Page 176 - SCANDAL AND DEMOCRACY

Appendixes

Note on the Collection of Headlines
In selecting sample headlines to show the changing tenor of press content cover-
ing the years 1985 (appendix 1) and 1990 (appendix 2) from holdings at University
of Wisconsin–Madison’s Memorial Library, I avoided months with a single, dominant

news event. During my own fieldwork in 1998–99 (appendix 3) , I made parallel col-
lection eff orts from Jakarta street vendors, following the pattern of the earlier eff ort.
As publications closed from insolvency or repression and new ones opened, changes
in the print market over the fourteen-year span of these three tables made it impos-
sible to sample the same set of publications for each year. Despite the idiosyncrasies
of collection, these three “ordinary” months are reasonably representative of their
respective eras’ news tabloid and magazine street vendor fare.

Appendix 1
Tabloid and news magazine headlines, Jakarta, September 1985

Headline Source Date
“Chris Kanter: ‘Small Is Beautiful’” Eksekutif Sept. 1985
“Chris Kanter: “‘Kecil Itu Indah’”
“Market and Business Opportunities Promosi Ekonomi Sept. 1985
Search for Open Niche”
“Pasar dan Peluang Bisnis Mencari Segmen
Terbuka”
“Excess Liquidity: Who’s at Fault?” Infobank Sept. 1985
“Ekses Likuiditas . . . Salah Siapa?”
“Will Economic Recession Spread Keuangan Sept. 1985
Again?”
“Resesi Ekonomi Akan Berjangkit Kembali?”
“Moerdiono: To China No SWA Sembada Sept. 1985
Recommendation Needed”
“Moerdiono: Ke Cina Tak Perlu Rekomendasi”
“Fire: Able to Be Controlled?” Topik Sept. 4, 1985
“Kebakaran: Mampukah Diatasi?”
“Shifting Palapa [satellite], Oh, Shifting Tempo Sept. 7, 1985
Palapa”
“Palapa Bergeser, Oh, Palapa Bergeser”
“Who Needs Indonesia’s Products?” Wahyu Sept. 10–24, 1985
“Siapa Butuh Buatan RI?”
(continued)