Kaum Muda, Meme, Dan Demokrasi Digital Di Indonesia

Abstract

: Internet appears as a new medium for youth generation to shape and to articulate discourses in a unique ways known as internet meme. In Indonesia, internet meme is not an expression of youth jokes, but also their reflection through everday lives issues, like democracy, social, and politics. The discourse battleground in particular internet memes expands the democracy itself. This research examines the dynamics of discourse in two biggest Indonesian political controversy in 2014 by using Anthony Giddens' structuration