Mediacon

MEDIACON 2024 is an international conference held by the Faculty of Humanities and Creative Industries, Petra Christian University and the Faculty of Humanities, Universitas Indonesia. Held from Thursday, August 22, 2024, to Saturday, August 24, 2024, at Grand Whiz Hotel, Mojokerto, East Java, Indonesia, the theme of the conference is “Critical Vision: Mediatizing Populism and Authoritarianism”.

In today's digitally connected world, the media plays an even more potent role in all aspects of life, from the private to the public. It serves not only as a source of (mis)information but also as an enabler for networking, social transformation, and political manifestations. As democracies everywhere nowadays sway between the forces of populism and authoritarianism, this conference aims to reflect critically on how various media platforms, actors, users, and practices negotiate with or intervene the dominant structures that have always become the hotbed of power struggle amongst differing forces and interests. 

The MEDIACON 2024 Conference Proceedings featured papers in the area of media and communication studies, cultural studies, urban studies, community studies, area studies, global-local studies, and others, with 20 articles written by authors from five different countries.