Doctoral Dissertation: Manufacturing Models for the Middle Class: Television and Influence in Indonesia

摘要0079941该项目研究印度尼西亚这个经济快速增长的发展中国家新中产阶级的形成。本研究聚焦于创造国家有影响力的大众媒体的社会精英，探讨私人电视制作人（迎合新的社会品味）如何创造和操纵一种新的中产阶级文化，而这种文化以前从未存在过。它将特别关注各种社会力量的媒体主导地位，包括民族主义，消费主义和宗教在该文化中。研究方法包括参与式观察、对电视制作系统和七个热门电视节目的分析以及人口学资料的收集。该项目将有助于我们了解阶级结构的发展，以及民族文化和民族认同，在一个种族和语言多样化的现代国家。

Abstract 0079941This project investigates the formation of a new middle class in the Indonesia, a developing country that has experienced rapid economic growth. Focusing on the societal elites who create the nation's influential mass media, this research examines how private television producers (appealing to new social tastes) are creating and manipulating a new middle class culture where none had previously existed. It will specifically look at the media predominance of various societal forces including nationalism, consumerism, and religion in that culture. Methods include participant observation, analysis of TV production systems and seven popular TV programs, and the collection of demographic data. This project will contribute to our understanding of the development of class structures, as well as a national culture and national identity, in an ethnically and linguistically diverse modern state.