The Treachery on YouTube: The Politics of Memory on New Media in Indonesia

This article discusses the problematic process of the remediation of social memory on and through YouTube, focusing on the 1965/66 massacre in Indonesia. Despite being a new media and an arena for contesting vernacular memories of the 1965/66 massacre, YouTube is also often used to advance the State...

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Veröffentlicht in:Archipel 2020-01, Vol.99, p.47-73
Hauptverfasser: Parahita, Gilang Desti, Yulianto, Vissia Ita
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:This article discusses the problematic process of the remediation of social memory on and through YouTube, focusing on the 1965/66 massacre in Indonesia. Despite being a new media and an arena for contesting vernacular memories of the 1965/66 massacre, YouTube is also often used to advance the State narrative, as seen in how YouTube users replicate the film Penumpasan Pengkhianatan G30S/PKI (The Treachery of G30S/PKI) annually to promote anti-communist agendas, as well as how Indonesian filmmakers title their works that deal with the 1965/66 massacre. More broadly, the monumental memory of 1965/66 on YouTube involves three actors: state actors, film communities, and vigilantes.
ISSN:0044-8613
2104-3655
DOI:10.4000/archipel.1677