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Permata Widjayanti, E., & Anwar, C. (2020). Fanfiction: Morality Challenges in Hyperreality Worlds. KnE Social Sciences, 4(14), 457–471. https://doi.org/10.18502/kss.v4i14.7904

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  • Ellita Permata Widjayanti

    Ellita Permata Widjayanti

    English Literature Study Program, Jakarta State University, East Jakarta, Indonesia
  • Chaerul Anwar

    Chaerul Anwar

    Education Management Magister Program, Jakarta State University, East Jakarta, Indonesia

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  • Nov 11, 2020

Fanfiction: Morality Challenges in Hyperreality Worlds

KnE Social Sciences / International Conference on Humanities, Education and Social Sciences (IC-HEDS) 2019 / Pages 457–471

Abstract

In 4.0 era, in which popular culture is flourishing, fanfiction is experiencing rapid growth. Many fans write about their idols, characters in movies, anime, games, and TV series. They make simulations, create simulacra, and hyperreality. Unfortunately, there are many fan-fiction productions which have pornographic content that is not in accordance with Indonesian cultural norms and moral ethics. This then becomes a moral challenge for the nation, especially for the youth, as they have free access to the internet. This research aims to look the challenges of morality within fanfiction, explaining it through the theory of hyperreality by using data taken from popular fanfiction platforms. The results show that pornography contained in fanfiction poses a threat to the moral codes of teenage readers, and renders pornographic practices more common. Besides, the hyperreality fosters sexual fantasies, which may lead to sexual harassment, free sex, and deviant sex.


Keywords: fanfiction, simulation, simulacra, hyperreality, pornography, morality

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