POLITIK SELEBRITAS ELABORASI TEORITIK TERHADAP MODEL KAMPANYE BARU

The discussion about concept of celebrity politics is a new study in the social sciences and political landscape in the new Indonesian electoral democracy post-1999. Phenomenon of celebrity into the realm of practical politics itself actually comes as a vote getter nature every political campaign. The existence of massive publicity in the media as well as a performance appears to attract public sympathy. However, the pattern of these celebrities also performed by politicians to show any aspect of their daily life to become material for public consumption. The implication is that creating any sympathy and empathy from the public to candidate or party. Political journalism plays a major role in creating both the presence of the news by creating better and vice versa, creating a presence of construction to candidates or parties. This paper will elaborate more on this celebrity political perspective