Visual Media in Indonesia

Name: Visual Media in Indonesia
Brand: Taylor & Francis

Taylor & Francis

Visual Media in IndonesiaVideo Vanguard\nAuthor(s): Edwin Jurrins\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781138347595, 978-1138347595\nSynopsis\nIn the age of digital communication and global capitalism, peoples mental, social and natural environments are interconnected in complex and often unpredictable ways. \n\nThis book focuses on the visual media, one of the key factors in shaping the contemporary ecology of colliding environments. Case-studies include video artists, community media activists, television programme makers and literary authors in the fourth most populous country in the world, Indonesia. The author demonstrates that these actors are part of an international creative and social vanguard that reflect on, criticise and rework the multidimensional impact of the visual media in imaginative and innovative ways. Their work explores alternative and more sustainable presents and futures for Indonesia and the wo.