Religious Communication on the Phenomenon of Online Da'wah Ustadz and Its Implications for Discourse on Radicalism and Hate Speech

Abstract

This study plays a role in analyzing the extent to which religious communication is built from da'wah delivered and obtained from online or social media between da'wah material and the understanding captured by the audience in this case students, thus giving rise to discourses of radicalism and hate speech committed by the audience. the audience of a preaching video of an ustadz. This study uses a descriptive qualitative research method by focusing on the form of Malay gastronomy based on observation and interview data collection techniques. As a temporary result, the communication that has been developed between online da'wah videos and student understanding related to the discourse of radicalism and hate speech is marked several factors, the use of media, knowledge, and the preachers, which lead to the relationship of factors that influence the notion of radicalism and hate speech of online da'wah. The strategy taken so that students can choose da'wah content and not deviate from Islamic teachings by being carried away towards radicalism and hate speech is in two ways, strengthening literacy and harmonization between communication, da'wah, and public understanding.