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Contemporary Southeast Asia Vol. 28, No. 2 (2006), pp. 35255 DOI:10.1355/cs28-2k ©2006ISEAS ISSN0219-797Xprint/ISSN1793-284Xelectronic The Internet in Indonesia's New Democracy. By David T. Hill and Khrisna Sen. London and New York: Routledge, 2005. Hardcover: 204pp. One day in February 1998, during the reformasi movement which demanded President Soeharto to step down, there was a sudden messagee-mailedtome.Themessagewasshort,"Hanya ada satu kata: Lawan!" ("There is only one word: Oppose!"). The sender was Wiji Thukul,anactivist,idealisticpoet,andheadofthePRD(Democratic People'sParty)culturaldepartment.Thatshortpoeticlinebecamevery popular in May 1998. It had strengthened the spirit of students and activists to oppose the authoritarian Soeharto government. Thislittleeventwhichtookplaceeightyearsagohasreturnedto my memory, triggered by David T. Hill and Khrisna Sen's new book about the role of the Internet in the political dynamics of Indonesia. Itseemsthatthisbookgoesintogreaterdepththantheirearlierbook published six years ago in 2000 entitled Media, Culture and Politics in Indonesia. It had a brief mention of the Internet which, in the latest book, becomes the focus of their study. This is not to say that a focused discussion is too micro or boring but on the contrary is indeed interesting. This book has eight chapters, which can be divided into three sections,namely:(a)chaptersontheroleoftheInternetinIndonesia's democratization process (Chapters 1 to 5); (b) chapters on the role of the Internet in national freedom
Contemporary Southeast Asia: A Journal of International and Strategic Affairs – Institute of Southeast Asian Studies
Published: Dec 28, 2006
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