The Newsletter 69 Autumn 2014

The role of the internet and social media in the 2014 Indonesian elections

Kathleen Azali

For the first time in history of Indonesian presidential elections, the 2014 elections witnessed just two candidates: Prabowo Subianto and Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo. It was also the first time the internet and social media played such a consequential part in the process.