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Singh, Shailendra. "Media ownership in Oceania: Three case studies in Fiji, Papua New Guinea and Tonga." Pacific Journalism Review : Te Koakoa 10, no. 2 (September 1, 2004): 47–68. http://dx.doi.org/10.24135/pjr.v10i2.804.
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The news media in Oceania are small but remarkably diverse and vigorous. Ownership ranges from large transnational corporations and robust local media companies, as in Fiji and Papua New Guinea, to local entrepreneurial and Government media interests, such as in Tonga and smaller South Pacific nations. News Corporation, through its South Pacific subsidaries, owns the two largest English-language dailies, The Fiji Times and the PNG Post-Courier, while the Malaysian timber company Rimbunan Hijau is a major media investor in Papua New Guinea (The National) as well as having interests in New Zealand and South-East Asia. Australia's Channel nine owns PNG's national TV broadcaster, EMTV, and New Zealand has played an important role in the development of Fiji Television. All three countries have had constitutional freedom of expression guarantees under assault in recent years and the role of the media in good governance has been an emerging theme. Three authors, prominent journalists (and, in the case of two, now also media edcators), analyse the trends in their countries.
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Harris, Usha Sundar. "Community informatics and the power of participation." Pacific Journalism Review : Te Koakoa 13, no. 2 (September 1, 2007): 29–45. http://dx.doi.org/10.24135/pjr.v13i2.902.
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This article discusses the potential of information and communication technology (ICT) for social capital and community empowerment in Pacific societies through case studies of internet use by online communities during various political crises in Fiji and emerging community media. It argues that despite being located on the fringe of the ICT boom, it is still possible for island communities to engage with media technology using participatory approaches to develop local content which is closer to their own realities and which reflects local cultures, values and individual aspirations.
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Adinkrah, Mensah. "Male Sexual Jealousy Homicides in Fiji: Victims, Offenders, and Incident Characteristics." International Annals of Criminology 59, no. 2 (November 2021): 136–66. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/cri.2021.15.
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AbstractNumerous studies find that sexual jealousy is a motivating factor in many intimate partner femicides. Given the paucity of scholarship in non-Western societies, the current article sought to extend empirical knowledge on the subject by focusing on sexual jealousy homicides in Fiji. A total of 30 male sexual jealousy homicides and attempted homicides in that society during 2010–2020 were identified through a thorough search of official court documents and local media sources. An in-depth criminological analysis of each case focused on victim and perpetrator attributes and offense features. The article finds that each homicide became a high-profile case, judging by the amount of media coverage afforded the incident and the degree of public interest demonstrated in the case. In 24 out of the 25 homicide cases, an aggrieved husband slew a supposed adulterous wife; the assailant killed his wife’s new consort in the remaining case. The mean age differential between perpetrators and victims was 7.9 years, and the mean length of the marital relationship was more than five years. Stabbing with kitchen knives, slashing with machetes, and manual asphyxiation were the dominant modes of offense perpetration. Nearly all cases evinced the following triple features of male sexual jealousy homicides: jealous rage, premeditation, and excessive violence. Summaries of all 30 cases are proffered in the article to reveal their essential features.
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Sweinstani, Mouliza K. D. "Women’s News Coverage in Local Mass Media: A Case of Regional Head Election 2018." Politika: Jurnal Ilmu Politik 13, no. 1 (March 6, 2022): 59–74. http://dx.doi.org/10.14710/politika.13.1.2022.59-74.
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The mass media can play a crucial role in election campaigns because it can influence people's points of view of a candidate, including how they responded to women candidates. This paper aims to analyze how the local media portrayed women candidates in the Local Executive Election (Pilkada) 2018 and the factors that drive it. Unlike most previous studies, which focused on women in legislative candidacy and analyzed the national mass media, this study focuses on women's candidacy in the local executive election by observing the local mass media. The author believes that the differences in the electoral system between the legislative election and the local executive one and the differences of the media scop will produce different findings. Using the explanatory sequential mixed method, the author combined the quantitative method followed up with the qualitative one to interpret this study's data. The author took a sample of 140 pieces of news from local mass media during March-23 June 2018, which was chosen by a non-probability sampling method with a quota technique. This study did not reveal any biased coverage toward women candidates due to four factors: the type of election that women participate in; the social-political capital of women candidates; the condition that women's active political participation is not a novelty; and the alignment of media to the more extensive political agenda. Therefore, it can be concluded that the neutrality of the media does not necessarily cause unbiased coverage, yet by the logic of the media, which makes the media are not passive conduits.
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Ratuva, Steven. "‘Failed’ or resilient subaltern communities? Pacific indigenous social protection systems in a neoliberal world." Pacific Journalism Review 20, no. 2 (December 31, 2014): 40. http://dx.doi.org/10.24135/pjr.v20i2.165.
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The notion of failed state is based on culturally, historically and ideologically slanted lenses and tends to rank post-colonial societies at the lower end of the Failed State Index (FSI). Likewise, the Social Protection Index (SPI) uses neoliberal and Western-based variables and tends to disadvantage subaltern post-colonial communities as in the Pacific. This article reverses this trend by arguing for a re-examination of the factors which shape the resilience and adaptability of local communities, something which has always been ignored by mainstream classificatory schemas such as the FSI and SPI. To this end, the article examines the indigenous and local human security and social protection systems in the Pacific and how these provide support mechanisms for community resilience and adaptation in the face of a predatory neoliberal onslaught and globalisation. It focuses on kinship, reciprocity, communal obligation and communal labour as examples of social protection mechanisms in four case studies—Fiji, Samoa, Kiribati and Vanuatu. Of significance here is the role of critical and progressive journalists and media in deconstructing the ideological and cultural bias embedded in these discourses.
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Dulwahab, Encep, Aceng Abdullah, Eni Maryani, and Asep Saeful Muhtadi. "Media Strategy in Covering Religious Conflicts: A Case Study of Ahmadiyah Conflict in West Java, Indonesia." Jurnal Komunikasi: Malaysian Journal of Communication 37, no. 2 (June 30, 2021): 98–110. http://dx.doi.org/10.17576/jkmjc-2021-3702-07.
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The Ahmadiyah conflict in Indonesia is often publicised by the Indonesian mass media at local and national level. The media plays an important role in covering conflict and there is a great interest among media and communication researchers to investigate media portrayals of these events. Most studies focused on the role of the media and journalists in the conflict. Very limited study however focused on media approach or analysing media strategies in covering the conflict. This research aims to explore strategies by two newspapers i.e: the Pikiran Rakyat (the biggest newspapers in West Java) and Republika (one the biggest newspapers in Indonesia) in reporting the Ahmadiyah religious conflict in Indonesia. Applying a qualitative approach, using a case study method, this research revealed that both media outlets applied four strategies in covering the Ahmadiyah conflict. These strategies are: (1) Building and maintaining good relations with news sources, which includes people involved in the conflict and witnesses; (2) Establishing a basecamp in which the journalists can focus on covering the conflict for a longer period; (3) Conducting interviews with news informants and making efforts to be accepted by the local people by mingling with the community and showing their neutrality stance; (4) Presenting and maintaining the accuracy of news. The result of this study is expected to contribute to the emerging literature on media and conflict, as well as understanding journalistic practice in covering various religious conflicts in Indonesia and beyond. Keywords: Media, journalist, coverage, conflict, Ahmadiyah religious community.
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Lad, A. S., P. R. Deshmukh, and R. P. Kadam. "Suggestions of the farm women to increase the utility of mass media." AGRICULTURE UPDATE 15, no. 3 (August 15, 2020): 221–23. http://dx.doi.org/10.15740/has/au/15.3/221-223.
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The present investigation was conducted in Parbhani, Hingoli and Nanded districts in Marathwada region of Maharashtra State. A structured interview schedule was used to collect data from 150 respondents who were viewing agricultural programmes on TV, as well as listening agricultural programmes on radio and also reading agricultural articles in the newspaper. The qualitative data were quantified using suitable statistical tools. The suggestions given by the farm women to increase the utility of mass media was studied by frequency and percentage method. Regarding suggestions to improve farm telecast majority of the respondents suggested to change the telecasting time (56.66 %) and to use local language (52.66%). Regarding suggestions to improve farm broadcast, respondents suggested to use simple language (59.33%) and provide useful information timely (50.67%). Regarding suggestions to improve utility of newspaper, respondents suggested that information should be given in easy language (60.00%), case studies of experienced farm women should be published in the newspaper (54.66%), information should be practicable (52.66%), letters must be bold enough (51.33%) and statistics of the nation, state and region should be avoided (46.00%).
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Kohm, Steven A. "Claims-making, child saving, and the news media." Crime, Media, Culture: An International Journal 16, no. 1 (March 28, 2019): 115–37. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1741659019838003.
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Drawing on a social constructionist paradigm, this article critically examines mass-mediated framing of the issue of child sexual exploitation online and via mobile communications technology. The Canadian Centre for Child Protection (C3P),1 a non-profit charity located in Winnipeg, Canada, is used as a case study of claims-making and the social construction of the social problem of child sexual exploitation online. The present study focuses on media engagement by C3P and its subsidiary CyberTip—Canada’s national internet tip line—between 2000 and 2011, just prior to CyberTip receiving legislative designation as Canada’s official reporting agency. The analysis draws on news media accounts of claims-making activities of C3P in three local and national Canadian newspapers. By focusing on the rhetoric of claims forwarded by the organization, I argue that C3P has been successful in gaining symbolic ownership of the issue and has been instrumental in defining the nature, extent, and appropriate responses to the problem of online child sexual exploitation in Canada. I conclude by considering the broader implications for criminal justice policy and practice.
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Lukić, Tamara, Jelena Dunjić, Bojan Đerčan, Ivana Penjišević, Saša Milosavljević, Milka Bubalo-Živković, and Milica Solarević. "Local Resilience to Natural Hazards in Serbia. Case Study: The West Morava River Valley." Sustainability 10, no. 8 (August 13, 2018): 2866. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su10082866.
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During the past decade, the valley of the West Morava in the central part of the Republic of Serbia experienced several natural hazards that have changed the life of the inhabitants. The aim of this paper is to show how people perceive natural hazards in the areas where they do not have catastrophic consequences for the entire population. The perceptions of natural hazards were examined according to similar studies and collected through surveys and interviews. The obtained stratified sample information was coded, and the results are expressed in the parameters of descriptive statistics, using T-test and ANOVA. The population is partially affected if inhabited locations are in the threatened part of the West Morava River valley and if their activities have direct consequences by natural disasters. They emphasize the importance of the political influences and mass media, but they show the need for additional information on prevention and protection. That is where they see geography as profession that sublimates all knowledge of natural disasters, unlike others that are more narrowly skilled. The results of the research are the starting point for further regional comparisons, which will complement the picture of the people’s attitude and resilience to natural hazards in Serbia and the Balkan Peninsula.
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Simon, Andrew. "CENSURING SOUNDS: TAPES, TASTE, AND THE CREATION OF EGYPTIAN CULTURE." International Journal of Middle East Studies 51, no. 2 (March 13, 2019): 233–56. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0020743819000035.
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AbstractIn this article, I argue that audiocassette technology decentralized state-controlled Egyptian media long before the advent of al-Jazeera and the Internet. By enabling any citizen to become a cultural producer, as opposed to a mere consumer, the mass medium and its users sparked significant anxiety in the mid-to-late 20th century, when contentious cassette recordings led many local critics to assert that “vulgar” tapes were poisoning public taste, undermining high culture, and endangering Egyptian society. This article breaks down these arguments and shows that audiotapes actually broadcast a vast variety of voices. Thus, underlying many criticisms of cassette content, I contend, was not simply a concern for aesthetic sensibilities but a desire to dictate who created Egyptian culture during a time of tremendous change. By unpacking these discussions, this article harnesses Egypt as a case study to enhance prevailing investigations of sound, popular culture, and mass media in Middle East studies.
Dissertations / Theses on the topic "Local mass media – Fiji – Case studies"
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Phiri, Bright. "The role and governance of community radio stations in Zambia : the case of Radio Icengelo." Thesis, 2000. http://hdl.handle.net/10413/5795.
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Like many African countries in the 1990s, Zambia experienced drastic political, social and economic changes. In response to these changes, Zambia embarked on a market driven economy that has seen the privatisation of most state enterprises. These changes have proliferated in the media industry as well. However. instead of privatising state media, the government liberalised the airwaves, allowing new players to enter the media terrain. This resulted in the mushrooming of many community-based radio broadcasting stations. Since Zambia moved from one-party politics and became a multi-party
democracy in 1991, it has seen the emergence of seven privately owned radio stations. Among these are two different kinds of community radio stations: commercial and religious. Community radio is still in its infancy in Zambia, with the first ever community radio broadcasting' for the first time as recently as 1994. Very little research has been undertaken analysing this field of broadcasting in Zambia. Studies (accessible to this author) undertaken in the area of community radio so far, have focused mainly on quantifiable data of these radio stations (Banda, 1998). These studies lack the theoretical
analysis which help define the practical role this sector of broadcasting can play in fulfilling a public service mandate. Recent studies (Up in the Air: The State of Broadcasting in Southern Africa' - Panos, 1998) draw no detailed relationship between findings and community radio per se. In other words, these studies lack qualitative analysis. This paper seeks to fill a necessary qualitative gap by focusing on the conceptual and operational characteristics of Radio Icengelo as a case study, Radio Icengelo is a Catholic-run community station launched in 1995, and situated in Kitwe on the Copperbelt province of Zambia. The paper further examines issues such as: conceptions of Radio Icengelo's 'community'; the nature and management structure of the organisation; the workforce; funding and sustainability; editorial policy; staff training; programming; languages; licensing procedures and relationship with government. The project later teases out the role Radio Icengelo plays in terms of social marketing campaigns. The analysis will be looked at in relation to the main features of community radio as postulated by advocates of a participatory approach to the media (McQuail, 1994; White, 1990). Community radio as an alternative medium, is marked by - diversity and plurality, accessibility and participation by the community and non-profit driven
(McQuail 1994). The project concludes by highlighting the community radio's potential to foster social marketing campaigns, using Radio Icengelo as a case study.Theses (M.A.)-University of Natal, Durban, 2000.
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Mjwacu, Thembisa. "Community radio and community representation : a case study of Highway Radio." Thesis, 2002. http://hdl.handle.net/10413/4608.
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The community broadcasting in South Africa has been accredited with a different
mandate from public and commercial broadcasting. This mandate of 'difference' has
been stimulated by socio-political conditions under which this sector has been instituted
since the early 1990s. During this period, conferences and discussions were held around
the liberation of media and airwaves, which directly led to the recognition of the
importance and the role that could be played by the community broadcasting sector. This
sector of broadcasting is still a new concept in South Africa. Ten years post apartheid; it
is no longer defined as a voice for political activism, as it was during its inception.
Firstly, its development stages have bent towards a focus in the development of
previously disadvantaged communities. Secondly, community radio has been regarded as
a way of democratising media, by making it accessible to marginalised and
underrepresented communities. It becomes a tool through which they voice out 'who they
are' (identity) and also an instrument with which they initiate their own development and
empowerment, socially and culturally.
The research paper traces the development stages of this sector in South Africa,
chronologically from its conception in the 1990s, to its mushrooming from 1994 and its
functioning in the late 1990s to the early 21st century. The paper explores the sociopolitical
roots of community radio in the face of change from democracy to technocracy.
The responsibility of the community media sector includes the fulfillment of participation
and media democratisation themes. The theoretical framework discussed by Dennis
McQuail (1987, 1994, 2000) under normative theories of the media and development
communication theories anaysed by Srinivas Melkote (1991), Jan Servaes (1991), Fred
Casmir (1991), also form part of this paper.
This paper, with an understanding of the demand for the democratization of the media
and airwaves during this period in our country's history, explores how a chosen
community radio becomes a public and community representative in the media industry.
It focuses on representation of the community by the radio station in its management and functioning. It takes as a case study Highway Radio station. Highway Radio defines itself
as a Christian radio station, which broadcasts from Pinetown and reaches Durban and
surrounding urban and township areas.
The general objective of this paper is to discover a set of indicators that provide a
background to which Highway Radio has been able to fulfill its mandate as a community
service. This study aims at exploring the active application of the notion of community
participation in management and running of the radio station. The democratic-participant
media theory stipulates that media must be spearheaded by active participation while the
NCRF (National Community Radio Forum) also stipulates that community radio is
characterized by active participation in all the structure of its organization. This research,
therefore, has been conducted to explore the possibility and applicability of these
prerequisites.Thesis (M.A.)-University of Natal, Durban, 2002.
Books on the topic "Local mass media – Fiji – Case studies"
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Rodríguez, Clemencia. Fissures in the mediascape: An international study of citizens' media. Cresskill, N.J: Hampton Press, 2001.
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Rádios comunitárias: Mobilização social e cidadania na reconfiguração da esfera pública. Belo Horizonte, MG: Autêntica, 2008.
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Haller, Michael. Medienvielfalt und kommunale Öffentlichkeit. München: Minerva-Publikation, 1995.
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Dagron, Alfonso Gumucio. Ondes de choc: Histoires de communication participative pour le changement social. New York: The Rockefeller Foundation, 2001.
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Elizabeth, Higginbotham, and Andersen Margaret L, eds. Race and ethnicity in society: The changing landscape. Belmont, CA: Thomson/Wadsworth, 2006.
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Making Waves: Stories of Participatory Communication for Social Change. The Rockefeller Foundation, 2001.
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Higginbotham, Elizabeth, and Margaret L. Andersen. Race and Ethnicity in Society: The Changing Landscape (with InfoTrac®) (Wadsworth Sociology Reader). Wadsworth Publishing, 2005.
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