Year
2007
Degree Name
Doctor of Philosophy
Department
School of Journalism and Creative Writing
Recommended Citation
Poespodihardjo, Ari Santoso, Sensationalism or nationalism?: Australian and Indonesian newspapers reports on East Timor crisis in 1999, Doctor of Philosophy thesis, School of Journalism and Creative Writing, University of Wollongong, 2007. https://ro.uow.edu.au/theses/2024
Abstract
Following the tradition of Max Weber, this thesis is exploring the role of social interaction as an important part of a society. As social interactions encompass a very wide range , the focus is on the role of news in printed media (newspapers) as the part of the social construction of reality where what is defined as reality is in fact a subjective definition upon some event or matter whose Value is inherent within the society. In the definition of Peter Berger, what we know as reality is actually socially reconstructed.
Unless otherwise indicated, the views expressed in this thesis are those of the author and do not necessarily represent the views of the University of Wollongong.