Political Opportunity, Media Framing and Resource Mobilization
A Study on Social Protest Against Indonesia Regional Election Law Revisions
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.22437/kuasa.v1i2.11Keywords:
Social movement, Perspective of social movement, Regional election law revisionsAbstract
This article discusses social movement in the case of regional election law revision that held on 2024. This article use three main theoritical perspectives they are political opportunity structure, media framing, and resource mobilization. The background of the social movement began with public concerns about the House of Representative’s decision that contradicted with Constitutional Court's decision regarding the regional election law revision. This is considered to threaten the democracy principles. The House of Representative is considered to perpetuate certain political interests by ignoring the decision which is seen as final and binding. This study uses a qualitative method. Data were obtained through observation and media report. The analysis is carried out by comparing data from various sources to ensure the accuracy of the information. The results of the study show that the social movement conducted is success because it is conditioned by several key factors. In the theory of political opportunity structure, this movement received any supports from several political elites, especially from the Indonesia Democratic Party (PDIP), that rejected the issue of regional election law revision. In the perspective of media framing, this movement succeeded in mobilizing masses with narration of "Emergency Warning" and thashtag of #KawalPutusanMK. Both are massive on social media such as instagram and twitter. And, in the perspective of resource mobilization, social movement took place in many cities are effectively coordinated by student and civil society alliances that contributed to the success of this masive social movement.
References
Avci, O. (2024). Social movements. Encyclopedia of Heroism Studies, Springer Nature Switzerland AG, Cham, 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-48129-1_24-1
CNN Indonesia. (2024). Fraksi PDIP tolak revisi UU Pilkada dibawa ke paripurna. Retrived 9/25/2024 from https://www.cnnindonesia.com/nasional/20240821165504-32-1135840/fraksi-pdip-tolak-revisi-uu-pilkada-dibawa-ke-paripurna
CNN Indonesia. (2024). DPR tolak putusan MK soal syarat batas usia calon kepala daerah. Retrived 9/25/2024 from https://www.cnnindonesia.com/nasional/20240821121822-32-1135681/dpr-tolak-putusan-mk-soal-syarat-batas-usia-calon-kepala-daerah
Detiknews. (2024). Pernyataan lengkap DPR soal revisi UU Pilkada batal dan ikut putusan MK. Retrived 9/25/2024 from https://www.detik.com/sulsel/berita/d-7504362/pernyataan-lengkap-dpr-soal-revisi-uu-pilkada-batal-dan-ikut-putusan-mk
Haris, A., Rahman, A. B., & Ahmad, W. I. (2019). Mengenal gerakan sosial dalam perspektif ilmu sosial. Hasanuddin Journal of Sociology (HJS), 1(1), 15-24. https://journal.unhas.ac.id/index.php/HJS/article/view/6930
Ilhamsyah, M. (2024). Analisis framing peringatan darurat pada akun instagram Narasi TV. Al-Muttaqin: Jurnal Studi, Sosial, dan Ekonomi, 5(2), 209–216. http://staisam.ac.id/jurnal/index.php/almuttaqin/article/view/210
Karina, S. D. (2017). Strategi mobilisasi gerakan masyarakat dalam penutupan industri pengelolaan limbah B3 di Desa Lakardowo Kabupaten Mojokerto. Jurnal Politik Indonesia, 2(1), 127-134. https://journal.unair.ac.id/download-fullpapers-jpi7aed7ffee8full.pdf
Kompas. (2024). Peringatan darurat garuda biru jadi trending topic di medsos. Retrived 9/25/2024 from https://nasional.kompas.com/read/2024/08/21/17063911/peringatan-darurat-garuda-biru-jadi-trending-topic-di-medsos
Kurnianto, A. & Fathoni. A.F. (2021). Rise ahead of regime downfall: Historical review of Indonesian animation from 1966 to 1998. History, Political Science, Art, and Humanities, BINUS-JIC, 338-343. https://doi.org/10.5220/0010007603380343
Mcadam, D., & Tarrow, S. (2018). The political context of social movements. The Wiley Blackwell Companion to social movements. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781119168577.ch1
Mardianti, E. (2022). Gerakan mahasiswa dalam pusaran tiga orde kekuasaan: Antara gerakan moralis atau gerakan politis. POLITICOS: Jurnal Politik dan Pemerintahan, 2(2): 82-103. https://doi.org/10.22225/politicos.2.2.2022.82-103
Nardini, G., Christman, T. R., Bublitz, M.G., Cross, S. N. N., Peracchio, L. A.. (2020). Together We Rise: How Social Movements Succeed. Society for Consumer Psychology, 31(1), 112-145 https://doi.org/10.1002/jcpy.1201
Ohayon, J.L., Cordner, A., Amico, A., Brown, P., & Richter, L. (2023). Persistent chemicals, persistent activism: scientific opportunity structures and social movement organizing on contamination by per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances. Social Movement Studies, 131(9), 1-23. http://doi.org/10.1080/14742837.2023.2178403
Pathurrahman, Hadiyanor, E., Harini, S.M., Terry, T. (2022). Struktur peluang politik gerakan perlawanan nelayan Desa Tabanio, Kabupaten Tanah Laut Provinsi Kalimantan Selatan. Jurnal Administrasi Publik dan Pembangunan, 4(2), 116-130. https://ppjp.ulm.ac.id/journals/index.php/jpp
Petersen, M.B. (2020). The evolutionary psychology of mass mobilization: How disinformation and demagogues coordinate rather than manipulate. Current Opinion in Psychology, 35, 71-75. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.copsyc.2020.02.003
Ramadhan, F. M. (2024). Aksi rakyat kawal putusan MK. Retrived 9/25/2024 from https://grafis.tempo.co/read/3665/aksi-rakyat-kawal-putusan-mk
Sádaba, T. (2021). Framing as modus operandi for social movements: The case of Black Lives Matter. Review of Nationalities, 11, 1-13. http://doi.org/10.2478/pn-2021-0001
Sukmana, O. (2016). Konsep dan teori gerakan sosial. Malang: Intrans Publishing.
Sumarwan, A. (2018). Memahami framing gerakan sosial. Jurnal Basis, 1(2), 24-31. https://www.scribd.com/document/697477692/Memahami-Framing-Gerakan-Sosial
Sorongan, T. P. (2024). Media asing soroti demo darurat Indonesia sebut ini. Retrived 9/25/2024 from https://www.cnbcindonesia.com/news/20240822120230-4-565471/media-asing-soroti-demo-darurat-indonesia-sebut-ini
Usman, H. & Purnomo, A. S. (2017). Metodologi penelitian sosial. Jakarta: Bumi Aksara.
Wansyah, L. K., Alfirdaus & Adnan, M. (2021). Aliansi kaum intelektual dosen dan mahasiswa dalam gerakan masyarakat sipil menolak revisi UU KPK 2019. Journal of Politic and Government Studies, 10(4), 145-160. https://ejournal3.undip.ac.id/index.php/jpgs/article/view/32076/25824
Waruwu, M. (2024). Pendekatan penelitian kualitatif: Konsep, prosedur, kelebihan dan peran di bidang pendidikan. Jurnal Penelitian dan Evaluasi Pendidikan. 5(2), 198-211. https://doi.org/10.59698/afeksi.v5i2.236
