Socio-Political News From and For the Young Generation

My take on What Is Up Indonesia Instagram account and, despite not claiming to be a news source, the outlet acts as an indicator on how Instagram can be a news indicator for the Indonesian young audience.

‘The Sailor’ Shows Rich Brian’s Art of Diplomacy

Rising Indonesian rapper Rich Brian recently released his second album The Sailor. At the age of 19, the young man from Kelapa Gading, North Jakarta, has gone from home-schooled kid to one of the game-changers in the national and international hip-hop music scene.

Kaesang Pangarep Offers Insight into Presidential Life

For some, Kaesang Pangarep is known as the youngest son of President Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo. Yet to the tech-savvy community, Kaesang is known as the President’s son who vlogs.

At least this was how I was introduced to Kaesang.

Post to Exist

As much as you want to deny it, social media allows the tendency to show-off whether it’s intentionally or unintentionally. From a social elite’s timeline to simply doing it for the sake of it, updating your post with the location tag of where you are currently at is one of the playful traits of an active social media life.

Online, In Real Life

The abbreviation IRL, stands for In Real Life, is commonly used in online environments particularly across social media platforms when referring to situations that happen in actual reality. And yet, why do we differentiate IRL with being online ‘In Real Life’ when we are actually communicating online, in real life?