Two sun over one firmament culture: a political-communication analysis on the contestation of Jakarta and Kuala Lumpur over “Indonesian Malay communities”

This paper tries to extent a personal experience on an interesting discussion concerning the communication issues in Medan, North Sumatra. There is the inclination of the North Sumatrans to the news broadcast ed by Kuala Lumpur and Medan’s tends to identify with its cultural similarities. For Jakart...

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Main Author: Dewi, Evie Ariadne Shinta
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spelling my.uum.repo.208962017-02-08T07:57:13Z http://repo.uum.edu.my/20896/ Two sun over one firmament culture: a political-communication analysis on the contestation of Jakarta and Kuala Lumpur over “Indonesian Malay communities” Dewi, Evie Ariadne Shinta PL Languages and literatures of Eastern Asia, Africa, Oceania This paper tries to extent a personal experience on an interesting discussion concerning the communication issues in Medan, North Sumatra. There is the inclination of the North Sumatrans to the news broadcast ed by Kuala Lumpur and Medan’s tends to identify with its cultural similarities. For Jakarta is officially the center of political authority over the 'Indonesian Malay Communities', this dual cultural loyalty creates an imaginary phenomenon: 'Two Suns' in term of authoritative news resources that applies upon 'One Firmament Culture'.This means that there is a divided news orientation among the Indonesian Malay Communities' that put Jakarta and Kuala Lumpur in a tacit contestation.While until today this kind of contestation is still going on, the same features have brought me to the phenomenon of hierarchical communication structure.This vividly seen when we realize how lopsided is in nature the communication relations between the global authorities who have controlled the strategic means of communications as well as their contents with the rest of the world. For, in exception to technological matters, the Kuala Lumpur inclined of 'the Indonesian Malay Communities' in communication practices is based more on cultural aspects than their technical and political necessities words. 2017 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed application/pdf en cc4_by http://repo.uum.edu.my/20896/1/shsconf_icome2017%201%206iv.pdf Dewi, Evie Ariadne Shinta (2017) Two sun over one firmament culture: a political-communication analysis on the contestation of Jakarta and Kuala Lumpur over “Indonesian Malay communities”. In: International Conference on Communication and Media: An International Communication Association Regional Conference (i-COME’16), 18th - 20th September 2016, Istana Hotel, Kuala Lumpur. http://doi.org/10.1051/shsconf/20173300013 doi:10.1051/shsconf/20173300013
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Dewi, Evie Ariadne Shinta
Two sun over one firmament culture: a political-communication analysis on the contestation of Jakarta and Kuala Lumpur over “Indonesian Malay communities”
description This paper tries to extent a personal experience on an interesting discussion concerning the communication issues in Medan, North Sumatra. There is the inclination of the North Sumatrans to the news broadcast ed by Kuala Lumpur and Medan’s tends to identify with its cultural similarities. For Jakarta is officially the center of political authority over the 'Indonesian Malay Communities', this dual cultural loyalty creates an imaginary phenomenon: 'Two Suns' in term of authoritative news resources that applies upon 'One Firmament Culture'.This means that there is a divided news orientation among the Indonesian Malay Communities' that put Jakarta and Kuala Lumpur in a tacit contestation.While until today this kind of contestation is still going on, the same features have brought me to the phenomenon of hierarchical communication structure.This vividly seen when we realize how lopsided is in nature the communication relations between the global authorities who have controlled the strategic means of communications as well as their contents with the rest of the world. For, in exception to technological matters, the Kuala Lumpur inclined of 'the Indonesian Malay Communities' in communication practices is based more on cultural aspects than their technical and political necessities words.
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title Two sun over one firmament culture: a political-communication analysis on the contestation of Jakarta and Kuala Lumpur over “Indonesian Malay communities”
title_short Two sun over one firmament culture: a political-communication analysis on the contestation of Jakarta and Kuala Lumpur over “Indonesian Malay communities”
title_full Two sun over one firmament culture: a political-communication analysis on the contestation of Jakarta and Kuala Lumpur over “Indonesian Malay communities”
title_fullStr Two sun over one firmament culture: a political-communication analysis on the contestation of Jakarta and Kuala Lumpur over “Indonesian Malay communities”
title_full_unstemmed Two sun over one firmament culture: a political-communication analysis on the contestation of Jakarta and Kuala Lumpur over “Indonesian Malay communities”
title_sort two sun over one firmament culture: a political-communication analysis on the contestation of jakarta and kuala lumpur over “indonesian malay communities”
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