The Implication of Whistle in Thailand’s Political Movement

Abstract

The Study titled “The Implication of Whistle Symbol in Thailand’s Political Movement” aims to study the meaning, mechanism in controlling the meaning and the creation of the meaning for whistle symbol used in Thailand’s political movement.

This Study is a Qualitative Research with the Analytical Approach on documents and In-depth Interview Approach, sources of information include documents and verbal.

The result of the study indicates that the whistle symbol has the meaning in many issues such as Thaksinocracy and the Yingluck government, Amnesty, the Nation, Religion, and HM the King, Opponent’s sign, Signs for people with same ideology, Negative vibe, Positive vibe, Definition of movement, Movement guidelines and methods, Desire/Goal, etc.

From above-mentioned meanings, it was found that there is a mechanism in controlling the meaning such as target group, time and place, how to use symbol, description of signifier, what to be used with the sign, movement activities and guidelines, and political situation. In addition, the creation of the meaning for whistle symbol used in Thailand’s political movement includes using existing meaning or reproducing the meaning, modifying the meaning and creating new meaning.