Indonesia is in a state of emergency related to the Covid-19 pandemic which has brought major disruptions to social and economic aspects, including in the family. When schools and daycare facilities are closed due to the Covid-19, working mothers faced professional problems in balancing work and family duties. This research aims to understand the motherhood experience of Indonesian working mothers in the Covid-19 pandemic. The study was conducted to collect in-depth interview data with a semi-structured scale on six working mothers in various fields. The results showed that the strain of Indonesian working mothers escalates during the Covid-19 pandemic. Working mothers are finding it challenging to divide their time and energy between employment and childcare. They felt guilty for their children because they prioritized working rather than parenting. They also experience burnout in the form of physical and emotional exhaustion with professional obligations and child caretaking. The mothers’ emotional turbulence may lead to children maltreatment. However, some mothers reported their work and motherhood dynamic can be resolved with a good support system, particularly from husband.

Radicalism is often only placed face to face between radical groups versus the state. In fact, radicalism is not only born because of the contradiction between the two but involves the mediation of ideas through social media. This paper seeks how the discourse of radicalism on social media by content analysis method on social media during August-September 2018. This study reveals that radicalism on social media is not only related to religious issues. Some of the other issues attributed to radicalism are about elections, politics, government, criminality, and other social issues. The various contexts of the radicalism talks often do not refer to major events, but radicalism is associated with other contexts unrelated to the main event as a reference. This shows how social media is becoming an intermediary for biased "radicalism" discourse.

Baru-baru ini, BTS memperoleh sorotan dari media global sebagai music influencer. Hal tersebut tidak dapat dilepaskan dari kontribusi penggemarnya (ARMY) yang berdedikasi. Bentuk dukungan yang disampaikan oleh ARMY bermacam-macam, mulai dari aktivitas streaming hingga pembelian merchandise. Fenomena pembelian merchandise tersebut ditengarai sebagai bentuk consumer fanaticism. Penelitian ini berfokus untuk melihat bagaimana consumer fanaticism dimaknai dalam diri informan sebagai bagian dari ARMY. Metode yang digunakan yaitu fenomenologi melalui wawancara mendalam dengan 4 penggemar. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa bentuk consumer fanaticism dimaknai penggemar melalui 3 cara: antusiasme terhadap BTS, keberagaman interaksi ARMY, dan fanatisme atas merchandise BTS.