Netizens’ Responses to a Famous Indonesian Youtuber Video of Changing Religious Beliefs on YouTube Social Media

Abstract

The ability of a new media user is seen as a new way of communicating; netizens now have the power to respond directly to information received through social media. This study discusses the response of netizens to videos of Deddy Corbuzier' religious converts on YouTube social media. This study aims to determine the attention, understanding, and acceptance of netizens of Deddy Corbuzier's video. This study uses a qualitative approach with qualitative content analysis methods, namely analysing data in the form of comments given by netizens through symbols of like or dislike and comments. Based on the results of the study, it was found: 1) The attention of netizens in responding to Deddy Corbuzier's conversion video in the form of a response to a symbol of like or dislike and comments, 2) The netizens' perception towards the video consists of positive, negative, and neutral comments, 3) Netizens' acceptance in the form of desire to change for the better is to become more obedient, steadfastness, convert and accept Deddy's decision to convert, 4) Netizens argue with other netizens regarding the video of Deddy Corbuzier's religious converts.