The front pembela Islam : national identity, hate spin and demonization

• Main Author: Muhammad Faiq Adi Pratomo
• Other Authors: Kumar Ramakrishna
• Format: Theses and Dissertations
• Language: English
• Published: 2019
• Subjects: DRNTU::Social sciences::Sociology::Terrorism; DRNTU::Social sciences::Political science
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/77187
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

This dissertation attempts to shed light on how the Front Pembela Islam (FPI) successfully demonized the Chinese-Indonesian and non-Muslim minorities in the Aksi Bela Islam campaign of 2016-2017, using the organization’s digitally-distributed posters as a case study. While ostensibly focused on defe...