Pretty Good Podcast Episode 23: Media's Role in Dehumanising Indigenous Communities in Indonesia

Pretty Good Podcast Episode 23: Media's Role in Dehumanising Indigenous Communities in Indonesia

Author: EngageMedia November 10, 2022 Duration: 45:27

In this two-part series, Pretty Good Podcast tackles how and why these mainstream narratives perpetuate discrimination against marginalised religious communities, and what can be done to address the issue. Dr. Samsul Maarif, head of the graduate school program at Universitas Gadjah Mada’s Center for Religion and Cross-cultural Studies, expounds on the politics of religion that fuels the stigma against indigenous religions. Devina Heriyanto, a former Jakarta Post journalist and now Membership Manager of Project Multatuli, explains how news outlets’ online business models shape and propagate harmful and oversimplified narratives.

The episode is part of the Association for Progressive Communications’ (APC) Challenge project with the aim of “Challenging hate narratives and violations of freedom of religion and expression online in Asia”.

Read the blog post here. 


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