in Purwokerto tend to be a place to meet up after school or work and spend their leisure time, as the coffee shop offers a good atmosphere to be more focused and productive on their work. Thus, the function of public sphere is hardly found. Instead, coffee shop becomes a private place for individuals to engage with their own individuality and communitie

Female Monsters: Figuring Female Transgression in Jennifer\u27s Body (2009) and the Witch (2013)

This paper aimed to examine the depiction of the monstrous feminine in two horror flms, 2009\u27s Jennifer\u27s Bodyand 2015\u27s The Witch, by investigating how horror flms confront transgression through the construction of woman as a monstrous fgure in the story. The theory of abjection proposed by Julia Kristeva and of the monstrous feminine by Barbara Creed were used in the analysis. The main data were taken from these two flms, focusing on the characterization and narrative aspects. It was found that the depiction of the monstrous feminine in both flms was through the use of monstrous acts and images. The way in which these flms constructed monstrosity indicates female transgression of patriarchal boundaries, specifcally on the issue of gender identity and religiosity. The transgression emphasizes that there is no absolute identity, and thus boundaries are disrupted due to this fluid identit

PRAKTIK KERUANGAN DAN KETERASINGAN: STUDI WARUNG KOPI DI KOTA PURWOKERTO, BANYUMAS JAWA TENGAH

Keberadaan warung kopi di Kota Purwokerto telah begitu marak. Fenomena tersebut dapat menjadi penanda perubahan ruang kota. Warung kopi menjadi ruang sosial baru bagi masyarakat Kota Purwokerto. Dalam warung kopi terkandung berbagai lapisan makna. Dalam warung kopi terjadi interaksi individu maupun kelompok yang membentuk makna berupa wacana, simbol, maupun citra untuk merepresentasikan diri, relasi yang dijalin, dan juga ruang atau situs terjadinya interaksi. Dalam warung kopi terjadi proses produksi ruang. Tujuan tulisan ini adalah berusaha menggali lapisan makna dalam praktik keruangan di warung kopi. Menggunakan metode kualitatif, tulisan ini mengambil data melalui cara observasi dan wawancara mendalam. Tulisan ini berdasarkan pemahaman bahwa warung kopi merupakan wujud perubahan dari pengembangan ruang kota di Kota Purwokerto. Dalam warung kopi terjadi dialektika beragam gerak, interkoneksi, interaksi uang, orang dan komoditas. Tulisan ini berpendapat bahwa warung kopi merupakan ruang persepsual hasil dari proses pengembangan ruang kota yang dikonstruksi beragam elemen dan kepentingan. Alih-alih menjadikan manusia yang menghidupi ruang hidup mereka, pertumbuhan warung kopi menghasilkan manusia yang teralienasi.

Tracing the Influence of Sharia-Based Local Regulations on Students' Clothing in Public Schools

Since the promulgation of Law Number 44 of 1999 concerning the Implementation of the Privileges of Aceh, almost all regions in Indonesia have enacted sharia regulations. This caused the penetration of Islamic values through legal regulations in the form of regional regulations. This paper aims to trace the influence of sharia-based local regulation in society through sociology and cultural studies, which is to refine the existent perspectives, such as a single sociological perspective or a single law perspective. The method used in this paper is juridical-sociological to obtain primary data from legislation and cultural studies and secondary data from previous research and phenomena. The finding of this paper is that the administrative defects of the legal content in the sharia-based regional regulations produce a sociological effect on one legal object, namely women in public spaces in the form of public schools. Furthermore, a newer hypothesis is also presented that stresses how regional regulations with sharia nuances leave permanent social effects on female students in public schools. Keywords: Sharia-based Regional Regulation, Discrimination, female students, Public School

Gender Role in Rural Life: an Audience Reception Analysis on Banyumas Films in Reformation Era

This qualitative research was aimed at investigating audience's responses on gender role in rural life represented in Banyumas films. The data were taken from library research, questionnaire, and group discussion with Banyumas natives. The audience consisted of female and male university students as well as Banyumas film community. Media viewing was conducted before the discussion. The study findings show that the audiences, both males and females, tend to be receptive to the shifting role of wife as the breadwinner of the family since factories in Banyumas give more work opportunities to women than men. In addition, the respondents are appreciative to the role of Banyumas women who are actively involved in the cultural preservation. However, they think that it rarely happens as Banyumas people prefer working in factories to preserve the tradition

Exploring the Narrative Spaces of Change in Jejak Warna: Cerita tentang Perubahan (2019) Web Series

Jejak Warna: Cerita tentang Perubahan (Color Trail: A Story of Change) web series talks about a man named Arya who is stuck with his monotonous life and memory of his ex-girlfriend. His life changes when he meets Kinar – his new colleague. This study explores how the narrative space conveys the idea of change by analysing the mise-en-scène elements of the web series. The result shows the depiction of spaces which change from spaces that bind the protagonist in his dull routine and memory to a space that liberates and offers him new life and adventure. The change is strengthened by the changing nuances of spaces depicted through composition and lighting, sound (dialogue and music), and the character's expression and movement within the spaces

<Articles>Two Dark Stories from Rural Indonesia: Comparing the Poverty in Turah (2016) and Siti (2014)

This paper examines the unsettling stories of poverty from rural Indonesia in two films, Siti (2014) and Turah (2016). The concept of structural poverty enables a thorough analysis of these films' depictions of poverty and the main characters' reactions to the poverty they experience. This paper also employs the concept of gendered poverty to highlight how gender injustice perpetuates the poverty of women, as depicted in the films. Both structural and gendered poverty are propagated by the interpellation of ideological state apparatuses. This paper argues that the poverty of the rural people depicted in both films results from structural engineering by the elite, not from natural or inevitable conditions. This poverty is further intensified by the patriarchal culture of rural communities, which perpetuates gender inequality and results in deeper poverty for women. Every woman in these two films seems to have accepted, or at least resigned herself to, the patriarchal system and the gendered poverty it produces. The sole exception is Siti, who struggles against the double burden of being both housewife and breadwinner, resisting the naturalization of poverty and thereby revealing the role that ideological state apparatuses play in perpetuating oppression in society writ large as well as in individuals' minds and souls

THE HUNGER GAMES: REPRESENTING THE NEW IMAGE OF AMERICAN POPULAR HEROES

This research is aimed at revealing the new image of American popular heroes as depicted in the novel adaptation film of The Hunger Games which is created as a trilogy, which consists of two more novels: Catching Fire and Mockingjay. This film is one of the most phenomenal films in 2013-2104, which grossed out up to $407,999,255. This research used textual approach, which focused on the text as the object, that is The Hunger Games film. The result shows that The Hunger Games essentially brings the issue of slavery back into scrutiny. However, the creation of the heroin in the film is granted as the reconstruction of popular heroes in America. She is an inspiring female hero which is exemplified as the appreciation of womens values. Yet, the heroin is broadly defined with the qualities of rouge heroes as the characteristics are the representation of the belief and values associated with freedom to wash away the oppression restore the rights of the minority. In addition to the issue of slavery , the symbols of new hope and new spirit are implicitly emerged in the story. This attempt was proficiently done by the heroin, which was eventually created as the new image of the American heroes