The characteristics of Indonesian multicultural movie audiences in post-1998: a study of the Yogyakarta movie community

The study aims to open further studies of the characteristics of Indonesian movie audiences towards national multicultural movies after 1998 or the fall of new order regime. It is motivated by an assumption that the shift in the system and atmosphere of democracy in Indonesia after 1998 affects Indo...

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Main Authors: Sukmono, Filosa Gita, Bajari, Atwar, Maryani, Eni, Agustin, Herlina
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Published: Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2019
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spelling ukm-134842019-10-09T21:51:32Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/13484/ The characteristics of Indonesian multicultural movie audiences in post-1998: a study of the Yogyakarta movie community Sukmono, Filosa Gita Bajari, Atwar Maryani, Eni Agustin, Herlina The study aims to open further studies of the characteristics of Indonesian movie audiences towards national multicultural movies after 1998 or the fall of new order regime. It is motivated by an assumption that the shift in the system and atmosphere of democracy in Indonesia after 1998 affects Indonesian audiences' understanding of multicultural movies, which was perceived as a sensitive issue beforehand. Additionally, this study aims to grasp the Indonesian knowledge of the idea of multiculturalism. The study picked Yogyakarta movie communities as the research participant and applied focus group discussion as a method for data collection. Yogyakarta itself was preferred since it is one of the regions in Indonesia with distinctive movie literacy. The research shows three main characteristics of Indonesian audiences’ post 1998, namely euphoric, open, and limited. Euphoric means local audiences are beginning to favor multicultural themes in their watching lists; open means that viewers are starting to accept various multicultural issues, primarily related to identities, and, finally, limited means audiences’ references are mostly determined by theater schedules and insignificantly by alternative spaces. Although scope's intensification is necessary, the research is instructive enough to point out the unique changes in the culture of watching multicultural movies after 1998 in Indonesia. Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2019 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/13484/1/29610-110224-1-PB.pdf Sukmono, Filosa Gita and Bajari, Atwar and Maryani, Eni and Agustin, Herlina (2019) The characteristics of Indonesian multicultural movie audiences in post-1998: a study of the Yogyakarta movie community. Jurnal Komunikasi ; Malaysian Journal of Communication, 35 (3). pp. 108-124. ISSN 0128-1496 http://ejournal.ukm.my/mjc/issue/view/1210
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description The study aims to open further studies of the characteristics of Indonesian movie audiences towards national multicultural movies after 1998 or the fall of new order regime. It is motivated by an assumption that the shift in the system and atmosphere of democracy in Indonesia after 1998 affects Indonesian audiences' understanding of multicultural movies, which was perceived as a sensitive issue beforehand. Additionally, this study aims to grasp the Indonesian knowledge of the idea of multiculturalism. The study picked Yogyakarta movie communities as the research participant and applied focus group discussion as a method for data collection. Yogyakarta itself was preferred since it is one of the regions in Indonesia with distinctive movie literacy. The research shows three main characteristics of Indonesian audiences’ post 1998, namely euphoric, open, and limited. Euphoric means local audiences are beginning to favor multicultural themes in their watching lists; open means that viewers are starting to accept various multicultural issues, primarily related to identities, and, finally, limited means audiences’ references are mostly determined by theater schedules and insignificantly by alternative spaces. Although scope's intensification is necessary, the research is instructive enough to point out the unique changes in the culture of watching multicultural movies after 1998 in Indonesia.
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author Sukmono, Filosa Gita
Bajari, Atwar
Maryani, Eni
Agustin, Herlina
spellingShingle Sukmono, Filosa Gita
Bajari, Atwar
Maryani, Eni
Agustin, Herlina
The characteristics of Indonesian multicultural movie audiences in post-1998: a study of the Yogyakarta movie community
author_facet Sukmono, Filosa Gita
Bajari, Atwar
Maryani, Eni
Agustin, Herlina
author_sort Sukmono, Filosa Gita
title The characteristics of Indonesian multicultural movie audiences in post-1998: a study of the Yogyakarta movie community
title_short The characteristics of Indonesian multicultural movie audiences in post-1998: a study of the Yogyakarta movie community
title_full The characteristics of Indonesian multicultural movie audiences in post-1998: a study of the Yogyakarta movie community
title_fullStr The characteristics of Indonesian multicultural movie audiences in post-1998: a study of the Yogyakarta movie community
title_full_unstemmed The characteristics of Indonesian multicultural movie audiences in post-1998: a study of the Yogyakarta movie community
title_sort characteristics of indonesian multicultural movie audiences in post-1998: a study of the yogyakarta movie community
publisher Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
publishDate 2019
url http://journalarticle.ukm.my/13484/
http://journalarticle.ukm.my/13484/
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