This text provides a detailed study of the legal, economic, political and cultural practices surrounding the provision and consumption of the internet in Indonesia at the turn of the twenty-first century. Hill and Sen detail the emergence of the Internet into Indonesia in the mid-1990s, and cover its growth through the dramatic economic and political crises of 1997 and the subsequent transition to democracy. Conceptually the Internet is seen as a global phenomenon, with global implications, however this book develops a way of thinking about the Internet within the limits of geo-political...

Media, Culture, and Politics in Indonesia is about the institutions and policies
that determine what Indonesians write, read, watch, and hear. It covers the
print media, broadcast radio and television, computers and the internet,
videos, films and music. This book argues that the texts of the media can be
understood in two broad ways:

. as records of a "national" culture and political hegemony constructed by
Suhartos New Order

. as contradictory, dissident, political and cultural aspirations that reflect
the anxieties and preoccupations of Indonesian citizens.

Media, Culture, and Politics,...

The Press in New Order Indonesia is the most comprehensive book available in English on the print media during the Suharto presidency. Based on detailed and investigative research, it provides a succinct introduction to the political and economic forces shaping this dominant sector of the Indonesian media at a pivotal time in its development. The study documents the history of the press prior to the rise of President Suharto, surveys the changing New Order policies to the media, and analyses the various modes of control exercised through powerful government agencies and industry...