Open AccessExposure to Da'wah Message among Young Social Media Users in Aceh: A Reflection of Habermas's Communicative Action
Author(s) -
Sufri Eka Bhakti
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
jurnal komunikasi islam
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2655-5212
pISSN - 2088-6314
DOI - 10.15642/jki.2020.10.2.217-234
Subject(s) - transformative learning , islam , public sphere , social media , communicative action , action (physics) , sociology , power (physics) , media studies , political science , social science , law , pedagogy , theology , philosophy , physics , quantum mechanics , politics
This study aims to reveal social media platforms' transformative power as new public spheres concerning religious discource among Acehnese Muslim students. Using a descriptive quantitative method through online survey with 129 of those students, this study has revealed that social media have contributed providing a new public sphere for young Muslim and have become an essential part of Islamic proselytising (da'wah). In this regard, most young social media users utilised social media to discuss Islamic da'wah as well as to express their thought concerning on shariah enforcement. Therefore this study argues that social media use has a close relationship with increasing religious thoughts and knowledge in realising da'wah.