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Topic 1 Media and Communication studies
This topic covers scholarly work on media and communication practices in Indonesian social and cultural contexts, including but not limited to:
- Media representation of Indonesian identities and cultures
- Interpersonal, organizational, and intercultural communication in Indonesia
- Digital media, social media, and online communication practices in Indonesia
- Media discourse, narratives, and meaning-making in Indonesian society
- Communication technologies and their social and cultural impacts in Indonesia
- Other relevant cultural and social issues in Indonesian contexts in Media and Communication
Submissions may employ qualitative, quantitative, or mixed methods to examine how communication shapes and reflects Indonesian social realities.
Topic 2 Psychology and Anthropology
Manuscripts under this theme should explore psychological and anthropological issues grounded in Indonesian communities and cultures, including:
- Cultural psychology and psychological processes in Indonesian contexts
- Human behavior, cognition, and emotion within Indonesian societies
- Anthropological and ethnographic studies of Indonesian communities
- Social structures, kinship, rituals, and belief systems in Indonesia
- Identity, agency, and lived experience among Indonesian populations
- Other relevant cultural and social issues in Indonesian contexts in Psychology and Anthropology
This area welcomes empirical research and theoretical discussions that contribute to understanding human behavior and meaning-making in Indonesia.
Topic 3 Tourism
This topic focuses on tourism as a cultural, social, and communicative practice in Indonesia, including:
- Cultural and heritage tourism in Indonesian destinations
- Community-based tourism and local participation
- Tourist experiences and host–guest interactions in Indonesia
- Tourism narratives, branding, and destination representation
- Social, cultural, and environmental impacts of tourism in Indonesia
- Other relevant cultural and social issues in Indonesian contexts in Tourism
Research may address tourism from cultural, communicative, psychological, or interdisciplinary perspectives.
Topic 4 Cultural Studies
Submissions in this area should engage with cultural processes, meanings, and power relations within Indonesian society, including:
- Cultural identity, ideology, and representation in Indonesia
- Values, norms, and belief systems shaping Indonesian social life
- Cultural change, continuity, and negotiation in Indonesian contexts
- Art, design, and creative practices as cultural expressions in Indonesia
- Critical and interpretive approaches to Indonesian cultural phenomena
- Other relevant cultural and social issues in Indonesian contexts in Cultural Studies
This theme welcomes interdisciplinary cultural analyses grounded in Indonesian realities.
Topic 5 Popular Culture
This theme addresses popular culture in Indonesia, with particular attention to audiences, fan cultures, and genre studies, including:
- Audience reception and consumption of popular media in Indonesia
- Fan culture, fandom practices, and participatory culture in Indonesian contexts
- Genre studies of Indonesian film, television, music, series, and digital content
- Youth culture and popular taste formation in Indonesia
- Popular narratives, icons, and cultural trends shaping Indonesian public life
- Other relevant cultural and social issues in Indonesian contexts in Popular Culture
Articles should critically examine how Indonesian popular culture is produced, circulated, interpreted, and negotiated by its audiences.
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