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TVRI news, relayed by all stations. From 1995, private stations were formally permitted to produce their own news. We have argued elsewhere that control of information by the New Order government was implemented not just through the excision of certain kinds of information, ideas and images, but also through a particular form and style of news presentation. Understandably, given the ownership of private television, news content on private television remained supportive of the New Order government’s stated policies and politics.
The differences between the information-rich and information-poor would only grow. 67 Non-access is not the only issue at stake in unequal participation on the information superhighway. Literacy and level of education more generally affect the capacity to use the Internet. As Trevor Locke puts it, ‘the biggest barrier to mass access to the Internet is the keyboard. ’68 Locke suggests that the prospect for mass participation in interactive communication lies in digital television, with its vastly simpler mode of audio-visual, verbal communication.
Not only did the government not move against these cyberpublications, despite having banned their print predecessors, but state-owned enterprises actively collaborated with Tempo publishers to get Tempo Interaktif onto the Internet. 49 Disorder in the House?
