Path and Politics of Memes

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We’ve often focused on Twitter and Facebook when discussing the relevance of social media and the 2014 presidential election. Today we’d like to look into what is going on in Path, a private social networking and photo sharing application that has grown very popular among Indonesian internet users.[continue reading]

GBPH Prabukusumo: Business & Politics

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Anyone, who wants to run a business or trying to get a political support from the society in Yogyakarta province, needs to build a relationship with Yogyakarta Sultanate family member. It is because Yogyakarta Sultanate is believed to have a certain power to influence the local authority in the issuance of important business permits as well as influencing local residents in supporting certain political party, where the member of Yogyakarta Sultanate family belong to. [continue reading]