The Identity Project of Young Candidates in The Indonesia 2019 Election

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Abstract

The consequence of the network society emergence in the 2019 simultaneous election is the power that the digital media must provide the issues consumed. This paper aims to explain the identity project carried out by young candidates (age 21–30) against the legitimate identity in the Indonesian political network. There will also be an explanation of the digital media network role in the success or failure of the identity project by these young candidates. The concept of identity project is a part of Manuel Castells’ theory of network society, and in the network society, there is always an elite group that controls the space of flows and timeless time network. The identity project is an attempt to fight the elite in appearing and be accepted by the network. The methodology used is the analysis of the new identity that young people and their parties are trying to emerge by performing a meta-analysis of statistical data from the voter preferences and digital media network data and its political interests. As a result, the young candidates who are trying to present the issues that are contrary to legitimate identities, such as the rejection of polygamy and the Regional Regulation based on the Gospels and Sharia Regional Regulation, mostly fail. Digital media mostly exposes young candidates with controversial ideas rather than young candidates affiliated with a party or figures who do not oppose legitimate identities. The phenomenon in the 2019 election brings the critical reflection that the identity resistance in democracy appears to be more evident in the information age.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the fourth Asia-Pacific Research in Social Sciences and Humanities, Arts and Humanities Stream (AHS-APRISH 2019)
Chapter14
Pages158-174
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 28 May 2023

Publication series

NameProceedings of the fourth Asia-Pacific Research in Social Sciences and Humanities, Arts and Humanities Stream (AHS-APRISH 2019)
Volume753
ISSN (Print)2731-8060
ISSN (Electronic)2352-5398

Keywords

  • identity project
  • young candidates
  • 2019 election
  • network society

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