Indonesia is the archipelago country made up of more than 17,000 islands and home to 270 million people, consist of different ethnicity, religion, social class, gender, race, age etc. During the New Order period, Suharto, the president and his dictatorship authority had succeed in giving image of Indonesia as a peaceful and democratic state. Thus, Indonesia was considered a model state for diversity and tolerance. In fact it was just a pseudo-harmony.

After the end of Suharto’s dictatorship in 1998, problems began to emerge as a result of the differences that had been forced to unite so far. Frictions due to issues of ethnicity, religion, class and gender have started to emerge which have the potential to threaten peace.

Media has important roles on the social cohesion of diverse societies. Media should contribute to hindering and not to damaging relationships between the social groups composing diversified society. It is of course something important and interesting to discuss. There are some cases relating to the position of media in the diverse society in Indonesia that we need to analyze.

This program will focus on the contemporary Indonesian issues on media and diversity. First, we will learn about the concept of multiculturalism and pluralism, and how the two concepts work in Indonesia. Then we come to the case studies on the media, from journalism, film, advertising, etc., related to some issues on class, race and ethnicity, religion, gender, and minority groups. Finally, we also need to discuss the potential media to promote diversity and inclusiveness.

This program is open to all of undergraduate students, especially from social sciences (communications, sociology, politics, etc.) and humanities (media studies, cultural studies, anthropology, etc.)

The entire course uses Zoom Meeting.

1. This course will take two weeks.
2. The course will have 12 meetings and 90 minutes for each meeting.
3. The elements of seminar teaching will normally include tutor-led discussions and student presentations.
4. Apart of the mid-reflection and final-reflection, tutors will monitor students’ contribution to class discussions.

This course aims to encourage students to:
1. Reflect core theory of cultural diversity.
2. Introduce and illustrate the diversity and its problem in Indonesia context.
3. Provide the understanding about the diversity in Indonesian media.
4. Engage in the discussion of critical issues in diversity in Indonesia media
5. Build the networking to global environment to implement the idea of diversity in everyday life.

Kindly check our full version of syllabus and teaching material here

Free of charge for tuition fee.

This course will be held from 24 July – 05 August 2023.

All the participant who has 80%-100% attendance the course will receive the attendance certificate and transcript. Certificates and transcript will usually be sent to students’ home institutions within a month of the end of the summer school.

I think as a history major, someone who studies history, it is so rare for us to really thought the contemporary society in Southeast Asia. I think this one really gives me a lot of learning about the contemporary in Indonesia. – Vivienne S. Monta, Philippines (IPCOS Summer Course 2021’s Participant)

Among every summer school or other seminar that I’ve attended in Indonesia also in my country or from other countries, I think it is one of the best summer schools I’ve attended. I always tell my friends that I am really satisfied with the summer school, and it is one of the best. I even really want to continue my study if I have the chance at UMY because the lecturers are really good, and I really like the teaching style of every lecturer. – Maddi, Myanmar (IPCOS Summer Course 2021’s Participant)

Studying at IPCOS UMY was not only focusing on offline lectures in class but it also gives me the chance to visit the media corporates and museum in Yogyakarta to learn about the media environment here. I like these class activities because it is interesting and interactive that makes me learn more about media in Indonesia. – Yeo Quan Ning, Malaysia (IPCOS Summer Course 2022’s Participant)

To apply this program, you can access through this link 

Please register before June 30, 2023.

For more information, kindly check our booklet: click here

Our Contact

Phone: (+62) 274 387656
WhatsApp: (+62) 851-7222-8960 (Miss Zhillan)
Email: umyipcos@gmail.com or ip-cos@umy.ac.id

Our Address

International Program of Communication Studies.
Pasca Sarjana Building, Ground Floor, Universitas Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta
Jalan Brawijaya, Tamantirto, Kasihan, Bantul, Yogyakarta, Indonesia, 55183