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"Policy and Legislation: The government broadcaster VBTC administers broadcast licences in Vanuatu. Under the Newspaper Act 1982, newspaper owners must be Vanuatu citizens. Freedom of expression is guaranteed in the constitution, but there is no specific protection for freedom of media, and threats
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"This report assesses current information materials on natural disasters in Solomon Islands, identifies the key factors in disseminating information during a disaster and provides recommendations for future disaster content and communications." (Page 2)
"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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"Policy and Legislation: Since the introduction of the government’s Media Decree in 2012, the Fiji Media Industry Development Authority censors and controls the media industry. The constitution guaranteeing freedom of the press has been suspended since 2009. Threats against local and international
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"Policy and Legislation: Media legislation includes the Broadcasting Act 1976, the Television (Amendment) Act 1996, the Telecommunications Act 2009 and the draft Solomon Islands Broadcasting Corporation Bill 2003. Freedom of speech, and freedom of the press are guaranteed through the Solomon Islands
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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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"This research study provides baseline indicators for the Solomon Islands Media Assistance Scheme (SOLMAS) Program Phase III. It presents findings around the current quality of media, experiences of training to date, and relationships with stakeholders such as development organisations, government c
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REDD+ Politics in the Media: A Case Study from Papua New Guinea
Bogor Barat (ID): Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) (2012), vi, 28 pp.
"The study found that the media often framed REDD+ in political and economic terms, at the expense of, for example, ecological concerns or discussions of the drivers of deforestation and forest degradation. Issues associated with carbon trading were a frequent topic of media articles, with many stor
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Investigative Journalism: Challenges, Perils, Rewards in Seven Pacific Island Countries
Pacific Journalism Review, volume 18, issue 1 (2012), pp. 83-104
"This article appraises the general state of investigative journalism in seven Pacific Island countries—Cook Islands, Fiji, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga and Vanuatu—and asserts that the trend is not encouraging. Journalism in general, and investigative journalism in particular
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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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The Campus and the Newsroom: Papua New Guinean Media in Education Profile
In: Communication, Culture & Society in Papua New Guinea: Yu Tok Wanem?
Madang: DWU Press, Divine Word University (2011), pp. 205-217
"A 'typical' Papua New Guinean journalist is more likely to be female (very marginally), single, under the age of 29, with about five years experience, a Tok Pisin [indigenous language] speaker but working on English-language media and to have a university diploma or degree in journalism from either
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Early Experiences of Mobile Telephony: A Comparison of Two Villages in Papua New Guinea
In: Communication, Culture & Society in Papua New Guinea: Yu Tok Wanem?
Madang: DWU Press, Divine Word University (2011), pp. 157-169
Global Report on the Status of Women in the News Media
Washington, DC: International Women's Media Foundation (IWMF) (2011), 393 pp.
"There is abundant evidence of underrepresentation of women as subjects of coverage, but until now there were no reliable, comprehensive data on which to make a clear determination about where women currently fit into the news-making operation or in the decision-making or ownership structure of thei
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Pacific Media Freedom 2011: A Status Report
Pacific Journalism Review, volume 17, issue 2 (2011), pp. 148-186
Radio Madang: Tuned in for Development?
In: Communication, Culture & Society in Papua New Guinea: Yu Tok Wanem?
Madang: DWU Press, Divine Word University (2011), pp. 147-156
"The findings of this research have indicated that Radio Madang [the public service broadcaster in Madang province] is an appropriate medium for disseminating information and messages on development issues to people in rural areas of Madang province. With an audience of about 200,000 throughout the
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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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Communication, Culture & Society in Papua New Guinea: Yu Tok Wanem?
Madang; Auckland: DWU Press, Divine Word University; Pacific Media Centre, Auckland University of Technology (2011), xi, 235 pp.
Reporting Family Violence: 'Just Another Incident'
In: Communication, Culture & Society in Papua New Guinea: Yu Tok Wanem?
Madang: DWU Press, Divine Word University (2011), pp. 74-82
"The findings from this stuy indicate that the Papua New Guinea (PNG) press is not helping to highlight and address the issue of family violence, which is a social hindrance to development in PNG. This is supported by arguments of lack of prominence given to family violence stories, unreliable sourc
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