Communications Identity Analysis @Viviatal in Forming Personal Branding in Tiktok
Jurnal Indonesia Sosial Teknologi, Vol. 5, No. 7, July 2024 3151
An influencer must have characteristics that are characteristic and become an
identity so that they are easily recognized by the audience. These characteristics can be
formed in various ways, one of which is the characteristics of communication or the way
influencers communicate with followers as well as the style of speaking when conveying
information through videos uploaded to social media such as @viviatal as one of the book
reviewers on Tiktok social media.
Cut Vivi Thalia, an influencer with a TikTok social media account, @viviatal has
characteristics in conveying information from her communication style. The speaking
style @viviatal adjust to the TikTok account managed as a book reviewer so that the
impression displayed is communicative and educational. Communicative here means
@viviatal trying to maintain a good relationship with his audience. Meanwhile,
educational, related to content that contains information about various things according
to the book being discussed.
The invitation to communicate is shown at the beginning of the video as an opening,
namely 'do you have any?' or 'have you ever been?' and then continued with the topic you
want to discuss. The use of this question sentence is very useful because the audience will
feel like they are being asked and start looking for similarities between the questions in
the video and the reality of their personal lives. This is a powerful way to grab the
audience's attention and watch the video until the end of the duration.
The theory used in this study is the theory of identity communication according to
Hecht. Identity communication theory is one of the theories that focuses on the formation
of identity contained in individuals. This theory was invented by Michael L. Hetch. In
this theory, communication is the key to an identity, where communication is seen as
identity and identity as communication (Gerungan, Priyowidodo, & Lesmana, 2022).
Based on the theory put forward by Hetch regarding identity communication,
identity is the main link between individuals and society and communication is the link
that allows this relationship to occur (Idaman & Kencana, 2021). The results of the study
show that Cut Vivi Thalia's communication identity is in two layers, namely the personal
layer and the enactment layer. Personally, Cut Vivi Thalia knows her identity as someone
with minimal confidence and then motivated after reading several books about tips for
self-development, building confidence, and the arts of living life. Starting from a book,
in the end Cut Vivi Thalia began to have a desire to motivate many people through social
media which was on the rise at that time, namely social media TikTok.
The second layer, enactment, is the way individuals show their identity. Thus others
will have knowledge based on what the individual shows. The results of the study show
that Cut Vivi Thalia also builds an identity as a book reviewer through content with
characteristics to form personal branding. The identity formed by Cut Vivi Thalia through
the @viviatal account is the delivery of information by storytelling but in a clear, concise,
and non-verbose manner. This style shows an intellectual impression and strengthens its
branding as a TikTok influencer with content related to books.
Based on the ascribed dimension, the results of the study show that the personal
branding formed by Cut Vivia is able to make the audience interested in self-development