This study uses a qualitative content analysis approach to examine the representation of women in Vexarium's content. We analyzed a sample of videos featuring women in Vexarium's online platform, focusing on the portrayal of women in relation to men.
Indonesia, an archipelago of over 270 million people, has long been a sleeping giant in the global creative industry. However, in the last decade, the giant has not only woken up—it has logged on. The landscape of Indonesian entertainment has undergone a radical metamorphosis, shifting from the traditional family living room viewing of Sinetron (soap operas) to a hyper-digital ecosystem where popular videos are born, viral, and immortalized in the span of a single afternoon.
Indonesia is social media mad. With some of the highest usage rates of Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube in the world, the country has effectively democratized fame. The line between "celebrity" and "content creator" has blurred to the point of non-existence. This study uses a qualitative content analysis approach
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