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Record Nr.

UNINA9910456146303321

Autore

Kitley Philip <1946->

Titolo

Television, nation, and culture in Indonesia / / Philip Kitley

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Athens, Ohio : , : Ohio University Center for International Studies, , [2000]

©2000

ISBN

0-89680-417-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (432 p.)

Collana

Research in international studies. Southeast Asia series ; ; number 104

Disciplina

384.55/09598

Soggetti

Television broadcasting - Indonesia

Television broadcasting policy - Indonesia

Television programs - Indonesia

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 385-403) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Figures; Tables; Preface; Spelling and Translations; Chapter 1 INTRODUCING INDONESIAN TELEVISION; Chapter 2 STATE MONOPOLY BROADCASTING, 1962-1981; Chapter 3 TELEVISION AND ITS HISTORICAL AUDIENCES; Chapter 4 SERIOUS PUPPET PLAYS: TELEVISION MODELS THE CHILD; Chapter 5 THE RAHMAT FAMILY: SOAP OPERA MODELS THE COMMUNITY; Chapter 6 GOOD NEWS: NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND THE CULTURE OF NEWS; Chapter 7 THE MONOPOLY BREAKS UP: NEW TELEVISION TECHNOLOGIES; Chapter 8 COMMERCIAL TEVEVISON NEWS AND THE CULTURE OF DIVERSITY; Chapter 9 REGULATING OWNERSHIP AND CONTROL

Chapter 10 REGULATING TELEVISION CONTENT AND POLICYChapter 11 CONCLUSIONS: THE CULTURAL POLITICS OF TELEVISION IN INDONESIA; Appendix A SIGNIFICANT DATES IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF INDONESIAN TELEVISION; Appendix B EXCHANGE RATES FOR THE INDONESIAN RUPIAH, U.S. DOLLAR, AND AUSTRALIAN DOLLAR, 1962-1996; Appendix C SI UNYIL EPISODES ANALYZED; Appendix D THE FLOW OF SI UNYIL AND RIA JENAKA; Appendix E KELUARGA RAHMAT'S SETTING AND CHARACTERS; Appendix F THE CORPUS OF KELUARGA RAHMAT EPISODES ANALYZED; Appendix G RECORDING DATES DURING



DECEMBER 1991; Appendix H CATEGORIES OF NEWS ITEMS

Appendix I SEMINARS ON TELEVISION, 1993-1996NOTES; WORKS CITED; INDONESIAN LEGISLATION CITED; INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

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 in