The Phenomenon of Trance Content on Youtube Study of CyberPsychology and Interpretation of the Quran

Abstract

This article looks at the reality that exists on Youtube regarding the amount of trance content being watched. This attracts the attention of the author the main factor why netizens make content trance to watch. A large number of Youtube content enthusiasts make writers think that trance content is used by Youtubers to seek profits with so many viewers. Some of the author's findings on several Youtube channels present trance shows and have hundreds of thousands to millions of subscribers. This phenomenon shows that Indonesian netizens like a lot of trance shows. The research method used by researchers is qualitative through a netnography approach. In addition, the reason the author chose the netnography approach is that it is to study cybernetics space from textual information to study culture and netizens. Based on the author's findings, there are 3 characteristics of trance content on Youtube channels that are widely watched, namely: criminality, treatment of patients, and culture. Meanwhile, netizens' responses were mixed regarding trance content on Youtube, such as: not believing, providing support, praying for psychics, happiness, and bullying.

Received: 25 August 2022 / Accepted: 20 October 2022 / Published: 5 November 2022