Questioning Socialization or Localization? Normative Orientation of Dating App (Case Study of LGBTQIA+ Grindr Social Network in Surabaya Indonesia)
S. Hariadi Imawan

Department of Visual Communication Design, Institut Teknologi Sepuluh Nopember, Indonesia

Abstract

This paper tries to understand how the Surabaya Indonesia LGBTQIA+ community uses social network media to communicate with others as the dating application. The open platform of social geo-networking applications not only gives gay individuals open access to their communities, but also interpersonal with each other. By using ^their^ social media, gay individuals interact with one another in a way that has never been experienced before. But in its use, it turns out that a negative effect arises from the use of social media, making its users take the form of remote media communication abuse by using it to trade gay prostitution services online. News report in the mass media is evidence of this sad fact, so that social media for the gay community is no longer just a social media to communicate and socialize, but now it has become a media socia-localization, from social media application changed into social media prostitution localization. Furthermore, in relation to moral orientation and norms with the use of technology and new media, it can be seen from the basic nature of gadgets and the internet back then, which connects the world without borders. We can access everything easily and without obstacles. Then what is the filter? The most important thing is the awareness of the individual itself, where the normative aspects of a person can prohibit themselves from doing unnecessary things. Legal, social and religious norms then also become very important to be a guidance in producing information content on social media, including in gay social network and returning back the meaning of the social media.

Keywords: LGBTQIA+ social application, dating app, norm, socialization, localizationmit This Sample Abstract

Topic: Development Studies and Humanities