New Media, Toleransi, dan Komunitas Islami di Dunia Siber

Abstract

Massive amount hoax information, hate speech or radicalism produced by conservative groups caused unrest in cyberspace. This article aims to describe form of tolerance narrative produced by Islami.co in building peace and countering disturbing content in virtual spaces as a form caring for diversity. This research concentrates on qualitative methods through a virtual ethnographic approach and data collection techniques through selecting content containing tolerance on Islami.co website. Primary data for media display Islami.co portal through narrative of tolerance. Meanwhile, secondary data includes journals, scientific literature or digital traces containing tolerance values. The results this research show that Islami.co produces religious discourse and campaigns for tolerance amidst the diversity of information so that this can create a soothing religious climate in cyber media. This Islamic portal media plays an important role in countering various attacks of hoax information or hate speech circulating in virtual space through packaging messages of tolerance