Tension between people about border which different location and situation.
Irwansyah (2013:5) concluded :
"Debates, disputes, and conflicts about the border area between Indonesia and Malaysia are mostly triggered by mass media and then extended into new media such as online community forums.
Mass media quotes statements from any sources or news makers, including people or representatives of institutions that do not understand the real situation in the border area. Although many of these sources may think about sovereignty, they are often not available to listen to the local people and to assist with their needs.
Similar to the members of the online community forums from both Indonesia and Malaysia, they express their voices, ideas, opinions, and comments without thinking about the voices of the people in the border area. Both mass media and members of online community forums only respond to the issues concerning the border, including border poles and the military located at the border, attacking and defending without any accurate knowledge of what is occurring in the real field of the border area. Therefore, misperception will become more complicated because the users have no real information about the situation and life in the border area."
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