COMMUNICATION NETWORK ANALYSIS (CNA) OF CYBER PROSTITUTION PRACTICE IN SOCIAL MEDIA TWITTER IN INDONESIA
Kharisma Nasionalita , Nissa Nurmauliddiana Abdullah , Catur Nugroho
Faculty of Communication and Business, Telkom University
Telekomunikasi Street 1 Terusan Buah Batu, Bandung, West Java, Indonesia 40257
Abstract
Multiple years since Internet has been using in Indonesia, Cybercrime is being discussed in Indonesia especially Cyber Prostitution. Cyber Prostitution activities are very troubling Internet users and parents. This crime tends to make children and women objected as sexual commodity. After many places of street prostitution cleaned and localized, now the Players penetrated the place that is quite safe and efficient, they are moving into the social media. Information technology has changed the face of prostitution in Indonesia. In the practice of conventional prostitution or street prostitution there are three actors; prostitute, pimps and customers (client). They form a strong communication network and work together according to their respective roles. Their Communication Network is patterned with Pimps central actor to maintain the cohesiveness of relationships between actors. The structure and patterns of communication change the communication network in practice Cyber Prostitution. Using the method of Communication Network Analysis / CNA this study intends to dissect actors behavior, whether the actors establish a strategic contact in the practice of Cyber Prostitution in Microblog Twitter. This research is limited to 12 alter account Twitter communities : @ 69_Indonesia, @ AlterInfo69, @ CaptainAngel8, @dapurbecek, @Dj_paijo ", @Geje_Alter, @KupuKupuAlter, @Madu_Alter, @PremiumAngels, @Promot_Bisyar, @sukaCDwanita, and @tenderoffender. Then, Twitter chripstories restrictions inside November 2016-November 2017. Sampling is taken by purposive sampling, moving at supported account points as the beginning of the tracking process. This study found that relations that have a direction, the actor can be positioned as subjects and objects. It means to be able to exchange roles between roles, both as pimps and prostitutes, and clients in the context of exchanging information or promoting each other in the online prostitution business
Keywords: New Media, Cyber Prostitution, Social media, Communication Network Analysis
Topic: International Symposium on Social Sciences, Humanities, Education, and Religious Studies