Public opinion analysis on social media about the establishment of Indonesia's New Capital City

Abstract

One of the policies of President Joko Widodo's administration that is currently receiving various opinions is the issue of moving the Indonesian capital city from DKI Jakarta Province to East Kalimantan Province, to be precise, in Kutai Kartananegara Regency, which uses the name of the new capital city, Ibu Kota Nusantara (IKN). President Joko Widodo officially announced the transfer of the national capital on Monday, August 26, 2019, at the state palace. There were a variety of opinions regarding the capital city relocation policy. This study aims to find out the sentiment of public opinion regarding the move of the Indonesian capital to Kalimantan based on the hashtag #MovingCapitalCity on Twitter social media (now called "X"), as well as to understand the process of forming this public opinion. By using a quantitative approach based on content analysis with thematic analysis units in the form of pro, con, and neutral categorization, this study found that opinions on social media Twitter (now called "X") regarding the hashtag #MovingCapitalCity in the government's policy to move the country's capital tend to be contra or not supportive. Therefore, this study contributes to the power of community-based discourse, which is relevant to the principle of taghyir (change from bottom) in Islamic communication.