MANUFACTURED UNCERTAINTY IN A DIGITAL AGE: Ulrich Beck's Risk Society and the Perils of Free Speech in Indonesia
Abstract
Social media has emerged as a contemporary public forum enabling people to articulate thoughts and critiques with freedom and creativity. One of the social media sites is TikTok, which provides a platform for users to access and share information. TikTok has evolved into a platform that engages a broader audience through its diverse features. This story features TikToker Bima Yudho Saputro, a student from Lampung studying in Australia. In his discourse on critical thinking, he articulates his critique of infrastructure, education, and bureaucratic governance in Lampung Province. This study employs the Netnography method alongside Ulrich Beck's risk society theory to examine the hazards associated with freedom of expression in Indonesia's digital society via social media. The research findings indicate that the dangers encountered by content providers render them susceptible to potential prosecution. Social movements that emerge from social media are often characterized by instability. Information disseminates rapidly across the internet; nevertheless, Beck posits that this swift circulation is accompanied by a corresponding increase in risk. Social media, as a manifestation of reflexive modernization, exemplifies this contradiction: while digital platforms enhance democracy by enabling universal expression of opinions, they simultaneously generate a new domain of legal, social, and political risks that adversely affect individuals both personally and publicly.
*This article is extended version of the paper presented at the International Conference on Contemporary Risk Studies (ICONICRS 2023)
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Apriani, D. F., Annisa, A. R. N., & Prastowo, F. R. (2023). Manufactured Uncertainty in a Digital Age: Ulrich Beck's Risk Society and the Perils of Free Speech in Indonesia. Journal Communication Spectrum: Capturing New Perspectives in Communication 13(2), 137-147. http://dx.doi.org/10.36782/jcs.v13i2.2496
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