Title: Missing people, militia, and multi mediaSubmitted by: Alison Broinowski, Visiting Fellow, Faculty of Asian Studies, The Australian National UniversityThe East Timor crisis, at the crux of the Christian millennium and the end of Soeharto's New Order, catalysed forces of change both inside and outside Indonesia. Media accounts of the crisis, in Southeast Asian countries and in Australia from August 1999 to February 2000, became part of the action. Yet they revealed only some of the 'facts'. An analysis of the difference between Australian and regional responses shows how historical factors and current assumptions about identity intervened in the messages delivered by the media. Return to Abstracts menuCarol Burnett Phone: 61 - 3 - 9349 1899 Email: c.burnett@asialink.unimelb.edu.au
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