[caption id="" align="alignleft" width="500" caption="picture: kidworldcitizen.org"][/caption] Media can also sometimes be used as a tool for GNS to reach certain goal or interest. Market also plays a role in the usage of media, for instance, monocle magazine which can be read by people all over the world regardless states’ border; this is one of the powers of media. The moment international society is able to read and gain access to the same information regardless of border and nationality is when GNS appears. GNS on its nature can be either institutionalized or not institutionalized; it all depends on its specific needs and objectives.In the world where media empire rules, the growth of Global Network Society (GNS) is inevitable. GNS is considered as a part of Global Civil Society (GCS), in which GCS is an arena outside of the government and market where interactions happen between all actors in the society. GCS is a social space that is interconnected and is made out of thousands of self-directing non-governmental institutions. GNS exists when the GCSes are linked to each other. GNS is mostly related by the media and vice versa; there is an avoidable dialectical correlation between the two which can support each other. Therefore, it is safe to say that GNS is about the openness of accessibility characterized by the existence of communication network, which relies on technology. Despite of the fact that GNS focuses on society, the power of the state does not dissolve. An easiest example would be South Korean’s K-Pop. K-Pop does not target the state, not it gives any impact to the governance, but instead K-Pop is able to influence the identity of society. However, it is true that GNS to some extent has the capability to limit the options of decision can be taken by the state by utilizing the media. GNS is often identified as soft power that can be used in order to gain people’s attention as well as influence; this is why GNS often affects state policy as the “supervisor” on particular issues. The concept of GNS is conceded to be something abstract that cannot be grasped physically; it is a form of space that can be defined. The emerging of GNS cannot be separated with the process of globalization. There are various societies’ stances on globalization; supporters are those who wholeheartedly agree with globalization, reformers are those who see globalization as potential to bring benefit, but in the same time wanting to change, modify, and shape the globalization to make it more “civilized”, rejectionists are those who reject the idea of globalization entirely, want to turn it back, and instead wanting to return to the nation-state, and alternatives or pragmatists are people and group who do not necessarily support nor reject the process of globalization and choose more to be act independent out of the state and international institutions for the sake of living the way of life without interference. In accordance to the emerging of GNS, ISAFIS will act as an institution that activates mutual understanding and not only promoting normative values. In order to improve for the better ISAFIS, we will need to cooperate with various organizations and actors, especially with those who have similar vision with ISAFIS. It is also imperative that we have more experts’ point of view on points that we are concerned on. The improvement of ISAFIS’s role can also be done through being a reformer; one of the ways is by participating in more international events. [1] This essay is summarized from ISAFIS Biweekly Discussion I 3 March 2012 by Egalita Irfan, staff of Substance, Division of Research and Development with the help from other staffs of RnD. Some arguments in this essay may not be precisely same with what the speakers said in the discussion. Further confirmation is applicable.
