Indonesian Teen Romanticism: The Underlying Ideology of “Film Television" (FTV) During Covid-19 Pandemic from a Gender Perspective

Authors

  • Refti Handini Listyani Airlangga University, Surabaya
  • FX Sri Sadewo Universitas Negeri Surabaya, Surabaya
  • Mohammad Reevany Bustami Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang
  • Moh. Mudzakkir Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang
  • Emy Susanti Airlangga University, Surabaya

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.26740/jsm.v5n1.p129-150

Keywords:

film television, framing analysis, gender, ideology, media

Abstract

This research examines the underlying ideology(s) of a TV program called 'Film Television' (FTV). This TV program is on during the Covid-19 Pandemic. Specifically, using framing analysis and gender perspective approach as a methodology, this research analyses how these ideologies developed in FTV. Six prime samples of FTV were chosen, namely Laki-Laki Buaya Darat, Cowok Gue IQ-nya Ancur Banget, Cowok Gue Pendek Bener, Pacar honorer, Ganteng-ganteng Medit, Pacar Gue Brondong. The findings reveal a thrust of the twin-contrarian thrust of messaging. There are two embedded ideologies underlying the FTV. First, the FTV production house carries a patriarchal ideology by raising themes that discriminate against women through stereotypes against women that appear in the story. Second, the FTV production house carries the ideology of feminism, with themes that position women as superordinates. Women occupy a higher social class than men. This finding of twin-contrarian ideological thrust offers an essential contribution to the gender theoretical vacuum of Indonesian TV as an example of Asian teen romanticism in national TV programming during a global crisis. It has conceptual implications on the repertoire of social science knowledge, especially sociology, particularly research on women's bodies and beauty, sociology of gender and media, and sociology of the family. 

Author Biographies

Refti Handini Listyani, Airlangga University, Surabaya

1. Doctoral Program of Social Sciences, Faculty of Social and Political Sciences

2. Department of Sociology

FX Sri Sadewo, Universitas Negeri Surabaya, Surabaya

Department of Sociology

Mohammad Reevany Bustami, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang

Centre for Policy Research and International Studies

Moh. Mudzakkir, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang

1. Centre for Policy Research and International Studies   2. Department of Sociology

Emy Susanti, Airlangga University, Surabaya

Department of Sociology

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Published

2021-04-29

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Listyani, R. H., Sadewo, F. S., Bustami, M. R., Mudzakkir, M., & Susanti, E. (2021). Indonesian Teen Romanticism: The Underlying Ideology of “Film Television" (FTV) During Covid-19 Pandemic from a Gender Perspective . The Journal of Society and Media, 5(1), 129–150. https://doi.org/10.26740/jsm.v5n1.p129-150
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