Fitri Murfianti is a PhD Candidate at the Institute of Cultural Anthropology and Development Sociology at Leiden University. She has a background in Communication Science at Padjadjaran University, and Master degree in Media and Communication, Airlangga University. Her research interests is in vernacular activities in social media, include social climber, Identity and Commodity in Instagram, Fake news, and Memes in the Digital Age.

More information about Fitri Murfianti

As a lecturer at an art institution (ISI Surakarta), Department of Visual Communication Design, together with colleagues, she conducts research on wayang beber (Local wisdom) as an alternative to Tourism Icons. Currently, she is focus on the genre of Islamically inspired memes, and its relations to Digital and Religious Literacy.

PhD research

Fitri's study focuses on how do the digital and religious literacy affect the way people produce, consume, and circulate Islamically inspired memes including Islamic tiktok in an Era of Post-Truth Indonesia. 

CV Fitri Murfianti (2021)