Actor and Network Analysis: The Existence of Virtual Public Sphere on YouTube

The 2024 Presidential and Vice Presidential election is a momentum that the public has been waiting for because it will determine the journey of the Indonesian nation for the next five years. Polarization occurs in society because each has a superior candidate. Discussion and debates between fellow supporters cannot be avoided in virtual spaces on social media. This is one of the benchmarks for political participation in society. This participation can also be seen from the public's interest in watching the third Presidential debate which was broadcast o the Metro TV YouTube channel on 7 January 2024. As of 12 February 2024, there were 8.5 thousand likes and 3721 comments on the channel. Researchers used Netlytic.org to find network patterns to find out the visualization and relationships between existing actors. The result was that in the network formed it was found that there was no dominant actor, there were no conversations between them and there were no coherent groups.