Pancasila in the Minor Key
TVRI's "Si Unyil" Models the Child
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7296902 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Philip Kitley (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1999 |
| Volume | 68 |
| Pages | 129-129 |
| Publication date | 1999-10-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Indonesia (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0019-7289 • E-ISSN: 2164-8654 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/3351297 |
| OpenAlex | W2330839204 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
The Presidential ban on television advertising in 1981 shifted the state to center screen and changed the way TVRI (Televisi Republik Indonesia) constructed its audience. After 1981, untrammeled by market considerations and with a vastly expanded national audience within its reach, TVRI interpellated its audience as a public and a national family. One segment of the family singled out as subjects for specific national address was the audience of young children. This essay presents a case study of how television asserted its role in the Indonesian government's national culture project as an important agency of political and cultural socialization through the development of the children's puppet series Si Unyil [(The Boy) Unyil], screened for the first time in April 1981. Si Unyil is perhaps the best known television program in Indonesia. The first episode was screened on April 5, 1981, and the series has been broadcast continuously ever since, making it the longest running fictional program on Indonesian television. A total of 603 episodes were screened between 1981 and 1993
Art · Computer security · Humanities · Key (lock · Minor (academic · Asian Culture and Media Studies · Asian Studies and History · Computer Science · Psychology
| Citations per year | 0.16 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2001 - 2020 (20) |
| Highly cited | No |