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Mythos Südsee: Länderprofile Ozeaniens zu Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft

Werner Kreisel (ed.)

Hamburg: Merus (2006), 244 pp.

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Native on the Net: Indigenous and Diasporic Peoples in the Virtual Age

Kyra Landzelius (ed.)

London; New York: Routledge (2006), xi, 338 pp.

"From the Taino Indians of the Caribbean, the U’wa of the Amazon rainforest, and the Tunomans and Assyrians of Iraq, to the Tingas and Zapatistas, Native on the Net is a lively and intriguing exploration of how new technologies have enabled these previously isolated peoples to reach new levels of ... more

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Informing Citizens: Opportunities for Media and Communications in the Pacific
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Helen Molnar (coord.)

Canberra: Australian Aid (AusAID); MDI International; MC Media & Associates (2005), x, 463 pp.

"'Informing Citizens: opportunities for media and communications in the Pacific' reports on the findings of a situation analysis and needs assessment (SANA) of the capacity of the media, government and civil society to produce information on good governance in 14 Pacific Island Forum countries. The ... more

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Global Media Studies: Ethnographic Perspectives

Patrick D. Murphy, Marwan M. Kraidy (eds.)

New York: Routledge (2003), xiii, 313 pp.

"Global Media Studies explores the theoretical and methodological threats that are defining global media studies as a discipline. Emphasizing the connection of globalization to local culture, this collection considers the diversity of modes of reception, reception contexts, uses of media content, an ... more

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Small Islands Voice: Laying the Foundation

Paris: UNESCO (2003), 97 pp.

"Small Islands Voice focuses on small island developing states and islands with other affiliations in the Caribbean, Indian Ocean and Pacific regions. This initiative, started in 2002, aims to combine new information and communication technologies with print, radio, television and other media, in or ... more

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The Anthropology of Media: A Reader

Kelly Askew, Richard R. Wilk (eds.)

Malden, Mass.; Oxford: Blackwell (2002), 416 pp.

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Déontologie des médias: Institutions, pratiques et nouvelles approches dans le monde

Henri Pigeat, Jean Huteau

Paris: UNESCO (2000), 574 pp.

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Nius Bilong Pasifik: Mass Media in the Pacific

David Robie (ed.)

Port Moresby: University of Papua New Guinea Press (1994), x, 274 pp.

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Pacific Regional Television Survey Project (PACTEL), 352/RAS/21: Polynesia Report

James E. Bentley, D. Hermanson, V. V. Rao

Apia, Western Samoa: UNESCO Office for the Pacific States (1993), 107 pp.

A Guide to Catholic Bible Translations, Vol. 1: The Pacific

Piet Rijks

Stuttgart: Catholic Biblical Federation, 2nd ed. (1993), 181 pp.

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The Introduction of Broadcast Television in the Cook Islands: A Report on the First Six Months

Duane Varan

Austin: University of Texas at Austin (1991), 36 pp.

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L'information dans le monde: 206 pays au microscope

Paris: Éditions du Seuil (1989), 628 pp.

Christian Communication Directory South Pacific - Oceanie

Catholic Media Council (CAMECO), World Association for Christian Communication (WACC), Lutheran World Federation (LWF)

Madang: Kristen Pres (1987), 93 pp.

Print and Broadcast Media in the South Pacific

Romeo B. Abundo

Singapore: Asian Mass Communication Research and Information Centre (AMIC); UNESCO (1985), xii, 79 pp.

"A UNESCO project designed to study "methods of establishing community newspapers in remote islands of the Pacific in conjunction with other community media, notably radio." An overview of the region gives background, the status and problems of broadcasting and print media, and recommandations, foll ... more

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Mass Communication and Journalism in the Pacific Islands: A Bibliography

Jim Richstad, Michael McMillan (comps.)

Honolulu: University Press of Hawaii; East-West Communication Institute (1978), xxxiv, 299 pp.

"The compilers point out that little attention has been paid to mass communication in most Pacific islands, and their research proves them correct. There is one citation each for Easter Island and Midway Island. Hawaii has almost 2,000. This Center for Cultural and Technical Interchange Between East ... more

Big Media, Little Media

Wilbur Schramm

Washington, DC: Information Center on Instructional Technology (ICIT) (1973), xiii, 333 pp.

"Media for instruction can be characterized as big (expensive) or little (inexpensive), but research evidence suggests that whether a student learns more from one medium than another depends at least as much on how the medium is used as on what medium is used. Thus, this report discusses not only ex ... more