Twitter Media Activities: Virtual Activism Related To China Uighur Muslim Problems

Abstract

Cases of human rights violations against Uighur Muslims in China have generated various condemnations from the international community. Various forms of protest, ranging from taking to the streets, complaints in mass media, and on social media. Several countries officially submitted objections to the Chinese government, including the superpower country of the United States. This research wants to see how the forms of protest in social media Twitter analyze the network patterns and relationships between the formed actors and the possibility of a new social movement. Through the hashtag feature on Twitter, researchers can analyze networks, messages, and protest delivery distribution using the Social Network Analysis (SNA) method. This study uses qualitative research methods, data collection by analyzing Twitter media activity, which is used as a protest to the Chinese government. The data was processed using NVivo 12 Plus software. The results showed that the relationship between actors in the use of social media Twitter has pressure on public opinion in parts of the world, the network pattern that connects countries in response to the issue of intimidation by the Uighur Muslim community, social protests that are always given by Twitter users as a place to pressure the Chinese government, and created a new social movement carried out by countries that support the resistance to intimidation by the Uighur people in Xinjiang.

#PrayForKanjuruhan On Twitter: Public Response to the Kanjuruhan Stadium Disaster

“…Social media functions as a communication tool for mitigation and risk reduction in crises, meaning that social media is a widely used information filtering tool (Irawan, 2022). Social media has also become #PrayForKanjuruhan On Twitter: Public Response to the Kanjuruhan Stadium Disaster P-ISSN 2580-3808, E-ISSN 2580 a means of protesting against policies and events that cannot be explained openly (Buntoro et al, 2021). Therefore, social media is a unique platform with more variety of opinions.…”

“…For example, on Twitter, individuals can also use two different hashtags together in a post and make connections between the two separate issues represented by the two hashtags (Wang et al, 2016). In the context of social movements, Twitter serves as a tool that people use to communicate their demands (Buntoro et al, 2021). The existence of Hashtags is a popular feature when using Twitter social media.…”

“…Twitter, through hashtags, can provide public reactions about disappointment and express political views regarding tragedies or disasters that have occurred (García-Ramírez et al, 2021). Hashtags on social media Twitter also appear in the form of protests and as a forum for generating new social movements to implement (Buntoro et al, 2021). Hashtags on Twitter are also considered powerful and effective for conveying information and integrating movements (Nofrima et al, 2020).…”