When cybertroopers shape the crowd: online conformity in Indonesia

Siregar, M. (6 October 2025) When cybertroopers shape the crowd: online conformity in Indonesia. LSE Southeast Asia Blog.
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Cyber troop operations in Indonesia don’t persuade citizens with facts — they manufacture consensus through visibility, secrecy, and conformity. Drawing on a field experiment with over 900 Instagram users in Bogor City, Moses H. Siregar (recipient of the 2024/25 SEAC Student Dissertation Fieldwork Grant) explains how buzzers subtly shift online behaviour and why this matters for democratic accountability.
Item Type Blog post
Copyright holders © 2025 The Author(s)
Departments LSE > Academic Departments > Government
Date Deposited 14 Nov 2025
URI https://researchonline.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/130217

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