The culture of television in Indonesia began with its establishment in 1962 as a public broadcasting service. From that time, through the deregulation of television broadcasting in 1990 and the establishment of commercial channels, television can be understood, Philip Kitley argues, as a part of the New Order’s national culture project, designed to legitimate an idealized Indonesian national cultural identity. But Professor Kitley suggests that it also has become a site for the contestation of elements of the New Order’s cultural policies. Based on his studies, he further speculates on the increasingly significant role that television is destined to play as a site of cultural and political struggle.
As Indonesia moves from being an authoritarian to a democratic country, it becomes essential for the government and other key institutions in the country to think differently about 'the public', on whose behalf the country is now supposed to be run. This book examines the different ideas which are developing in Indonesia about what the public is, and how it should best be represented. It considers how the public is viewed in elections as part of the political process, in the media as an audience, and in the law. The author argues that well-developed ideas about the public are critical if civil society is to develop fully in Indonesia.
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