Democratization in communication is the starting point for mass media in achieving a prosperous information society. However, building an ideal democratic role of media is not trouble free. The incredible pace of the development of media industry in Indonesia in the last two decades poses at least two main threats to media consumers. First, the growth of the media industry in Indonesia has been driven by capital interests that lead to media oligopoly. Second, the integration of conventional media and the internet and social media technology place our society information flow on a stranglehold. The media consolidation gives the audience an illusion of information choice without realizing that actually they are losing their rights for reliable information. Hence, an upgrade of media literacy skill and a proper media policy are needed to cope with the current fast-paced world.

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印度尼西亚媒体格局和媒体政策的动态

传播中的民主化是大众媒体实现繁荣的信息社会的起点。但是，建立理想的媒体民主角色并非没有困难。在过去的二十年中，印度尼西亚媒体产业的惊人发展速度对媒体消费者构成了至少两个主要威胁。首先，印度尼西亚的媒体产业的增长是由导致媒体寡头垄断的资本利益驱动的。其次，传统媒体与互联网和社交媒体技术的整合使我们的社会信息流处于束缚之中。媒体整合给观众一种信息选择的幻觉，却没有意识到他们实际上已经失去了获得可靠信息的权利。因此，