No Viral, No Justice: Echo Chambers on Social Media in Law Enforcement in Indonesia
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https://doi.org/10.21111/ettisal.v11i1.44Keywords:
Echo Chamber, Indonesian Law, Social Media, Restorative Justice, ViralityAbstract
The echo chamber phenomenon on social media is increasingly shaping law enforcement dynamics in Indonesia, particularly in the context of "no viral no justice," the tendency for authorities to respond more quickly to viral cases than to those that do not receive public attention. This study aims to identify relevant topics in the study of echo chambers in law enforcement discourse through a case study of "no viral no justice" using a bibliometric mapping approach. The method used is a descriptive, quantitative approach with bibliometric analysis of Google Scholar publications from 2016 to 2025 using Publish or Perish and VOSviewer. The results show a relatively stable publication trend with a primary focus on digital law issues in Indonesia. Cluster analysis identified three main groups: law and regulation as the dominant cluster, social media behavior and dynamics, and global socio-political issues as a minor cluster. These findings confirm that social media-based law enforcement is influenced by political dynamics, ideology, digital ethics, user psychology, and platform architecture. Echo chambers reinforce group bias, narrow information exposure, and accelerate polarization, thus encouraging hoaxes, hate speech, viral justice, and disinformation. Therefore, an interdisciplinary approach, strengthening digital literacy, responsive public communication, and adaptive and transparent platform governance, is needed.
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