Sacred Anchoring in the Cyber-Public Sphere: The Functional Shift of Quranic Authority in Indonesian Digital Ecological Narratives
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https://doi.org/10.66277/jqms.1.1.234Keywords:
Framing Analysis, News Media, Digital Journalism, Ecology, Religious AuthorityAbstract
In the digital public sphere, sacred texts have evolved from static ethical references into active instruments of policy critique. This article examines the concept of “sacred anchoring” within Indonesian digital ecological narratives, focusing on how Republika.co.id recontextualizes Qur’anic verses to address environmental crises. Utilizing framing analysis on articles published between 2025 and 2026, the study explores the integration of empirical data with scriptural citations. The findings reveal that digital journalism has emerged as an autonomous hermeneutic authority, transforming the Qur’an into a tool for “spiritual auditing.” Through strategic framing, the media constructs a “theological technocracy” that subordinates scientific facts to religious interpretation. Consequently, the effectiveness of environmental messaging in Indonesia is increasingly driven by curated sacrality rather than technical accuracy. This study contributes to the mediatization of sacred text by demonstrating how digital platforms restructure sacred authority in opposition to secular-capitalist logics.
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