Doomscrolling dan Ithmi’nān al-Qalb: Regulasi Kognitif-Spiritual Qur’ani bagi Generasi Z Muslim Indonesia
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https://doi.org/10.47281/fas.v7i2.303Keywords:
algorithmic logic, cognitive-spiritual regulation, doomscrolling, Islamic psychology, ithmi’nān al-qalb, taḥlīlī-thematic tafsīrAbstract
Doomscrolling, the compulsive browsing of bad news despite a worsening emotional state, thrives in social media ecosystems that rank content by predicted user engagement. In Indonesia, Generation Z is the largest group of internet users, adolescent mental-health problems are common, and use of professional services is low. Research on doomscrolling is dominated by secular behavioural interventions and has developed apart from tafsīr scholarship on tranquillity of the heart. This library study interprets QS. Ar-Ra’d [13]: 28 with the taḥlīlī method, supported by a thematic search of related verses, and reads it alongside classical Islamic falsafah-psychology (al-Ghazali, Ibn Sīnā) and digital psychology. The analysis maps five features of algorithmic logic (engagement-based ranking, reading of behavioural signals, feedback-driven personalisation, scrolling without stopping points, and variable reward) onto the appraisal process described by Lazarus and Folkman. From this mapping the study proposes that ithmi’nān al-qalb achieved through dzikrullah can operate as a cognitive interruption in the rumination-driven doomscrolling cycle. The proposition is formulated as the Qur’anic Cognitive-Spiritual Regulation (QCSR) model, which has three layers: exposure, appraisal-interruption, and tranquillity outcome. The model has not been tested empirically. Quantitative or experimental testing among Indonesian Muslim Generation Z is required before it is used as a basis for digital-spiritual literacy or counselling.
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