Kontestasi Populisme Versus Anti-Populisme dalam Lanskap Politik Digital Indonesia di Era Post-Truth
Keywords:
Populisme, Anti-Populisme, Era Pascakebenaran, Politik Digital, Akuntabilitas DiskursifAbstract
Studi ini menganalisis kontestasi populisme dan anti-populisme dalam lanskap politik pascakebenaran era Pemerintahan Prabowo Subianto. Melalui pendekatan sintesis etika Aristotelian-Kantian dan Analisis Wacana Kritis, kajian mengungkap transformasi produksi kebenaran, strategi legitimasi naratif, konstruksi identitas ‘rakyat’ berbasis antagonisme, serta krisis rasionalitas akibat polarisasi algoritmik. Temuan menunjukkan: wacana populis mendominasi ruang digital melalui mobilisasi afektif yang mereduksi verifikasi faktual, sementara wacana anti-populisme terpinggirkan. Hal ini mendegradasi rasionalitas publik sekedar kontestasi identitas. Studi ini merekomendasikan penguatan akuntabilitas diskursif dan literasi digital untuk mitigasi manipulasi persepsi, guna menyelamatkan otonomi publik dan integritas demokrasi Indonesia dari hegemoni narasi terkelola yang menggerus kualitas pemerintahan.
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