Mapping Indonesian Women's Political Participation in the 2024 Presidential Election Based on Twitter Social Media Data Mining

Three presidential candidates contest the 2024 presidential election of the Republic of Indonesia. The number of Indonesian voters was 49.96% male and 50.04% female. The female group was one of the potential targets the presidential candidates chose to support. Although the number of female voters were more significant than male voters, women's participation in politics in Indonesia was still male. The low involvement of Indonesian women in politics is due to patriarchal culture. The presence of communication technology, such as social media platforms, has the potential to change the political behavior of Indonesian women in expressing their opinions and political attitudes. This is what prompted the researchers to conduct research. This study uses the Netnography method, supported by communication network analysis. Twitter social media data mining was carried out using NodeXL software. The study results show that women dare to express political discussions on social media rather than face-to-face. However, big cities in Java still dominate women's participation in political debates, such as in Bandung, Yogyakarta, Jakarta, and Surabaya. Meanwhile, women outside Java still need to be more involved in political discussions. Female figures who received more responses from Twitter users include: Yurisa Agustina Samosir (account @Yurisa_Samosir) and Marlina (account @marlina_idha). Issues that women more widely discuss include education, economy, and online gaming policies. Based on the analysis of communication networks, women prefer the Prabowo-Gibran presidential pair over the Anis-Muhammin or Ganjar-Mahfud pairs. Keywords: Computer Mediated Communication Theory, political participation, women, big data, gender equality.