Media Televisi Nasional Dan Identitas Budaya Bangsa Indonesia

The Indonesian nation, just like all other nations in the world, has a clear identity. The identity as a nation can be seen through their culture. The cultural heritage of this nation must always be preserved, guarded, cherished by their owners, especially by the younger generation. A national television media’s role, in this case TVRI, becomes very important in the effort to maintain, care for and love its culture. The role done by the Republic of Indonesia television media during the New Order was seen to be very successful. After the emergence of private television stations, the nation’s attention to culture in this country began to recede. Many of them were mostly oriented on business and give less attention to matters in relation to culture. Claims against of nation’s cultural heritage by Malaysian at some point in the past made us realized the importance of keeping and maintaining one’s own cultural heritage. These incidents should be a warning for the television media managers in Indonesia to take part in this responsibility. The appearance of popular culture, which is very popular with the young people of this nation, spread through by the television media in Indonesia is another phenomenon that needs to be given attention to. The presence of popular culture could displace one’s own culture. Invasion of popular culture is a form of cultural imperialism. It is also one form of another threat to the existence of Indonesia culture itself

Stand-up Comedy, Perbedaan Etnis, dan Konflik Kajian Teoritis Komunikasi Lintas Budaya

A chaotic  tragedic  riots happened in May 1998 where the majority of the victims were Chinese ethnics as a sign that stereotypes, prejudices, hates between Chinese ethnics group and non- Chinese werestill going on in Indonesia. Meanwhile, the new recent  Chinese generation, however is different from his/her anchestors. Therefore intercultural communication is needed to close the gap. One of thecommunication forms that would be able to reduce stereotypes, prejudices, and hates is standup comedy. This article looks at how mindfulness can be done through a non-serious dialogue to create common understanding