Public Response on Twitter: The Urgency of Government Policy on Electric Vehicles

^1,2,3 Doctor of Public Administration, Universitas Diponegoro, Semarang, Indonesia, 50275
⁴ Political science, Institut Ilmu Sosial dan Ilmu Politik Yapis Biak, Papua, Indonesia, 98111
⁵ Departement of Government Science, Universitas Muhammadiyah Makassar, Indonesia, 90221

^* Corresponding author: author@email.org

Abstract

Recent policies have encouraged the adoption of electric vehicles in Indonesia. The purpose of this study is to determine the urgency of the policy and how the public responds on Twitter about electric vehicle policies. This study used a quantitative approach with descriptive content analysis. The object of research is seen from the involvement of Twitter social media users in issues of electric vehicle policy. The subject of this research is Twitter social media users. Data capture focuses on keyword searches (electric vehicles) based on Tweets. The number of keywords obtained is 5789 Tweets. Data is analyzed relying on units of analysis such as sentiment analysis and text search queries. The findings from this study indicate that the urgency of electric vehicle policy is to address environmental problems such as air pollution, dependence on imported fuels, potential cost savings, energy efficiency, reducing greenhouse gas emissions, and climate change. This study also found that adopting electric vehicle policies in Indonesia could be hampered by several factors, namely limited vehicle mileage, high cost of electric vehicles, and limited charging infrastructure. This negative sentiment has hindered public acceptance to use electric vehicles in the future.