IDENTITY CONSTRUCTIONS OF INDONESIAN MOSLEM YOUTH THROUGH FAN FICTION - Study report

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This paper explores how Indonesian Muslim youth construct identities through fanfiction on a personal blog. The focus is a writer who uses Korean idol figures, including a hero character from a Korean boy band, to shape a romantic narrative series spanning 16 episodes from 2010 to 2018. Using in-depth interviews and Appadurai’s globalization framework, the study shows how the author blends real-life Muslim youth identity with an online identity as a fanfic writer and creator of imagined love stories.

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Abstract

Introduction

Globalization and online identity

Fanfiction as an online practice

Fan Fiction as a Product of Popular Culture

Fanfiction, literacy, and multiliteracy

Consumption and production in fan culture

Mediascapes and Possible Identity Imagination

Appadurai’s theory of imagination shifts

IDENTITY CONSTRUCTIONS OF INDONESIAN MOSLEM YOUTH THROUGH FAN FICTION Fatma Dian Pratiwi 1, Lukman Nusa2, Rika Lusri Virga3, Niken Puspitasari4 {[fatmadianpratiwi@gmail.com](fatmadianpratiwi@gmail.com), [2](2nusalukman@gmail.com)[nusalukman@gmail.com](2nusalukman@gmail.com), [3](3rikalusri@gmail.com)[rikalusri@gmail.com](3rikalusri@gmail.com), [4](4nikenjanuary@gmail.com })[nikenjanuary@gmail.com }](4nikenjanuary@gmail.com }) 1 School of Post Graduate of Media and Cultural Studies , Gadjah Mada University Yogyakarta Indonesia, Indonesia 2,3,4 Communication Studies Program , Islamic State University Sunan Kalijaga Yogyakarta Indonesia, Indonesia Abstract. This paper aims to explore the identity construction done by Indonesian moslem youth through fanfiction in her blog, [tunshorin.blogspot.com. She](tunshorin.blogspot.com. She) usually writes about a love life of her Korean Idol who are not a couple in real life. However, she is kind of have the liberty to write Yong JunHyung, a member of Korean Boy band-Highlight-as the hero. She use him as a main character in her fan fic,titled Marry an Idol. A fanfic that has 16 episodes, starting from episode 1 back in 2010 and finish in episode 16 in 2018. She use the fan fiction as the media to fulfill her imagination about how a lovestory supposed to be.This study employ in depth t interview in order to gain a comprehensive answer. I analyze this problem by using the globalization theory from Appadurai who argue that media scape play an increasingly influential role in the possible identities and lives that individual imagine for themselves. The finding of the research shows that the writer of this fan fiction combine her real life identity as a moslem youth with this online identity, as a fanfic writer based on her Korean idol whom she is identified. Keywords:identity construction, media scape, globalization, Korean idol, Indonesian moslem youth, fanfiction 1. INTRODUCTION The current era of globalization has risen the questions asked by many researchers. Especially about the impact of the borderless media, culture, and ideas. How this condition affect the nature of on line communication and to be specific, identity. There is a phrase that link to the online identity, “in internet nobody knows you are adog”. This phrase popularized by a cartoon in The New Yorker, which has come to illustrate an understanding about the way privacy and anonymity work on the Internet. PCCS 2019, October 09, Bandung, Indonesia Copyright © 2020 EAI DOI 10.4108/eai.9-10-2019.2291104 In the process, this anonymity condition give the users freedom to how they present themselves on line. The choice is infinite so it is interesting to know in how the user present on line in this globalization era. One of them is an on line fanfic created by an Indonesian moslem female youth, called Cahya. She is an alumni of a State Islamic University in Jogyakarta While she is now pursuing her master degree in one of state university in Solo, she also is still manage to produce fanfic as the media to fulfil her liking to Korean idol. Cahya is a living example for what [1] write about fan-as people who attend to a text more closely than other types of audience members. She dedicates her time to create a fan ficas her media to translate her imagination into a story. Mostly about her idol, who become a lead actor for her story. When she feels that the storyline of a drama is not suitable for her liking, she start to create her own story by picking her idol as the hero. A circle of K Pop fans become a fan of her fanfic, although there is also anti K pop who become her haters. They usually say that writing fanfic is a useless and trivial activity. And they also say instead of writing fanfic why not writing an academic journal. I will discuss this phenomenon from the viewpoint of globalization. How this Indonesian moslem youth prefer Korean Idol as her object of fans activity rather than an idol fro

FAQs

What identity-focused question does the study investigate about Indonesian Muslim youth?

It examines how participation in producing fan fiction shapes online identity presentation, particularly how being known as a diehard K-pop fan occurs both online and offline.

How does the fanfiction writer use Korean idols in her stories?

She turns Korean idol figures into main characters, treating fanfiction as a medium to fulfill imagination about how a love story should be, especially when existing drama plots do not match her preferences.

What research method and theoretical framework does the paper use?

The study uses in-depth interviews and applies Appadurai’s globalization theory, emphasizing how mediascapes influence the possible identities and lives individuals imagine for themselves.

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