Usage of IT on Traditional Magic Practice: Review on Cultural Transformation

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to determine the extent of the use of blog features in the practice of santet in Indonesia. The method of this research used an analysis of compositional interpretation, 3 selected blogs mapped the content. Through research, it is known that internet sites are the initial medium of transactions. Practitioners (shamans) make the internet a medium for trapping consumers (as an actors), especially middle, upper-middle and upper-middle class economies who are busy, reluctant to identify their identities, and need fast processing. In the site presented the types of witchcraft services with various levels, most of the sites straightforwardly load shamans contact numbers. The utilization of blog features is quite optimal, the collaboration between shamans and site admins is quite intense, proven through content so that complete information is available to service users who are filled with a high desire for revenge. Internet technology benefits both parties, both perpetrators of witchcraft (shamans) and service users, for actors of course the economic impact, while for service users are aspects of convenience and information.