The Effect of Social Media on Social Movement

The Effect of Social Media on Social Movement

 

Nisa, E. F. (2018). Social media and the birth of an Islamic social movement: ODOJ (One Day One Juz) in contemporary Indonesia. Indonesia and the Malay world, 46(134), 24-43.

In this article, Nisa discusses the issue of social media in Dakwah by One Day One Juz (ODOJ), which inspires Muslims to recuperate the spirit of Quran reading through the use of mobile application known as WhatsApp. The author argues that only those interested in getting broader Islamic understanding in Indonesia appears to a social-religious movement through the aid of social-based networks and social media. The article discusses that WhatsApp has made rise to the birth of semi-virtual Quranic movement as entrenched in the Tarbiyah movement, unlike in Indonesia, where the Islamic movement that connects global networks to harken the influence.

Additionally, the author argues that ODOJ has depended entirely on technology since its inception, thus demonstrating the ability to crat and generate the new semi-virtual social -religion movement.

Nisa, suggest that the ODOJ has painted new colour on the Islamic public of their imperative understanding of the use of religious media-scape in Indonesia. This article investigated the key actors by use of interview conducted in a semi-structural format to confirm the dynamics of offline and online interactions among the One Day One Juz members. The author argues that from the research conducted the ODOJ has a successful recruit of more than 140000 followers in both Indonesia and abroad concerning religious sentiments from diverse affiliations. The article strength is to emphasis more about the ODOJ who are highly represented in Indonesia, thus easy to research in determining their level of understanding of the newly introduced method to study the Quran.

 

 

Soares, C. D. M., & Joia, L. A. (2015). The Influence of Social Media on Social Movements: An Exploratory Conceptual Model. In International Conference on Electronic Participation (pp. 27-38). Springer, Cham.

In this article, Soares&Joia discusses an exploratory conceptual model about the influence of using social media on social movement by providing possible scenarios in which social demonstrations occurrence can be recognized. This article states that the contemporary social movement just as other aspects of the modern world suffer gradual transformation, thus having similar characteristic even in different scenarios. The authors argue that information communication technology has a dual role whereby internet is used sometimes for sheer diffusion of information while at other times as a means by which demonstrations are planned in the process of giving feedback.

Soares&Joia argue that in the case of a social movement, social media and internet plays a significant role, thus bringing international attention and unprecedented pace, thus enabling the desire for literally real-time monitoring. The article present that the movement entailed the Occupy Wall Street, those who took place in Istanbul, the Arab Spring,20 per cent in Brazil and the Indignadas in Spain. The authors argue that the type of audience represented in the movement composed mostly of the young people brought together through the use of social media without any presence of any traditional mass organizations, parties or trade unions.

The methodology used for this study is the use of conceptual models which has rendered a possible discussion about the influence of social media in social movement, thus providing a better understanding and enhances knowledge on the academic research areas. The weakness related to the article is that further research is required through the analysis of social movement. These are mediated by the information communication technology which has occurred in different technological, political and socio-economic scenarios

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References

Nisa, E. F. (2018). Social media and the birth of an Islamic social movement: ODOJ (One Day One Juz) in contemporary Indonesia. Indonesia and the Malay world, 46(134), 24-43.

Soares, C. D. M., & Joia, L. A. (2015). The Influence of Social Media on Social Movements: An Exploratory Conceptual Model. In International Conference on Electronic Participation (pp. 27-38). Springer, Cham.