scholarly journals THE ROLE OF MULTINATIONAL CORPORATIONS IN COUNTERING TERRORISM: THE CASE OF TELEGRAM IN INDONESIA

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 125
Author(s):  
Risnanda P. Irawan ◽  
Fahri S. Altakwa ◽  
Victoria M. Pakpahan

In this globalization era, there are new emerging actors especially in international trade which is the multinational corporations (MNCs). On the other side, there is terrorism which has evolved throughout history. It is perceived that globalization and international trade can be a factor of terrorist establishment, while massive destructions by terrorism is crucial as a factor for the international business and multinational corporations to operate. One of the product by multinational corporations is in social media sector, and nowadays,terrorist also can use the social media to recruit their member which challenging multinational corporations. In explaining this phenomenon, this paper will use the case study of Telegram in Indonesia. This paper will cover the correlations between terrorism and MNCs, the particular case study of Telegram, and addressing the role of MNCs in countering terrorism through qualitative data gathered from various books, journals, and news. In conclusion, the MNCs should play role as a proactive approach in the long term to counter terrorism through cooperation with government and its own strategic commitment in contributing to a secure society.   Keywords: Multinational Corporations; Terrorism; Social Media;     Abstract   Pada era globalisasi, hadir aktor-aktor baru dalam perdagangan internasional, atau yang kita kenal sebagai perusahaan multinasional. Di sisi lain, terorisme terus berkembang seiring zaman. Berhubungan dengan hal ini, terdapat gagasan bahwa globalisasi dan perdagangan internasional dapat menjadi faktor dalam kemunculan kelompok-kelompok teroris, sebaliknya kerusakan dan dampak yang ditimbulkan oleh kegiatan terorisme juga merupakan faktor yang penting bagi bisnis internasional dan perusahaan multinasional dalam menjalankan kegiatan operasionalnya. Salah satu produk dari perusahaan multinasional adalah sektor media sosial, dan dalam perkembangannya, teroris juga dapat menggunakan media sosial untuk merekrut anggota dan menjalankan kegiatan mereka, di mana hal ini menimbulkan tantangan baru bagi perusahaan multinasional tersebut. Dalam menjelaskan fenomena ini, makalah ini akan menggunakan kasus Telegram di Indonesia sebagai studi kasus. Di dalamnya akan mencakup korelasi antara terorisme dan perusahaan multinasional, pembahasan spesifik mengenai kasus Telegram, dan bagaimana perusahaan multinasional dapat mengambil peran dalam mengatasi masalah terorisme. Pembahasan makalah ini akan menggunakan metode kualitatif melalui data yang dikumpulkan dari buku, jurnal, dan berita. Sebagai kesimpulan, perusahaan multinasional diharapkan untuk dapat berperan proaktif terutama dalam pemberantasan terorisme dalam jangka panjang melalui kerja-sama dengan pemerintah dan melalui implementasi komitmen perusahaan dalam membangun masyarakat dan lingkungan yang aman.   Keywords: Perusahaan Multinasional; Terorisme; Media Sosial;  

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (7) ◽  
pp. 3836
Author(s):  
David Flores-Ruiz ◽  
Adolfo Elizondo-Salto ◽  
María de la O. Barroso-González

This paper explores the role of social media in tourist sentiment analysis. To do this, it describes previous studies that have carried out tourist sentiment analysis using social media data, before analyzing changes in tourists’ sentiments and behaviors during the COVID-19 pandemic. In the case study, which focuses on Andalusia, the changes experienced by the tourism sector in the southern Spanish region as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic are assessed using the Andalusian Tourism Situation Survey (ECTA). This information is then compared with data obtained from a sentiment analysis based on the social network Twitter. On the basis of this comparative analysis, the paper concludes that it is possible to identify and classify tourists’ perceptions using sentiment analysis on a mass scale with the help of statistical software (RStudio and Knime). The sentiment analysis using Twitter data correlates with and is supplemented by information from the ECTA survey, with both analyses showing that tourists placed greater value on safety and preferred to travel individually to nearby, less crowded destinations since the pandemic began. Of the two analytical tools, sentiment analysis can be carried out on social media on a continuous basis and offers cost savings.


2021 ◽  
Vol VI (I) ◽  
pp. 254-263
Author(s):  
Humaira Irfan

The purpose of the study is to explore the negative role of social media on university students mental health amidst digitalized COVID-19 setting that throbs excruciating pain, fear, anxiety, stress and depression. The quantitative and qualitative data were collected from the Department of English students of a public university in Punjab, Pakistan. The findings reveal that students' are engaged daily for 4 hours on social media forums for online chats, information and amusement. The social media platforms strategically create situations to express unrestrained sentiments. The use of cartoons and images reflect students' potential for creativity, criticality and social innovation.


2020 ◽  
Vol 338 ◽  
pp. 431-442
Author(s):  
Assem Kalkamanova

This paper focuses on the role of social media in the rise of the protest movements and political mobilization in Kazakhstan. The country has been seeing an increase in the social networks based civil activists since recently. I argue that the emergence of the Democratic Choice of Kazakhstan that operates only within the realm of social media platforms promoted political activism and civil protests in the country. Most importantly, I argue that in contrast to the conclusions of the Kazakhstani court’s decision in March 2018, the movement leader’s Facebook blog reveals no violence either towards the government or some specific political elite. Using text mining methods, I analyzed the texts of his Facebook posts from the announcement date in 2017 till the end of 2019: the rhetoric of the position of the Democratic Choice is informational, first, and protest calling, second. Also, the analysis of seven most popular political Youtube bloggers shows that the people’s discontent with injustices and undemocratic polity manifested in the poignant interest towards the creator of this system, Mr. Nazarbayev and his closest circle. The SMM software allowed to find out the areas of Kazakhstani politics that are of most interest to the audience of Kazakhstani political activists.


2012 ◽  
Vol 145 (1) ◽  
pp. 112-122 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jonathon Hutchinson

This article investigates the ethnographic methodological question of how the researcher observes objectively while being part of the problem they are observing. It uses a case study of ABC Pool to argue a cooperative approach that combines the role of the ethnographer with that of a community manager who assists in constructing a true representation of the researched environment. By using reflexivity as a research tool, the ethnographer engages in a process to self-check their personal presumptions and prejudices, and to strengthen the constructed representation of the researched environment. This article also suggests combining management and expertise research from the social sciences with ethnography, to understand and engage with the research field participants more intimately – which, ultimately, assists in gathering and analysing richer qualitative data.


2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 21-38
Author(s):  
Tatiane Martins Cruz Pirotti ◽  
Cláudia Cristina Bitencourt ◽  
Kadígia Faccin ◽  
Caroline Kretschmer

Social innovations are important tools for minimizing or solving social problems. However, significant challenges remain in managing social innovation development for long-term survival and expanding its social impacts to generate scalability. This process can be supported by dynamic capabilities and their microprocesses. By conducting a single case study, we aim to contribute to the stream of research on management of social innovation that analyzes the ways in which dynamic capabilities can influence the scalability process of social innovation. Our contribution arises from generating an understanding of how and why dynamic capabilities influence the social innovation scalability process.


Author(s):  
Cynthia H. W. Corrêa

Networked social movements have amplified the emancipation of protesters everywhere. In Brazil, a conflict arose after the São Paulo State Secretariat for Education announced the closing of 94 public schools, impacting 311,000 people. In response, about 30 students organized the occupation of the State School Fernão Dias Paes. Subsequently, the occupation spread to other schools. Based on a case study of the first school occupied in the city of São Paulo, this research aims to identify the role of information and communication technologies (ICTs) and social media tools in generating and sustaining the successful occupation protest of public schools in São Paulo. This chapter covers theories on demonstrations initiated online, on the social panorama in Latin America and educational issues in Brazil. It also addresses and analyzes the occupation process at this school, which reached visibility and support at national and international levels using ICTs and social media, confirming the steps of occupy movements around the world.


2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 7-27
Author(s):  
Sanusi Abu Darma ◽  
Farida Aliyu ◽  
Shafi’u Abubakar Kurfi

The under-representation of the women in the field of Information Technology (IT) in Nigeria has been closely observed over the last decade. One of the facts is that social media have been widely and intensively used in Nigeria, which is an effective way to empower women in the IT sector. This study aimed to investigate the role of social media in empowering the involvement of women in information technology. In order to achieve the objectives of this study the current study conducted a survey amongst the female students of Al-Qalam and Umaru Musa Yar’adua Universities and tried to find out how the use of social media is contributing to the growth of women involvement in the IT sector. For this purpose, a sample of 200 female students was taken from these Universities via convenience sampling techniques. The quantitative method was used to collect data for this study. The findings in this study revealed that there was a significant relationship between women’s awareness and the encouragement of women in the IT sector through the use of the social media. Besides, there was a significant relationship between the empowerment of women and the encouragement of women in the IT sector through the use of the social media. Hence, women’s awareness and empowerment of women through the social media encouraged the involvement of women in the IT sector. In addition, this study recommends that there is need to examine the relationship between women and social media in various sectors such as government, healthcare, aerospace and security in order to trace the real role of social media in empowering the involvement of women in information technology in Nigeria.


2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-9
Author(s):  
Robert M. Anderson ◽  
Amy M. Lambert

The island marble butterfly (Euchloe ausonides insulanus), thought to be extinct throughout the 20th century until re-discovered on a single remote island in Puget Sound in 1998, has become the focus of a concerted protection effort to prevent its extinction. However, efforts to “restore” island marble habitat conflict with efforts to “restore” the prairie ecosystem where it lives, because of the butterfly’s use of a non-native “weedy” host plant. Through a case study of the island marble project, we examine the practice of ecological restoration as the enactment of particular norms that define which species are understood to belong in the place being restored. We contextualize this case study within ongoing debates over the value of “native” species, indicative of deep-seated uncertainties and anxieties about the role of human intervention to alter or manage landscapes and ecosystems, in the time commonly described as the “Anthropocene.” We interpret the question of “what plants and animals belong in a particular place?” as not a question of scientific truth, but a value-laden construct of environmental management in practice, and we argue for deeper reflexivity on the part of environmental scientists and managers about the social values that inform ecological restoration.


2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Helly Ocktilia

This study aims to gain a deeper understanding of the existence of the local social organization in conducting community empowerment. The experiment was conducted at Community Empowerment Institution (In Indonesia it is referred to as Lembaga Pemberdayaan Masyarakat/LPM). LPM Cibeunying as one of the local social institution in Bandung regency. Aspects reviewed in the study include the style of leadership, processes, and stages of community empowerment, as well as the LPM network. The research method used is a case study with the descriptive method and qualitative approach. Data collection was conducted against five informants consisting of the Chairman and LPM’s Board members, village officials, and community leaders. The results show that the dominant leadership style is participative, in addition to that, a supportive leadership style and directive leadership style are also used in certain situations. The empowerment process carried out per the stages of the empowerment process is identifying and assessing the potential of the region, problems, and opportunities-chances; arranging a participative activity plan; implementing the activity plan; and monitoring and evaluating the process and results of activities. The social networking of LPM leads to a social network of power in which LPM can influence the behavior of communities and community institutions in utilizing and managing community empowerment programs. From the research, it can be concluded that the model of community empowerment implemented by LPM Cibeunying Village is enabling, empowering, and protecting.


Humaniora ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 13
Author(s):  
Abitassha Az Zahra ◽  
Eko Priyo Purnomo ◽  
Aulia Nur Kasiwi

The research aimed to explain the pattern of social communication on the issue of rejection of the PLTU Batang development policy. It used data on Twitter accounts involved in the rejection of the PLTU Batang development policy. In analyzing existing data, qualitative methods and social analysis networks were used. To see social networks in the rejection of the PLTU Batang development policy, the research used the NodeXL application to find out the patterns of social communication networks in #TolakPLTUBatang. From the results, it can be seen that in the dissemination of social networking information, the @praditya_wibby account is the most central account in the social network and has a strong influence on the social network. The @praditya_wibby account has a role in moving the community through Twitter to make a critical social movement. This means that in the current digital era, democracy enters a new form through the movement of public opinion delivery through social media. Besides, by encouraging the role of online news, the distribution of information becomes faster to form new perceptions of an issue. This is evident from the correlation network where the @praditya_wibby account has correlations with several compass online media accounts, tirto.id, okezonenews, vice, antaranews, BBCIndonesia, and CNN Indonesia.


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