Etnografi Komunikasi Komunitas Gay di Jakarta

Praptiningsih, Novi Andayani Etnografi Komunikasi Komunitas Gay di Jakarta. Prosiding Kolokium Doktor dan Seminar Hasil Penelitian Hibah Tahun 2016.

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Abstract

The existence of gay community in Indonesia where people tend to be religious, is difficult to
gain acceptance from various parties. The prevailing culture is eastern culture where people
uphold strongly religious values, norms, morals, and customs. Community rejection of the
existence of gay community makes gay very careful in expressing their sexual orientation
publicly. It is of interest therefore to study gay community, especially gay coming out as this
community has unique characteristic underlying their communication patterns and lifestyles,
different significantly with the heterosexual community groups. Symbols of communication
they use in interacting with other people feature its distinct characteristics of the gay
community.The purpose of this study is to find out the activities, communication patterns, and
the formation of self-identity after coming out. Theories that are relevant in this study are: (i)
Symbolic Interactionism theory, (ii) Identity theory, and (iii) Self-Presentation theory. The
research paradigm used is subjective while the Ethnography of Communication methods
adopted in analyzing this phenomenon are conducting in-depth interviews, observation, focus
group discussions, and document analysis. Data Analysis is performed using Miles &
Huberman Interactive Model
The results show the communication activities are carried out in every situation,
events, and acts of communication. Unconsciously, members of the community use
communication patterns that at the end of the day becomes a habit. Against the backdrop of
their day to day communication activities they would create communiation patterns along
with communication competency reflecting various stages of relationships. It starts from just
simple friendship all the way to a more intimate ones. Event of communication can be divided
into three events, namely, with fellow members, with other institution and with society.
Openness in the families, communities, and society by coming out is preceded by the process
of coming in, a revelation of himself as a gay followed by self-identification and self-concept.
Gay specific communication styles serve as a way out for gay communtiy to overcome
gayphobia such as negative stigma, bullying, and discrimination in the society. Gayphobia,
the fear of society against gay community, is inversely proportional to hetero phobia in the
form of bullying committed by gay community against ex-gay and gay undergoing process to convert to the hetero. Sexual rituals among the gay community are held to bind emotions with
his partner through variety sexual roles. The perspective of some members of the community
changed, as they start to believe that 'gay can change'. The previously held myth that gay�gene is considered innate finally dies. This affects the identity formation of two informants
who actually want to convert into hetero-sexual

Item Type:	Article
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HT Communities. Classes. Races
Divisions:	Fakultas Ilmu Sosial & Politik > Ilmu Komunikasi
Depositing User:	Novi Andayani Praptiningsih
Date Deposited:	31 Jan 2024 08:31
Last Modified:	31 Jan 2024 08:31
URI:	http://repository.uhamka.ac.id/id/eprint/31237

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