| Issue |
E3S Web Conf.
Volume 440, 2023
International Conference on Environment and Smart Society (ICEnSO 2023)
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| Article Number | 03001 | |
| Number of page(s) | 10 | |
| Section | Media and Culture in Smart Society | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/202344003001 | |
| Published online | 01 November 2023 | |
The Culture of Using Social Media of Environmental Discourse by The Youth in Tangerang City
1 Universitas Mercu Buana, Communication Science Study Program, Faculty of Communication Science, South Meruya West Jakarta 11650, Indonesia
2 Universitas Mercu Buana, Informatics Engineering Study Program, Faculty of Computer Science, South Meruya West Jakarta Jakarta 11650, Indonesia
* Corresponding author: irmulan_sati@mercubuana.ac.id
This study explores the construction of environmental discourse in social media among the youth in Tangerang City, Banten Province, Indonesia, based on the perspective of environmental communication concept and social media perspective. The method incorporated was a case study by interviewing key informants, ten youths from Tangerang City, with qualitative descriptive analysis. The research found that almost all key informants have a common culture of environmental discourse in social media. Also, the research found that the youth socialize with others on social media who feel the need to grow and participate. In addition, the youth think that the discourse on a green environment refers to the desire to create an environment that is clean from garbage and has lots of trees and more plants, creating a peaceful, quiet, spacious environment with and preserving lots of green plants and animals.
Key words: social media / environmental discourse
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