Media and Myth-Making in Contemporary Philippines, Indonesia, and Malaysia

• Main Author: Salazar, Joseph T
• Format: text
• Published: Archīum Ateneo 2009
• Subjects: Communication; Communication Technology and New Media; Critical and Cultural Studies
• Online Access: https://archium.ateneo.edu/filipino-faculty-pubs/44; http://www.plarideljournal.org/article/media-and-myth-making-in-contemporary-philippines-indonesia-and-malaysia/
• Institution: Ateneo De Manila University

The study explores the connections between different media practices in three Sourtheast Asian countries in three different decades. These practices employ the biggest myth perpetuated in this age of information and technology, namely, nationalism. The changes affecting Southeast Asia from the 1980s...