Inside the World of Indonesia's Social Media 'buzzers' Cashing in from Pushing 2024 Election Propaganda
The buzzer phenomenon in Indonesia in the last several elections has attracted the attention of the Australian media outlet ABC News.
As one of the countries with the most significant social media users in the world, this phenomenon is quite worrying, and it will change the direction of democratic practice in an unhealthy way.
"When we think about buzzers, I like to use the word amplifiers," Ika Idris, an associate professor of public policy at Indonesia's Monash University, told the ABC. "Usually they amplify posts using certain hashtags, or they can create their own posts that carry the same message.
Ika has described this as "disinformation or misleading content shared with the intention of confusing the public, shaping opinions and tarnishing reputations."
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