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"The findings in this report foreground the importance of improving access to rural communities, so media can adequately represent issues relevant to Vanuatu’s geographically dispersed audiences. The report also identified opportunities for media to increase awareness of gender, disability and soc
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Sound Communities in the Asia Pacific: Music, Media, and Technology
New York City: Bloomsbury Academic (2021), 272 pp.
"The popularization of radio, television, and the Internet radically transformed musical practice in the Asia Pacific. These technologies bequeathed media broadcasters with a profound authority over the ways we engage with musical culture. Broadcasters use this power to promote distinct cultural tra
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Maintaining land and life in Vanuatu: Indigenous alternatives of recovery following the Manaro eruption on Ambae, Vanuatu
Journal of Environmental Media, volume 2, issue Supplement (2021), pp. 5.1–5.13
"Between 2017 and 2019, the Manaro volcano on the island of Ambae in Vanuatu erupted consistently, leading to two compulsory evacuations of the island’s communities. The eruption was only one of many ecological emergencies unfolding in Vanuatu as climate change continues to affect the islands. Ami
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South Malekula: A smart island of Vanuatu. Preliminary study of needs and priorities
Geneva: ITU (2021), vi, 21 pp.
"The study identified resource gaps relating to broadband connectivity, affordability, digital literacy and skills, and priority digital services. It identified the need for reliable and quality telecommunication network coverage; digital literacy and skills training (sales and marketing resources a
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Giga: Empowering communities in Asia and the Pacific through school connectivity
Geneva: ITU (2021), ix, 92 pp.
"Giga, a joint collaboration between ITU and UNICEF, is an initiative to connect every young person in the world to information, opportunity and choice. Devised before the onslaught on COVID-19, the project addresses the underlying inequities in access to the Internet. However, it is also a platform
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Cybersafety: The experiences of Ni-Vanuatu women and girls online
Port Vila, Vanuatu: CARE Vanuatu (2021), 42 pp.
"The Girls Online (GO!) Cybersafety project (GO! Cyber) aims to equip young women and girls with the skills and resources to participate meaningfully and safely in cyberspace. The project is implemented by CARE Vanuatu and Sista with the support of Australia’s Cyber and Critical Tech Cooperation P
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Practical Experiences Building: A Government-Led CCE Platform in Vanuatu
CDAC Network; Ground Truth Solutions (2020), 8 pp.
"Building effective CCE capabilities is particularly important in Vanuatu, a Pacific nation spanning 83 islands, which is vulnerable to natural disasters ranging from tropical cyclones and volcanic eruptions, to disease and agricultural threats. 2020 has been a particularly challenging year for its
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Participatory Edutainment in Practice: A Case Study of Wan Smolbag, Vanuatu
Malmö: Malmö University (2020), 68 pp.
"This report finds that the potential of ICTs to enable stronger governance, efective public service delivery and better government services is there. In all countries that are part of this study, critical foundational infrastructure is in place [...] But there’s still a lot to be unlocked. Increa
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Indigenous Knowledge for Climate Change Assessment and Adaptation
Cambridge; Paris: Cambridge University Press; UNESCO (2018), xx, 298 pp.
"This unique transdisciplinary publication is the result of collaboration between UNESCO’s Local and Indigenous Knowledge Systems (LINKS) programme, the United Nations University’s Traditional Knowledge Initiative, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), and other organizations. Ch
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Inside the News: Challenges and Aspirations of Women Journalists in Asia and the Pacific
Paris; Bangkok: UNESCO; UN Women Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific (2015), ix, 90 pp.
"On average across Asia and the Pacific, women make up 28.6 percent of the media workforce. The proportions are lower in decision-making roles in media organizations where women make up 17.9 percent of executive roles, 19.5 percent of senior editorial and 22.6 percent of mid-level editorial position
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Social Media and E-Democracy in Fiji, Solomon Islands and Vanuatu
Savannah, Ga.: Twentieth Americas Conference on Information Systems (2014), 9 pp.
"This paper examines the extent social media is enabling e-democracy in Fiji, Solomon Islands and Vanuatu. The study conducts an interpretative case study approach interviewing active social media users, political actors, civil servants, civilians, civil society actors and tertiary students. The stu
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"The research for this report was developed and undertaken between June 2012 and April 2013 across 14 Pacific Island nations: Cook Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, Kiribati, Republic of the Marshall Islands, Republic of Nauru, Niue, Republic of Palau, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon I
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"This report has eight core sections. In the first three sections we outline the overall purpose of the study, the methodological approach and the overarching insights that emerged from the study. This is followed by a section on key citizen information needs and sources. The fifth section discusses
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Global Information Society Watch 2012. The Internet and Corruption: Transparency and Accountability Online
Association for Progressive Communications (APC); Hivos (2012), 273 pp.
"GISWatch 2012 explores how the internet is being used to ensure transparency and accountability, the challenges that civil society activists face in fighting corruption, and when the internet fails as an enabler of a transparent and fair society. The eight thematic reports and 48 country reports pu
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Pacific Media Assistance Scheme (PACMAS): Pacific Media Benchmarks (2005)
Melbourne; Adelaide: Australian Aid (AusAID); Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC); University of Adelaide (2011), 87 pp.
"This study draws together two bodies of work concerned with media pluralism, effectiveness, development and strengthening in the developing world. One is drawn from UNESCO’s global work on media assessment and impact indicators, the other from AusAID’s Pacific Media and Communications Facility
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Pacific Media Freedom 2011: A Status Report
Pacific Journalism Review, volume 17, issue 2 (2011), pp. 148-186
