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Scandal and Democracy Media Politics in Indonesia / Mary E. McCoy.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- McCoy, Mary E., 1968- author.
- , Knowledge Unlatched, Author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Political corruption--Indonesia.
- Political corruption.
- Democratization--Indonesia.
- Democratization.
- Press--Indonesia--Influence.
- Press.
- Press and politics--Indonesia.
- Press and politics.
- Mass media--Political aspects--Indonesia.
- Mass media.
- Indonesia--Politics and government--1998-.
- Indonesia.
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (286 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Ithaca : Southeast Asia Program Publications, an imprint of Cornell University Press, 2019.
- Language Note:
- In English.
- Biography/History:
- Mary E. McCoy is a faculty associate in the Department of Communication Arts and the Center for Southeast Asian Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She holds a PhD in Communication Studies, and teaches courses on rhetoric, politics, and freedom of speech.
- Summary:
- "Focuses on the under-theorized role of the media to explain why some democratic transitions succeed and others founder and why some lead to consolidation while others either fail outright or settle into a state of pseudo-democracy that often masks an atavistic authoritarianism"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Introduction : understanding democratic consolidation
- The origins and evolution of media controls
- Delegitimating authoritarianism
- Suharto's fall
- Reformasi and legal reform
- Media retreat in the 1999 parliamentary elections
- Baligate and the politics of scandal
- Scandal and democratic consolidation
- Media and civil society.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- CC BY-NC-ND
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9781501731068
- 1501731068
- 9781501731051
- 150173105X
- 9781501731044
- 1501731041
- OCLC:
- 1043953148
- Access Restriction:
- Unrestricted online access.
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