New media, new relations: cyberstalking on social media in the interaction of Muslim scholars and the public in West Sumatra, Indonesia

This article explains how the presence of social media as one of the forms of new media has prompted changes in the relations and communications between ulama and the public. The relationship between ulama, religious teachings, and the ummah (Muslim community/the public) undoubtedly undergoes consta...

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Main Author:	Syahputra, Iswandi
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2018
Online Access:	http://journalarticle.ukm.my/11734/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/11734/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/11734/1/20864-71671-1-PB.pdf

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spelling	ukm-117342018-06-09T22:39:22Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/11734/ New media, new relations: cyberstalking on social media in the interaction of Muslim scholars and the public in West Sumatra, Indonesia Syahputra, Iswandi This article explains how the presence of social media as one of the forms of new media has prompted changes in the relations and communications between ulama and the public. The relationship between ulama, religious teachings, and the ummah (Muslim community/the public) undoubtedly undergoes constant changes. In the current era of new media, this relationship experiences mediatization of differing features compared to past era of traditional media. The era of new media ushered in participative, open, interactive characteristics encouraging development of virtual communities, and interconnectedness, consequently positioning ulama in two particular positions. Firstly, ulama have full control over the contents they intend to post and the choice of whom they wish to communicate with on social media. Secondly, due to the aforementioned characteristics of social media, ulama who actively post religious contents on social media had come to experience cyberstalking. Despite having to endure and suffer from cyberstalking, the ulama remained active on social media and continued posting religious contents as they consider social media to have numerous positive values beneficial to spreading good values and religious teachings to the wider public. The research findings show that social media as a form of new media has led to the emergence of new relations that are entirely unlike previous traditional media. The research data were collected through in-depth interviews with three Muslim scholars of West Sumatra who are active on social media and have extensive social influences. Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2018 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/11734/1/20864-71671-1-PB.pdf Syahputra, Iswandi (2018) New media, new relations: cyberstalking on social media in the interaction of Muslim scholars and the public in West Sumatra, Indonesia. Jurnal Komunikasi ; Malaysian Journal of Communication, 34 (1). pp. 153-169. ISSN 0128-1496 http://ejournal.ukm.my/mjc/issue/view/1075
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description	This article explains how the presence of social media as one of the forms of new media has prompted changes in the relations and communications between ulama and the public. The relationship between ulama, religious teachings, and the ummah (Muslim community/the public) undoubtedly undergoes constant changes. In the current era of new media, this relationship experiences mediatization of differing features compared to past era of traditional media. The era of new media ushered in participative, open, interactive characteristics encouraging development of virtual communities, and interconnectedness, consequently positioning ulama in two particular positions. Firstly, ulama have full control over the contents they intend to post and the choice of whom they wish to communicate with on social media. Secondly, due to the aforementioned characteristics of social media, ulama who actively post religious contents on social media had come to experience cyberstalking. Despite having to endure and suffer from cyberstalking, the ulama remained active on social media and continued posting religious contents as they consider social media to have numerous positive values beneficial to spreading good values and religious teachings to the wider public. The research findings show that social media as a form of new media has led to the emergence of new relations that are entirely unlike previous traditional media. The research data were collected through in-depth interviews with three Muslim scholars of West Sumatra who are active on social media and have extensive social influences.
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title	New media, new relations: cyberstalking on social media in the interaction of Muslim scholars and the public in West Sumatra, Indonesia
title_short	New media, new relations: cyberstalking on social media in the interaction of Muslim scholars and the public in West Sumatra, Indonesia
title_full	New media, new relations: cyberstalking on social media in the interaction of Muslim scholars and the public in West Sumatra, Indonesia
title_fullStr	New media, new relations: cyberstalking on social media in the interaction of Muslim scholars and the public in West Sumatra, Indonesia
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publisher	Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
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New media, new relations: cyberstalking on social media in the interaction of Muslim scholars and the public in West Sumatra, Indonesia

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