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Watching Si Doel : Television, Language and Identity in Contemporary Indonesia.
While television in today's world increasingly displays a global character, national television systems are still firmly rooted in a specific locality. But in what ways does this locality actually shape the content and performance of national television? What is the significance of local cultur...
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| Language: | English |
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Leiden :
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2008.
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| Series: | Verhandelingen van het Koninklijk Instituut voor Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde.
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Table of Contents:
- Watching Si doel; Copyright; Contents; Introduction Watching Si Doel, studying Indonesian television; Si Doel and the New Order; Theoretical framework; Previous studies on media, discourse, and Indonesian media; 'Unframing' Si Doel: The DVD; Part I Si Doel, a discourse ofIndonesian television; Chapter I From Balai Pustaka to UNICEFThe mediatization of 'Betawi Doel'; Child of Betawi, the movie; Child of modernity; Educated Doel30; Doel commercials; Doel's adventures; Campaign Doel; The extended mediatization of 'Betawi Doel'; CHAPTER II Si Doel as a sinetronTelevising the New Order?
- Commercial television in New Order and post-Soeharto IndonesiaChanges in the television landscape in post-Soeharto Indonesia; The Indonesian sinetron as a genre and a metagenre; Multivision and mainstream sinetron13; Si Doel, the first series; Si Doel, its sequels; Si Doel: Televising the New Order?; A discourse of Indonesian television; CHAPTER III The making of Si Doel Shaping the face of Indonesian television; Localizing Indonesian television; Producing Si Doel: The revival of production company Karnos Film; The cast; Preparing the shoots.
- Producing the first series: The birth of a television hitPost-production: Setting a new standard for Indonesian television production; To be continued: Reproducing the success of the first series; Adding the final touch: Post-production; Part II The languagescape of Si Doel; CHAPTER IV The languagescape of Si DoelCreating an illusion of reality; The notion of 'languagescape'; The languagescape of Jakarta; Jakarta/Betawi Malay; The languagescape of Si Doel; Other elements of discourse characterizing Si Doel; Code-switching; Particles and interjections; Terms of address and personal pronouns.
- ConclusionCHAPTER V From script to broadcasting Producing the languagescape of Si Doel; Writing the script; Performing the script; Improvisation; Editing the languagescape of Si Doel; The multimodality of the television text Si Doel; The Idul Fitri scene; Conclusion; Part III Framing Si Doel; CHAPTER VI Si Doel as a broadcasting asset; Broadcasting in Indonesia; Si Doel enters the world of broadcasting; From risk to guaranteed profit; Paving the way for local television: Gossip lenong; Ratings discourse; The viewing figures of Si Doel; Exploiting the ratings of Si Doel.
- Si Doel 4 profits from the monetary crisisThe Sunsilk Quiz; Discovering the marketability of local television; CHAPTER VII Catching 'Doel fever'Si Doel in the discourse of ordinary viewersand television critics; Si Doel in public critical discourse; Si Doel in ordinary viewers' discourse: A nationwide debate?; The Vista-TV serialized story; Si Doel as exceptional Indonesian television; CHAPTER VIII Mediating Betawi identitySi Doel in Betawi discourse; Ethnicity as a discursive category; The Betawi: An ethnic group or a way of life?; Si Doel and the burden of representation; Bens Radio44.