1st Edition

Entertainment Media in Indonesia

Edited By Mark Hobart, Richard Fox Copyright 2008
106 Pages
by Routledge

106 Pages
by Routledge

106 Pages
by Routledge

Entertainment media now comprise one of the world’s largest industries, yet they remain one of the least studied aspects of contemporary mass media. Every day hundreds of millions of people watch television programs that might broadly be described as ‘entertainment’, notably in the rapidly developing countries of Asia. However we still have little idea of what drives the production of Asian... Read more
Introduction: Why is Entertainment Television in Indonesia Important? Mark Hobart.The Foreignizing Gaze: Producers, Audience and Symbols of the ‘Traditional' Gareth Barkin.Fame, Fortune, Fantasi: Indonesian Idol and New Celebrity Penelope Coutas.Entertaining Illusions: How Indonesian Élites Imagine Reality TV Affects the Masses, Mark Hobart.Dangdut Soul: Who are ‘the People’ in Indonesian Popular Music? Andrew N. Weintraub.Afterword Richard Fox

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Mark Hobart, Richard Fox