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Reflecting on the changing use of social media in political campaigns: Lessons from Indonesia’s 2024 election

  • Dr Hurriyah and Dr Inaya Rakhmani,

How ‘politainment’ is emerging as a powerful tool to rebrand political elites.

How Indonesia’s expanding cyberspace has become an oligarchic playground to entrench power

  • Ary Hermawan,

The 2024 Indonesian election has demonstrated the oligarchic capture of social media.

How Indonesia’s cyberspace entrenches oligarchic power

  • Ary Hermawan,

The 2024 Indonesian election demonstrated the oligarchic capture of social media.

Scholars in Indonesia who speak about the government “will be either co-opted or persecuted.”

  • Cathy Harper,

Is critical academia in Indonesia being undermined?

The Past is Present in Indonesia’s Presidential Election

  • Vedi Hadiz,

The shadow of Suharto’s New Order hangs over Indonesia’s presidential elections. And it is not just in the form of retired general Prabowo Subianto.