performing arts as communication: the traditional media of wayang sasak indigital era

Wayang sasak is one of the performing arts in indonesia. however, in today’s digital era, thepresence of wayang sasak is in danger of extinction. this is because the young generation of lombok isnot interested in this art. this objective of this study is to discover the preservation effort of wayangsasak in the digital era. this research used ethnographic communication method which directly involvesthe researcher. the technique of data collection is through interview, literature study, observation, andvisual audio documentation. the result of the research shows that there are several preservation effortswhich have been done by the research’s interviewees in this digital era. several interviewees alsosuggested a discourse or idea about the innovation to digitalize the performing arts of wayang sasak inorder to cope with the digital era. this research could also be a literature reference about wayang sasak,because amount the information about wayang sasak is still lacking.