ASPEK DEMOKRASI DALAM PEMILIHAN UMUM RAYA ONLINE PRESIDEN MAHASISWA UNIVERSITAS NEGERI SEMARANGTAHUN 2011

Abstract

“Pemilihan Umum Raya” what so called Pemira is a small form of democracy in education range. Unnes applied online system in Pemira to choose their president of student councilin order to accommodate to Indonesia democracy. The used of online is a kind of technology development to achieve the ideal democracy. The issue of student distrust of the level of data security, confidentiality of information, data and information Pemira online be the main focus in this study . The method used in this research is a qualitative method which used recall technique to collect the data. The subject of this research include one students from each faculty of Unnes. The location of the research is in Unnes. The result shows that the implementation of Pemira online is commonly just like a general election, the different is only on the way to vote which is usually vote by punching ballot become by clicking to vote. There are some perceptions which occur among the students, some students give 100% support, some students did not give support at all, and some support in certain condition. The other perception is the lack of social aspect that there is no more lively vote counting with so many social interaction in an usual election count. Moreover, from culture point of view there is a belief that there is no different of choosing and not to choose the president of student councilbecause it will bring nothing or there is no benefit for the students themselves. One factor which bring the wind of change is that the invention of online system in Pemira. The effect from the changing of social and culture in Pemira online are that the lost of vote by punching ballot culture, the lost of social interaction in counting the result, the fade of in-group and out-group identification, and to decrese motive conflict in Pemira. In addition, Hyperreality is happened in Pemira online.