Rinstagram Vs Finstagram: Dramaturgi Mahasiswa Muslim Yogyakarta

Abstract

As one of the social media platforms that has many users, Instagram offers a multiple account feature. This feature allows users to manage two or more accounts in one Instagram application. Real instagram or often called rinstagram, becomes the main account and fake instagram or finstagram as the second account. Managing two accounts simultaneously opens up great opportunities for users including Muslim students to present a completely different self. This research is here to describe two things: First, how is the self-presentation of Yogyakarta muslim students on rinstagram as a front stage. Second, how the self-presentation of Yogyakarta Muslim students on finstagram account as the backstage. Using descriptive qualitative method, data were obtained from interviews, observations, and documentations. Interviews were conducted to selected subjects with three main criteria: 1) The subject actively manages two accounts both rinstagram and finstagram; 2) The informant is an alumnus of a boarding school; 3) The informant is willing to be interviewed and provide the necessary data. The results of this study are: First, Rinstagram is used as a part of branding and building a positive self-image. Sharing the best content with careful planning. Second, finstagram is used to present a different self, a self that is as it is, open, and without engineering. In their finstagram accounts, they often use finstagram to respond to an event; share personal activities, and share random feelings and stories without fear of a positive image. Theoretically, these findings reinforce Erving Goffman's dramaturgy theory.