Social Media and Online Prostitution Industries

Authors

  • Khafit Badrus Zaman Universitas Negeri Malang
  • Mohammad Iqbal Firman Ardiansyah Universitas Negeri Malang
  • Muhammad Busthomi Arviansyah Universitas Negeri Malang
  • Muhammad Ferdyan Syach Universitas Negeri Malang
  • Naziro Universitas Negeri Malang
  • Aji Prasetya Wibawa Universitas Negeri Malang

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.31763/businta.v6i1.424

Keywords:

Prostitution , Online prostitution, Social media, Developed country, Developing country

Abstract

Online prostitution continously increases along with the development of technology and information. This study aims to observe the development of prostitution globally, including the developed countries and developing countries. This research was conducted by collecting the world data news about online prostitution in the last ten years (2011-2021). Most of the motives of online prostitution are economic factors. Several online prostitution cases involved minors.  Online prostitution cases in developed countries and developing countries occur on several social media platforms such WeChat, LINE, MiChat, and Facebook. In the discussion chapter, the writers provide suggestions to minimize the cases of online prostitution which one of them is making regulations to govern the use of social media.

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2022-03-31

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Khafit Badrus Zaman, Ardiansyah, M. I. F. ., Muhammad Busthomi Arviansyah, Muhammad Ferdyan Syach, Naziro, & Aji Prasetya Wibawa. (2022). Social Media and Online Prostitution Industries. Bulletin of Social Informatics Theory and Application, 6(1), 7–12. https://doi.org/10.31763/businta.v6i1.424

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