Ross Tapsell, Media power in Indonesia: oligarchs, citizens and the digital revolution. London; Lanham, Maryland: Rowman and Littlefield Inter

Abstract

“If the ‘new’ medium is digital, what is the message?” (p. 2). This question, recalling Marshall McLuhan’s famous quote “the medium is the message,” is at the core of Ross Tapsell’s 2017 Media power in Indonesia: oligarchs, citizens and the digital revolution. While similar questions have been addressed in an emerging body of academic work about digital culture in predominantly Western contexts, Tapsell rightly argues the issue is particularly relevant in light of the historical connections b...