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Establishing

A Personal
Brand
Through
Social Media
A Study of the 2020
Simultaneous Regional
Head Elections
The results of this
study are
expected to help
restore
Indonesia’s
economy post-
Covid-19
introduction
2. The Ministry of Home
1. The impact of Covid- Affairs emphasizes that
19 was also felt in the candidates for regional heads
Simultaneous Regional campaigning must comply
Head Election 2020 with health protocols by
(Pilkada Serentak 2020) wearing masks, maintaining
distance, and avoiding crowds

3. Candidates are encouraged 4. Based on the results of a


survey conducted by Saiful
to conduct online or virtual
Mujani Research and
campaigns by prioritizing
Consulting (SMRC), the 2020
messages containing the
Simultaneous Regional
handling of Covid-19 in their
Elections were considered to
campaign materials
be honest and fair
BACKGROUND

• The General • The phenomenon of • Candidates need to


Elections the Covid-19 build a personal
Supervisory Body pandemic has brand to be better
(KPU) revealed that prompted significant known, encouraging
43% of candidates changes in the way the need for
still chose face-to- people live, including
face campaign research to find out
changing people's
activities “how the
perceptions of the
brand candidates' effort
• Campaigns through
to build a solid
social media • Building a brand is like
reported only 64 brand through
building an
activities, or 11% individuality or a social media in the
& online personality era of the covid-19
campaigns have pandemic?”
41 activities or 7%
Previous Studies
▪ The function of the media as a tool to reach out to voters and
disseminate political information (Foot & Schneider, 2006)
▪ Changes in communications technology play an essential role in
influencing voting behavior in elections (Kahne & Middaugh,
2012)
▪ The impact of the Internet on political participation is largely
unexplored; (Mossberge, Tolbert, & Stansburry, 2003).
▪ Information about the candidates, campaigns, and election
process can be conveyed to voters to help improve their
knowledge, keeping them reminded (Astuti & Hangsing, 2018).
Methods

1. Content Analysis: to 2. Data from the


describe the manifest candidate’s social media
content of social media who won the Surabaya
quantitatively Major Election 2020

4. The coding frame: 3 categories


3. All conversations on the of social media content:
candidate’s official Facebook
information, engagements &
and Instagram during the
participation combined with 4
campaign period become the
steps to build a strong brand:
unit of analysis
brand identity, meaning,
response & relationship
Results and Discussion
Information – Brand Meaning
Results and Discussion
Engagement – Brand Response
Results and Discussion
Participation – Brand Relationship
02 Conclusion
conclusion
1. Social media is used to drive real action in the community, and
many activities are announced via social media
2. Social media content is also recognized to increase political
knowledge
3. Information about the candidates, such as their profiles,
achievements, principles, philosophies, issue positions,
comparison of issues of the contesting candidates, and location
of their campaigns’ events, are submitted to voters anytime
through social media
4. Besides the diversity of information, users can also connect
directly with the candidates because of the features of social
media
5. Users' participation in online campaign activities through social
media can make them more familiar with the candidates
thank you.
pridaariani@kalbis.ac.id

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