Yogyakarta, November 20th 2020—Center for Digital Society held the 39th Difussion on Friday (20/11). In this occasion, CfDS brought the theme Integrity of Election Ads and Campaigns on Social Media. Janitra Haryanto and Amelinda Pandu as the Project Officer of the Research Division of CfDS were the speakers of this event. The event started at 03.30 p.m. and was moderated by Perdana Karim, Research Assistant of CfDS.

Janitra, together with Amel, admitted that at the beginning of the year, he had researched political advertisements and campaigns on social media, especially those related to the upcoming regional elections. In early 2020 to mid 2020, CfDS conducted research to formulate policy recommendations related to political campaigns on social media. The research was conducted in three cities in Indonesia based on the election hazard index: DKI Jakarta, Yogyakarta and Padang. The research was conducted with a review of related regulations and focus group discussions with relevant stakeholders. Among them were presenting academics, non-governmental organizations, representatives of the regional and central of the General Commission Elections of Indonesia, representatives of the regional and central of the Election Supervisor Body of Indonesia. read more

Yogyakarta, November 19th 2020—Center for Digital Society came back again with the 9th of Obrolan dan Opini Seputar Dunia Digital program or OPOSiT. This time, CfDS cooperated with Facebook Indonesia in discussing how to report inappropriate contents on social media. Titled as “How to Report Content on Social Media”, the discussion that was aired on Instagram Live and Facebook of CfDS presented Karissa Swajaldy the Manager of Public Management of Facebook Indonesia, as a speaker.

As usual, the discussion was opened with an introduction and initial greeting from the moderator—Ruth Tarullyna, Partnership Project Officer of CfDS. The moderator also explained briefly the discussion topics that will be delivered. “This topic was chosen because we will enter the 2020 regional election (regional head election) period. We see social media, especially Facebook and Instagram, have a big role as the campaign media for prospective candidates,” Ruth mentioned. With the large number of users of both social media, concerns have arisen regarding the spread of hoaxes and misinformation. Thus, a system for reporting and curating information from social media users is needed. read more

Yogyakarta, 16 November 2020—Yogyakarta, 16th November 2020 – Young Indonesia Sociopreneur (Soprema) FISIPOL UGM is back with the second Soprema Talk on Sunday (15-11). This Soprema Talk is titled “The Covid-19 Pandemic: Analyzing the Fate of Creative Industry Worker”. Cooperating with Geronimo FM, Soprema Talk #2 can be seen through the FISIPOL UGM’s Youtube channel and Kongkow Bisnis Geronimo FM. The three speakers in this talk are Arief Ardi Nugroho, the founder of Funtastic Consulting; Irvansyah Utoh Banja, Deputy Director of Cross Sectors Public Relations at BPJS; and Tovic Rahara, the Head Director of Rajawali Indonesia. The second Soprema Talk began with an elaboration of the general information of Soprema by Rezaldi Alief Pramadha, a FISIPOL UGM professor. read more

Yogyakarta, November 13th 2020—Master of Communication Science Program of Department of Communication Science FISIPOL UGM held an event Journal Writing Strategy Workshop & Journal Writing Assistance Program Inauguration. According to the Secretary of the Master Program of Department of Communication Science of UGM, Adam Wijoyo Sukarno, this event aims to develop and foster enthusiasm for the students of the Master Program of Department of Communication Science in writing scientific journals. The event, which was attended by more than 80 students of the Master Program of Department was moderated by Jusuf Ariz Wahyuono as a moderator and presented three lecturers of Department of Communication Science as the speakers: Rajiyem, Gilang Desti Parahita, and Wisnu Prasetyo Utomo. read more

Yogyakarta, 13th November 2020—Center for Digital Society (CfDS) FISIPOL UGM came back with the 44th Digitalk. This discussion was titled as Gig Economy in the Middle of a Pandemic; Can It Survive? and presented Mutamad Imam, Business Manager of Maxim Taxi, as the speaker. Moderated by Firya Qurratu’ain Abisono, Partnership Associate of CfDS, this discussion was started at 03.30 p.m.

As usual, the discussion began with an opening—the moderator introduced himself, explained a few topics to be raised, and invited the speaker to introduce and tell about his background. In this discussion, Imam talked more about his experiences and practices—what he and the team had done and would do. read more

Yogyakarta, November 12th 2020—Career Development Center (CDC) came back with the third Mental Health Society on Thursday (12/11). In this occasion, CDC brought the theme Recognizing Gender Based Violence and Healthy Relationships. This webinar presented Kalis Mardiasih (Gender Equality Campaigner) and Vincent from PLUSH and it was moderated by Arie Eka Junia from Fisipol Crisis Center UGM.

This event was organized by the CDC in collaboration with peer counselors and the Fisipol Crisis Center. The FCC is a unit under the CDC which is responsible for handling and preventing cases of sexual violence that occur against the members of the Faculty of Social and Political Sciences of UGM. read more

Yogyakarta, November 9th 2020—After having the introductory events last october, Soprema finally officially opened their core events – competitions, incubation, pitching, and virtual expos. Before that, Soprema has already held a launch for people that want to register. Symbolically, the Soprema pening this time is accompanied by the sound of otok-otok.

Through a press conference held in Bumbu Desa, Sagan, Hempri Suyatna as the Head of Event in Soprema 2020 explained that this week Soprema will focus on the core events, especially the competitions and incubations which are held virtually. Aside from competitions and incubations, there will also be a virtual expo held this week. Though the grand final will be held by the end of the week, the event closing and winner announcement will only be held on December 4th. read more

Yogyakarta, November 6th 2020 – Career Development Center (CDC) Fisipol UGM held another discussion called “Job Hunters: What Should I Do?”. This discussion was a part of the Mental Health Society CDC FISIPOL UGM webinar series. This event was held by CDC in order to give tips to manage stresses and career planning in the future. This discussion presented a speaker, Emmanuella Reika, a Senior Partnership Event Specialist of Nusa Talent and Galuh Setia, a psychologist of STIPSI Yogyakarta and HR Practitioner. read more

Yogyakarta, November 2nd 2020—Center for Digital Society held Digital Discussion #38 titled “Everything You Need to Know About Starting a Webcomic on Sunday night. In this event CfDS invited Desprofit Satriantomo, the author of “Baper” at Line Webtoon as the speaker. The event started at 7 pm and was moderated by Devia Putri Maharani, an event assistant at CfDS.

As usual, the moderator started by elaborating the group rules and introducing the speaker. Next, the moderator asked a question about why people choose webcomics over printed comics in this digital age. Most people said that webcomics are more simple, interesting, and eye catching. From the view of the creator, the main aim of webcomic is to make it easier for readers and to invite more consumers. According to Desprofit, from the creative process side, there are no fundamental differences between webcomic and conventional comics. There are several comic artists that draw digitally but distribute their comics through printed media, such as Rosalina Lintang (Instagram account: lintankleen) a comic artist of “Scrambled”. Rosalina Lintang feels that having a physical comic that we can hold gives more satisfaction and pride. “Here, all of us are comics aficionados, making and reading comics is supposed to be fun so we have to enjoy both,” Desprofit said. read more

Yogyakarta, October 30th 2020—Celebrating the World Mental Health Day, Career Development Center (CDC) Fisipol UGM invited all the academics staff and members of Fisipol UGM to concern in the importance of mental health in the series of event of Mental Health Society that brought a theme ‘Surviving Pandemic: Mental Well-Being Through Digital Society’. There were three webinars in this Mental Health Society event that would discuss about mental health, career, and sexual violence.

This series of Mental Health Society 2020 was started by a talkshow about mental health titled as ‘Digital Well-Being: Coping with Anxiety, Insecurity, and Loneliness’ which presented two speakers, they were Nurul Kusuma, the Psychologist of Center for Public Mental Health (CPMH) UGM and Diah Purwita Rini as the Psychologist of Miracle Yogyakarta. read more