pop 'n politics
web 2.0 & participatory culture
in indonesia
merlyna lim
arizona state university
gecko vs crocodile
Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK)
vs
The Attorney General's Office & the National Police
gecko = cicak (indonesian)
Cinta  Indonesia  CintA  Kpk
Love Indonesia Love KPK
Prita
vs
Omni
international hospital
[popular] cultural expression
political deliberation & mobilization
century bank scandal
cyberporn
islamic council fatwa
corruption
Rp 204 Million
Rp 500/person
408,000 p
~ One Billion Rp
nearly 2,000,000 persons
[popular] cultural expression
political deliberation & mobilization
blogging
youtube-ing
etc-ing
FaceBook-ing
twitter-ing
voluntary reading, listening, watching
everything is thrown at you on your WALL
"joining" (the cause/group)
producing & consuming
diffusion in the cluster
clusters are collapsed
transparent flow of information
[forced] transparent conformity
writing & commenting
commenting & commenting & commenting
translation

issue
platform
simple(ified) narrative
symbolic
tapped into multiple clusters
strength of weak ties
linking micro & macro levels
indispensable 
to individuals' opportunities
& their integration to communities
action
close to everyday's narrative
low risk
accessible
affordable
lapindo
(mud flood scandal)
cyberlaw
case 2
case 1
Prita is a symbol about 
how to spell the word 'justice' in this country. She is a friend, a neighbor, a relative, and is the self, who always invites to learn and to behave; that laws should have had heart.
There are many more Prita around us
wrote & distributed email complaining about the mistreatment of the hospital
hospital sued Prita -- violating the Cyberlaw -- inflamatory statement online
hospital won, Prita was jailed
the fine: