1. Civil society movements and networks in contemporary Indonesia: The role of the Internet
Dr. Yanuar Nugroho
Centre for Development Informatics
University of Manchester, UK
Centre for Development Informatics

2. Research Overview
Research Aim: To understand the ways in which the Internet is adopted and used strategically by civil society and social movement organisations to widen civic engagement and participatory democracy in Indonesia.
Research Undertaken: Multi-methods data collection involving 300+ organisations by means of survey, in-depth interview, observation, workshop and focus group; and analysis through network mappings, latent class and content analysis.

3. Research Findings
Academic Finding: Effective, strategic and political use of the Internet in civil society is only possible when the technology is integrated into the organisation’s and movement’s routines and strategy.
Practical Recommendation: Since the pattern of Internet adoption in civil society is distinct from the general pattern of technological adoption and the innovation process follows a different trajectory the diffusion model needs to be modified to explain technological adoption in civil society/social movement organisations.

4. Further Information Key outcomes Further details Journal articles
Nugroho, Y. (forthcoming) ‘NGOs, The Internet and sustainable development: The case of Indonesia’, Information, Communication and Society, 13(1).
Nugroho, Y. (2008) ‘Adopting technology, transforming society: The Internet and the reshaping of civil society activism in Indonesia’, International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Society, 6(2):
Nugroho, Y., and Tampubolon, G. (2008) ‘Network dynamics in the transition to democracy: Mapping global networks of contemporary Indonesian civil society’, Sociological Research Online, 13(5)
Selected key conference papers
Web 2.0 and Politics of Indonesian NGOs, ICAS 6 Conference, International Convention of Asian Scholars, Daejeon Korea, forthcoming: 6-9 August 2009
Indonesian CSO network: Instrumentum or locus of power? CRASSH Conf. on (Re)conceptualising Power in Southeast Asia, Univ of Cambridge, Mar ‘09
Opening the black box: Adoption of innovations in voluntary organisations, In K.R.E. Huizingh, M. Torkkeli, S. Conn & I. Bitran (eds) “Managing Innovation in a Connected World”, ISPIM, Singapore, 6-7 Dec 2008
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