DUNIA DIGITAL POLITIK MALAYSIA: SUATU TINJAUAN AWAL TERHADAP PERKEMBANGAN POLITIK MALAYSIA MELALUI MEDIA DIGITAL (THE DIGITAL WORLD OF MALAYSIAN POLITICS: PRELIMINARY SURVEY OF MALAYSIA'S POLITICAL DEVELOPMENT THROUGH DIGITAL MEDIA)
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Media digital menjadi platform utama bagi masyarakat mendapatkan maklumat dan berinteraksi secara maya. Aplikasi dalam media digital seperti media sosial, laman web, blog dan sebagainya menjadi ruang utama untuk pelbagai pihak berkongsi berita, pandangan dan respons terhadap isu semasa terutamanya yang berkait dengan politik. Perkembangan politik di Malaysia terlalu dinamik sehinggakan masyarakat bergantung sepenuhnya kepada media dan kandungannya. Peranan dan fungsi media telah digunakan oleh kebanyakan parti politik dan impaknya telah menyumbangkan kemenangan mereka pada Pilihanraya Umum Malaysia ke-14. Kewujudan komuniti eletronik yang prihatin terhadap isu-isu politik secara tidak lansung telah membuka ruang untuk kajian memerhatikan secara terperinci aktor yang terlibat dalam media digital serta sentiment yang ditunjukkan oleh mereka. Dengan menggunakan pendekatan secara kualitatif, kajian ini berjaya mengumpul data yang berkait dengan komuniti eletronik di Malaysia serta sentimen yang ditunjukkan oleh mereka berdasarkan kepada respons terhadap isu politik semasa. Dalam masa yang sama, teori modernization telah berjaya mengukuhkan pandangan kajian bahawa media dan kandungannya menjadi keperluan utama bagi komuniti eletronik berinteraksi dan berkomunikasi secara maya dan hal ini secara tidak lansung membentuk institusi sosial yang kukuh di alam siber. Kebergantungan komuniti eletronik terhadap media digital dan kandungannya menjadi suatu alasan kukuh untuk menyatakan sebahagian besar perkembangan politik di Malaysia kini dipengaruhi oleh media dan kandungannya.Â
Kata kunci: Dunia digital, media digital, digital teknologi, kepembangkangan, mediatization
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Digital media has become a major platform for the public to obtain information and to interact virtually. Applications in digital media such as social media, websites, blogs and etc., had become the primary space for various parties to share news, views and responsses to current issues, particularly those related to politics. Political developments in Malaysia are so dynamic that society had become too dependable on the media and its content. The role and function of media have been utilized by many political parties and their impact has contributed to their victory in the 14th Malaysian general election. The existence of an electronic community indirectly concerned with political issues has opened up a space for studies observing in detail the actors involved in digital media as well as the feelings they manifest. Using a qualitative approach, this study successfully collected data from the electronic community in Malaysia as well as the sentiments expressed by them on the basis of the responsses to current political problems. At the same time, modernization theory has successfully reinforced the study’s view that media and content are key requirements for electronic communities to interact and communicate virtually, which indirectly constitutes a strong sosial institution in cyberspace. The reliance of the electronic community on digital media and its content is proof that most political developments in Malaysia are now influenced by the media and its content.Â
Keywords: Digital world, digital media, digital technology, oppositionism, mediatization
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