Traditional versus Modern Procedures of Village Head Election in Indonesia

DOI

10.2991/uicosp-17.2017.3How to use a DOI?

Keywords

traditional method, modern method, election of the village head, transmitting, spreading program

Abstract

This research focuses on the traditional versus modern methods in conducting the election of the head of a village in Indonesia. A village head has a major role in organizing and managing community interests. In participating in the election of the village head, a village head must deliver his the programs. One tool that can be utilized in delivering some programs is social media. Despite so, there are some village heads that use the traditional ways, which are commonly known as 'door to door' approach. The purpose of this study is to investigate traditional versus modern methods as a technique of village head in transmitting and spreading programs to people. The research design of this study is qualitative study. This research used interviewing method. This research was conducted in Makkawaru Village, Mattiro Bulu Subdistrict, Pinrang Regency, and South Sulawesi Province. This research found that the use of social media and Internet is still infrequent among the villagers. Most of which use social media and the Internet is generally still among the youth. The candidates of village heads in delivering campaign programs are still traditional.

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© 2017, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

Open Access

This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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AU  - Andi Alimuddin
AU  - Andi Gau Kadir
AU  - Rahmatia Yunus
AU  - Dwia Aries Tina Pulubuhu
AU  - Ms Seniwati
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DA  - 2017/10
TI  - Traditional versus Modern Procedures of Village Head Election in Indonesia
BT  - Proceedings of the Unhas International Conference on Social and Political Science (UICoSP 2017)
PB  - Atlantis Press
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SN  - 2352-5398
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