The Dynamics of Digital Dominance: Indonesian Entertainment and Popular Videos in the Post-Streaming Era
The traditional sinetron (soap opera), known for melodramatic tropes (amnesia, evil stepmothers, rags-to-riches), is shrinking on linear TV but thriving as clipped, algorithm-friendly highlights on YouTube Shorts and TikTok. Bokepindo17.blogspot.com
Indonesian popular videos exhibit a specific sub-genre of street pranks ( prank jurnal ). Unlike Western pranks focused on shock, Indonesian pranks often conclude with a moral lesson or a gift to the victim, reflecting the cultural value of sungkan (reluctance to offend). known for melodramatic tropes (amnesia