Politics and the Media in Twenty-First Century Indonesia

Krishna Sen is Executive Dean, Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences at the University of Western Australia, Perth and Fellow of The Australian Academy of the Humanities. Her most recent publications include (as co-editor) Political Regimes and the Media in Asia and (co-authored with David T. Hill) The Internet in Indonesia's New Democracy (both published by Routledge).David T. Hill is Professor of Southeast Asian Studies and Fellow of the Asia Research Centre on Social, Political and Economic Change at Murdoch University, Western Australia. His publications include The Press in New Order Indonesia, Journalism and Politics in Indonesia: A Critical Biography of Mochtar Lubis (1922-2004) as Editor and Author and (co-authored with Krishna Sen) Media, Culture and Politics in Indonesia.

• 1. Reorganisation of Media Power in Post-Authoritarian Indonesia: Ownership, Power and Influence of Local Media Entrepreneurs 2. On the Border: Local Media in the Land of Papua 3. Community Radio and the Empowerment of Local Culture in Indonesia 4. Riding Waves of Change: Islamic Press in Post-Authoritarian Indonesia 5. Indonesian Journalism Post-Suharto: Changing Ideals and Professional Practices 6. Ownership and its Impact on Journalists and Their Practices 7. The Transformation of the Media Scene: From War to Peace in the Moluccas, Eastern Indonesia 8. "Radio Active": The Creation of Media-Literate Audiences in Post-Suharto Indonesia 9. The Construction of Women in Contemporary Indonesian Women’s Cinema 10. Media and Morality: Pornography Post Suharto

“This collection of essay provides a broad overview of the ever-changing media landscape in Indonesia, not just in Jakarta but all over the country. With the increasing reach of the media in this country, the question of whether the media is empowering or manipulating people is more important than ever before. This book is a good place to find some answers.” - Ismira Lutfia, “Is Media Helping or Hurting Push for Democracy?”, Jakarta Globe, May 09, 2011"[T]his book presents a nuanced and an illuminating analysis of the working of various Indonesian media. It has certainly made an important contribution to our understanding of the media in post-Suharto Indonesia, providing us with a body of empirical knowledge about what has or has not changed." - Yuki Fukuoka, Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies, Waseda University; LSE Review of Books, August 7th 2012