225 Teen and Social Violence in Cinema: Construction of Teen Identity in Film Dilan 1990 http://dx.doi.org/10.25008/jkiski.v5i2.430 Euis Komalawati Stiami Institute of Social Sciences and Management Jl. Pangkalan Asem Raya No. 55, Jakarta 13470 - Indonesia Correspondent author: euis.komalawati@stiami.ac.id Submitted: November 26, 2020, Revised: December 17, 2020, Accepted: December 25, 2020 Accredited by Kemristekdikti No. 28/E/KPT/2019 Abstract Dilan 1990 is a teenage film with the highest number of viewers in 2018, which reached 6,315,664. The success of Dilan 1990 is inseparable from the culture industry's strength, which can mobilize public interest through reliable publication and marketing. The success of the film Dilan carrying the characters of Dilan and Milea as teen idols raises concerns about the identity of adolescents who are laden with violent symbols. This is because the content and theme of the story in the 1990s were constructed with Dilan's character, who liked to fight. For this reason, this study aims to analyze the construction of adolescent identity and social violence in the 1990 Dilan film. This research method uses a qualitative approach with an interpretative paradigm. Data Analysis Method uses narrative analysis of film subtitles with the Vladimir Propp analysis model. The unit of analysis in this study is the film Dilan 1990 (2018). Data collection techniques are conducted with text analysis, literature study, observation, and documents. This study concludes that social violence among adolescents is constructed in the cinema through adolescents' identity, both verbal violence and physical violence in the school environment and outside of school. Young men carry out social violence to young women who describe gender inequality, which refers to social violence due to cultural factors. Keywords: Identity; social violence; adolescents; film Dilan; reliable publication and marketing Introduction In Adorno's view, film as a cultural industry can shape the tastes and tendencies of the masses, thus printing and instilling false consciousness (Adorno, Theodore W & Hokheimer, 1972). In his writing, Adorno and Horkheimer mention that the cultural industry commodities are directed by the need to realize their value in the market. Profit motives determine the nature of various forms of culture. The popularity of Dilan film since its release in 2018 under the title Dilan 1990 continues until the beginning of 2019 with Dilan 1991 films that began airing on February 28, 2019, in the country's cinema network. Audiences, especially teenagers, are looking forward to the second sequel to Dilan. Teenagers and parents accompany children and teenagers to watch movies starring teen actors and actresses Iqbal Ramadhan and Vanesha Prescilla. Interestingly, the film with a 13+ teen audience category is in demand by most Indonesian teenagers, featuring Dilan characters who like to fight and often get involved in motorcycle gangs. No wonder many parents are worried because the main character idolized in Dilan movie shows teenagers' identity who tend to have characters close to violence. Several studies on adolescent identity in cinema expose the identity of urban youth and are represented using straightforward subgroup language, rude, and without manners as the values and norms of eastern customary social manners (Komalawati, 2014). Another study stated that the representation of ideology in cinema is constructed through communication, way of dressing, way of life, and way of thinking that each other is different and very strong representing their respective groups (Komalawati, 2014). It investigates some Jurnal Komunikasi Ikatan Sarjana Komunikasi Indonesia, Vol. 5 (2), 2020, 225-231 J U R N A L E-ISSN: 2503-0795 P-ISSN: 2548-8740 KOMUNIKASI IKATAN SARJANA KOMUNIKASI INDONESIA