Who is influencing the media?
Public opinion will have a greater influence in Indonesian society when the Internet becomes more accessible to the masses, writes Debnath Guharoy The Jakarta Post Tuesday, January 13, 2009 By Debnath Guharoy Buried in a haze of numbers, the evolving media scene in Indonesia would not raise many eyebrows. It would seem that people around the country have a healthy appetite for media and their diet seems well balanced. But is it? Almost everybody watches television regularly. In the 16 densely populated provinces that are home to almost 90 percent of all Indonesians, 98 percent have watched the small screen in the last seven days. The current situation and future look bright for the moveable feast that is television. The visual advantage is also taking its toll on radio, down to 31 percent having listened in the last seven days. The future of the printed media is of course the big question. The venerable Chicago Tribune is bankrupt, the New York Times owes billions of dollars. In Indone
Public opinion will have a greater influence in Indonesian society when the Internet becomes more accessible to the masses, writes Debnath Guharoy The Jakarta Post Tuesday, January 13, 2009 By Debnath Guharoy Buried in a haze of numbers, the evolving media scene in Indonesia would not raise many eyebrows. It would seem that people around the country have a healthy appetite for media and their diet seems well balanced. But is it? Almost everybody watches television regularly. In the 16 densely populated provinces that are home to almost 90 percent of all Indonesians, 98 percent have watched the small screen in the last seven days. The current situation and future look bright for the moveable feast that is television. The visual advantage is also taking its toll on radio, down to 31 percent having listened in the last seven days. The future of the printed media is of course the big question. The venerable Chicago Tribune is bankrupt, the New York Times owes billions of dollars. In Indone
