Radio Days: media-politics in Indonesia
In the recent excitement about the democratising potential of the 'new' electronic media, theorists have largely ignored the role of the oldest of the electronic 'mass' media, that is, radio. This paper suggests several parallels between the oldest and the newest electronic medi...
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| description | In the recent excitement about the democratising potential of the 'new' electronic media, theorists have largely ignored the role of the oldest of the electronic 'mass' media, that is, radio. This paper suggests several parallels between the oldest and the newest electronic media in the transmission of anti-authoritarian politics in Indonesia. While the Internet aided sections of the civil society in subverting the state's control over public discourse, in the post-authoritarian politics, radio may remain by far the more significant technology of democratisation. Radio's importance is only in part explained by the economic limits on the distribution of the Internet in Indonesia. We need to look at the particular tessellation of culture, politics and technology in Indonesia to understand the role of radio in the articulation of local politics, in a democratisation process whose success depends on the politics of ethno-cultural decentralisation and devolution of power from urban elites. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-330432019-02-19T04:27:06Z Radio Days: media-politics in Indonesia Sen, Krishna politics democratisation Indonesia radio internet media In the recent excitement about the democratising potential of the 'new' electronic media, theorists have largely ignored the role of the oldest of the electronic 'mass' media, that is, radio. This paper suggests several parallels between the oldest and the newest electronic media in the transmission of anti-authoritarian politics in Indonesia. While the Internet aided sections of the civil society in subverting the state's control over public discourse, in the post-authoritarian politics, radio may remain by far the more significant technology of democratisation. Radio's importance is only in part explained by the economic limits on the distribution of the Internet in Indonesia. We need to look at the particular tessellation of culture, politics and technology in Indonesia to understand the role of radio in the articulation of local politics, in a democratisation process whose success depends on the politics of ethno-cultural decentralisation and devolution of power from urban elites. 2003 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/33043 http://www.metapress.com/openurl.asp?genre=article&id=doi:10.1080/0951274032000132263 Oxford University Press fulltext |
| spellingShingle | politics democratisation Indonesia radio internet media Sen, Krishna Radio Days: media-politics in Indonesia |
| title | Radio Days: media-politics in Indonesia |
| title_full | Radio Days: media-politics in Indonesia |
| title_fullStr | Radio Days: media-politics in Indonesia |
| title_full_unstemmed | Radio Days: media-politics in Indonesia |
| title_short | Radio Days: media-politics in Indonesia |
| title_sort | radio days: media-politics in indonesia |
| topic | politics democratisation Indonesia radio internet media |
| url | http://www.metapress.com/openurl.asp?genre=article&id=doi:10.1080/0951274032000132263 http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/33043 |