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This study examines the utilization of social networking as a strategy of public diplomacy of the United States in Indonesia. United States government named such public diplomacy strategy as public diplomacy 2.0. The question that will be answered in this research is: why United State's public diplomacy 2.0 is effectively implemented in Indonesia? To answer these questions, this study uses the theory of public sphere that is developed by Jurgen Habermas. Based on Habermas' theory, this study found that the effectiveness of public diplomacy 2.0 emerged because Indonesia's social networking sphere has been transformed into an ideal public sphere.

The scholars who study Indonesian democracy oftenly trapped to the idea of transitology and consolidology and conclude that Indonesian democratization phase did not deliver because it did not follow the footprint of Western democratization process. However Indonesian democratization process is progressing although not similar with the experiences of other developing countries. Based on that, the idea of Indonesian democratization is derived from four basic principles of the nation that are Pancasila, The Unitary State of Republic of Indonesia, 1945 Constitution, and Bhineka Tunggal Ika principle.Keywords : Indonesia, Democracy, Transition