Jurnal Sosioteknologi

Hijab Representation Paradox in Digital Publics: A Computational Discourse Analysis of YouTube Comments Using IndoBERT and the Moral–Sexual Discourse Index

Annisa Damayanti

This study examines the paradoxical representation of hijab in Indonesian digital environments by analyzing audience discourse in YouTube comment sections. While hijab is traditionally associated with modesty and religious identity, contemporary digital representations increasingly intersect with aesthetic presentation and bodily visibility. This study investigates how such tensions are reflected in public responses to hijab-related video content.

Using a computational communication approach, 55 Indonesian YouTube videos were collected through keyword-based sampling, producing approximately 98,647 comments. A stratified subset of 2,000 comments was manually validated using a hybrid annotation strategy involving ChatGPT, Gemini, and researcher adjudication (Cohen’s κ = 0.60). The labeled dataset was used to train an IndoBERT-based discourse classifier, which achieved an accuracy of 0.856 and an F1-score of 0.851, outperforming classical machine learning baselines including Logistic Regression, Random Forest, and Support Vector Machines.

Large-scale classification results reveal that religiously framed content generated disproportionately higher engagement and discursive interaction despite lower representational frequency. These findings support the existence of a platform-mediated hijab representation paradox shaped by algorithmic visibility and normative audience participation. The study contributes to computational communication research by introducing the Moral–Sexual Discourse Index (MSDI) as a novel metric for analyzing normative tensions in digital religious representation.

Human–Water Entanglements in Irrigation Modernization Book Review: “How Water Makes Us Human: Engagements with the Materiality of Water

Ernawati Ernawati — Tue, 31 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0700

The book “How Water Makes Us Human” broadly argues that the human relationship with water is co-constitutive, in that humans not only utilize water but are also materially and existentially shaped alongside it. Through the framework of New Materialities (NM), Attala demonstrates that human life is embedded within a broader material network, where the substance of the world is not merely a passive backdrop but an element that actively enables and configures human existence. This book highlights how this liquid matter—water—functions as a connecting medium that physically and conceptually unites the human body with the rest of the material world. The New Materialities perspective, as developed by Bennett, Coole & Frost, as well as Drazin & Küchler, understands life as the result of mutually influencing material interactions. This approach seeks to transcend the boundaries of individual entities and examines how material relationships produce specific forms of existence. New Materialities acknowledges that social and ecological phenomena are always complex and influenced by various factors, yet this complexity is rooted in the dynamics of matter itself, not merely in political or economic structures. New Materialities emphasizes the co-generative nature of relationships or “becoming-with,” asserting that the outcomes of these relationships always depend on the physical properties and capabilities of the materials involved.

Analysis of Factors Affecting the Continuance Usage of Digital Video Streaming Services in Jabodetabek: An Extended Expectation-Confirmation Model

Ferdy Renhart Sitorus

The aim of this study is to analyze the factors that influence customers to continue using digital video streaming services, using the Vidio platform as a case study. Although many studies have examined factors that encourage continued use of digital streaming platforms, no research has specifically investigated continued use of the Vidio service. This study employs a quantitative research method in which the collected data are processed and analyzed using PLS-SEM. Then, the software used for data processing was SmartPLS 3.0. Data were gathered through a questionnaire created with Google Forms and distributed to 393 respondents, 385 of whom had active subscriptions to the Vidio app. The respondents were domiciled in the Jabodetabek area. The results show that all seven proposed hypotheses were supported. Perceived usefulness, confirmation, content quality and Price influence customer satisfaction. Confirmation influences perceived usefulness, which in turn influences continued use. Customer satisfaction also influences continuance usage.

Determinants of Citizens’ Use of E Government Services: Evidence from Jayapura City

Brigita Jecklin Bowaire

This study investigates the gap between target and actual use of the local government website, focusing on e-government services on the Disdukcapil website in Jayapura City. It identifies key factors influencing Use Behavior by integrating the UTAUT and ISS models, extended with Perceived Risk and Digital Literacy. Data from 425 users aged 17 and above were collected via questionnaires and analyzed using PLS-SEM. Results show that Performance Expectancy, Effort Expectancy, Social Influence, Digital Literacy, and System Quality significantly affect Behavioral Intention, while Perceived Risk has a negative effect. Service Quality was not significant, and Facilitating Conditions did not affect actual use. Behavioral Intention is the primary predictor of Use Behavior, highlighting its central role in e-government adoption. The findings demonstrate that successful digital innovation relies on technology, user capabilities, social influence, and institutional support, contributing to improved service effectiveness, citizen participation, and trust.

Determinants of Citizens’ Use of E Government Services: Evidence from Jayapura City

Brigita Jecklin Bowaire