Discourse on Radicalism in Social Media

Analysis of Tweeter

Abstract

The issue of radicalism is recognizable by many Indonesian citizens through news in television which demonstrated the ways Indonesian government has prevented and deal with the issue of radicalism and terrorism especially through the actions of Densus 88 and BNPT (Badan Nasional Pencegahan Terorism/National Agency for Combating Terrorism). In addition, the issue of radicalism has been discussed in various arenas and different perspectives, such as relating to educational, political, religious issues. This paper focuses on a discourse of radicalism in social media especially by exploring postings in Tweeter in July 2017. By applying Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA), the exploration found that Indonesia needs the prevention against radicalism by involving issues of security, education, media, nationalism, and technology. Secondly, radicalism issue leads to the question on the position of Pancasila for Indonesian citizens. Thirdly, Indonesian government needs to consider power in society which is potential for preventing radicalism in Indonesia. These findings concluded that the discourse on radicalism in social media more focused on the methods of government in dealing with radicalism in Indonesia.