Salvatore Simarmata, S.Sos., M.A., Ph.D.

8/4/2026 12:00:00 AM

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: 0311058002

: Assistant Professor

: salvatore.simarmata@atmajaya.ac.id

Biografi

Salvatore Simarmata is a political communication researcher and senior lecturer in Communication Science at Atma Jaya Catholic University of Indonesia, Jakarta, where he also serves as Director of the Institute of Public Policy (IPP). He earned his Ph.D. in Communication from The Australian National University (2024), with a dissertation examining new mechanisms of negative campaigning in Indonesia's digital-era elections. For over a decade, his research has explored the intersection of media and politics, spanning political campaigning, policy narratives, political reputation management, populist communication, and media innovation. He employs a mixed-methods approach combining survey research, content and discourse analysis, social network analysis, and computational methods in R. His publications include the book Media dan Politik (2014), journal articles, book chapters, and op-eds in leading national outlets. Bridging scholarship and practice, Salvatore is committed to advancing evidence-based policymaking, democratic resilience, and inclusive public communication in Indonesia.

S1 - Atma Jaya University Yogyakarta (2003)
S2 - Gadjah Mada University (2012)

S3 - The Australian National University (2024)

Political Communication and Campaign Strategy
Computational Communication Science
Populist Rhetoric and Democracy
Government Communication
Policy Advocacy and Stakeholder Engagement

Political Communication
Social Network Analysis
Media, Opinion and Public Policy
Communication Research Seminar
Mass Communication
Global Journalism

Simarmata, S., 2017, Political Parallelism in Indonesian Election Coverage in 2014

Simarmata, S., 2018, The Effect of Press-Party Parallelism on News Coverage of the 2014's Indonesian National Elections

Simarmata, S., 2021, Faced with the Corona Outbreak, Political Communication

Simarmata, S., 2023, The Structure of a Negative Campaign

Simarmata, S. (2023, 8 Juli). Kampanye Negatif yang Berkualitas. Kompas.id.

Simarmata, S. (2023, 13 Juli). Anatomi Kampanye Negatif. Koran Tempo.

Simarmata, S. (2023, 3 Agustus). Koalisi Partai Berburu Calon Wakil Presiden. Koran Tempo.

Simarmata, S. (2023, 19 Agustus). Kecerdasan Buatan dan Kampanye Negatif. Kompas.id.

Simarmata, S. (2023, 18 September). Mewaspadai Propaganda Komputasional. Kompas.id.

Simarmata, S. (2023, 8 November). Efek dan Residu Politik Jokowi. Koran Tempo.

Simarmata, S., 2023, The Structure of a Negative Campaign

Simarmata, S., 2023, Negative Quality Campaign

Simarmata, S., 2023, Negative Campaigning and Artificial Intelligence

Simarmata, S., 2023, A Party Coalition Is Looking for a Vice Presidential Candidate

Simarmata, S. (2024). Kampanye Negatif yang Berkualitas: Dari Identitas ke Kapasitas. Dalam H. Seldadyo (Ed.), Dari Semanggi untuk Negeri: Membedah Agenda Kebijakan Publik Strategis di Tahun Politik (hlm. 151–174). Penerbit Buku Kompas.

Moke, F. E., & Simarmata, S. (2025). Analisis Gaya Komunikasi Populis Prabowo Subianto dalam Kampanye Pemilihan Presiden 2024. Jurnal InterAct, 14(1), 47–60.

Simarmata, S. (2026). From Presence to Popularity: Twitter Use by Members of the Indonesian House of Representatives (2014–2019) in Non-Electoral Setting. Jurnal Komunikasi Ikatan Sarjana Komunikasi Indonesia, 11(1), 173–188.

Simarmata, S. (2026). Mengelola Volatilitas Reputasi Politik di Era Kecerdasan Artifisial. Dalam S. Simarmata et al. (Ed.), Etika, Politik, dan Teknologi: Refleksi atas Pemikiran Alois Agus Nugroho (hlm. 104–124). Jakarta: Penerbit Buku Kompas.

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