This article discusses the film Confession of A Shopaholic, directed by P.J. Hogan based on Georg Simmel's sociology of money to dismantle the role of money and fashion in the formation of the main character's character. The purpose of this article is to formulate how money problems can change individual character. Georg Simmel's sociology of money points discussed in this article cover two things, namely money as an institution that supports social stratification and the financial system as part of the evolution of society. Simmel's view of fashion is used to support this research. Research data is taken from scenes or dialogues of the main characters in shopping, including when faced with choices. There is a deep connection between money, fashion, social stratification, and the results of the evolution of society which play a role in building the mentality of society itself. Childhood experiences also shape the individual's passion to fulfill his desires as an adult. The results of the study show that the cooperation between money and goods offered by the market is able to drive the emotional side of the individual and the role of the environment to support individuals in finding awareness

This article discusses the prevailing debate regarding the phenomenon of ‘nonsense’ lyrical meaning of Asmalibrasi, a song released in 2020 by Soegi Bornean, in the scope of audience reception analysis. The analysis focuses on how the audiences interpret the process of meaning making and how they perceive the aesthetic of the song amidts the backlash to its lyrical meaning which is deemed as meaningless and nonsense. This research used qualitative approach and collected the data through semi-structured interview and virtual observation. The data are the combination of primary data collected from semi-structured interview and virtual observation on twitter and secondary data gathered from online news and online articles. The discussion of the audience’s reception is based on encoding and decoding model by Stuart Hall to analyse the audience responses. Furthermore, the overall findings were synthesized and analysed according to the concept of characteristic and aesthetic of postmodern artworks, music, by Jameson. From the study, it is shown that the aesthetic of the song Asmalibrasi is not predefined and subject to fixed perception. It is rather more varied according to the listener’s individual perception. Moreover, the song Asmalibrasi maintains its aesthetic through emanating a vibe. The vibe emanated by Asmalibrasi is also what matters for the song to be enjoyed by the listeners. In other words, listeners have their personal perspective and consideration aspects in decoding the meaning which further define how they perceive the aesthetic of the song.

Citayam Fashion Week atau CFW merupakan fenomena masyarakat yang ramai pada tahun 2022 di DKI Jakarta. Dalam penelitian ini, penulis bertujuan untuk memaparkan fenomena CFW yang terjadi di kawasan Sudirman Central Business District atau SCBD yang merupakan bentuk ekspresi remaja. Penelitian ini menggunakan metode deskriptif kualitatif. Sumber data penelitian ini adalah konten video pada media sosial TikTok dan berita online terkait CFW. Data yang ada disajikan dengan menggunakan teori ruang publik Jürgen Habermas yang merepresentasikan kawasan SCBD. Hasil kajian menunjukkan bahwa fenomena CFW merupakan bentuk demokratisasi Jalan Sudirman sebagai ruang ketiga, melahirkan beberapa remaja populer yang mengusung identitas Citayam, Bogor dan Depok, serta menciptakan penonton yang mendukung dan menikmati fenomena tersebut. Hal ini berdampak positif bagi perekonomian masyarakat khususnya di bidang fashion seperti aplikasi belanja online: Shopee. Berdasarkan hasil tersebut dapat disimpulkan bahwa kawasan SCBD merupakan ruang publik yang dapat dinikmati dan dikunjungi oleh semua kalangan tanpa memandang pangkat dan status karena ruang publik tersebut merupakan milik bersama. Masyarakat juga bebas melakukan aktivitas yang mereka inginkan tanpa mengganggu pengunjung lain dan ikut menjaga ketertiban dan kenyamanan ruang publik.Kata Kunci: Remaja, Citayam Fashion Week, Ruang Publik, Sudirman.

Penelitian ini akan mengungkap secara etnografi tradisi selametan di kota Surabaya yang terkenal dengan modern. Tradisi yang dilaksanakan di pusaran makam yang biasa dikenal oleh warga kampung kedung mangu dengan julukan mbah buyut. Dengan menggunakan metode kualitatif deskriptif dengan teknik pengumpulan data dengan beberapa tahap yakni Observasi, Wawancara, Dokumentasi dan Analisis Data. Hasil dari penelitian ini adalah dengan ditemukan tradisi selamatan dimakam yang tidak diketahui asal-usulnya. Hanya kepercayaan mistis yang diyakini warga kampung kedung mangu secara turun menurun tanpa di ketahui datanya.