Indonesian Case of Political Identity, Post Truth, and Computational Propaganda

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to investigate the use of Computational Propaganda in organizing and manipulating public opinion on social media through the issue of identity politics in the 2019 Indonesian Presidential Election. There are two methods used in this study namely qualitative method to answer the effectiveness of the use of Computational Propaganda for campaigns in the 2019 Presidential Election, and quantitative method to measure and identify the use of Computational Propaganda during the campaign period through the big software Emprit Drone data. This study found that the use of political identity issues and Computational Propaganda were structured and organized. The manipulation of public opinion through calculated selection of issues and online popularity produced a false consensus with the aim of gaining political support from the public.