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State of the Media: Tonga
ABC International Development;University of Adelaide;Pacific Media Assistance Scheme (PACMAS) (2025), 38 pp.
"The media landscape in Tonga is in a state of digital transition, as it adapts to increasing audience demand for digital content and associated challenges relating to misinformation and disinformation. The findings in this report highlight how increased internet access in Tonga has transformed the
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Research Brief: Tonga Youth Digital Engagement During COVID-19
ABC International Development (2023), 8 pp.
Loss of Tonga’s Telecommunication: What Happened, What Were the Consequences and How Were They Managed?
Oslo: Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (2022), 4 pp.
"In January 2022 the subsea volcano Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai in Tonga had a major eruption which also cut the country’s communication lines nationally, between Tonga’s inhabited islands and the outside world. The damage led to a complete halt in international communication (a “digital darkn
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ICT for Development in the Pacific Islands: An Assessment of E-Government Capabilities in Fiji, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Soloman Islands, Tonga and Vanuatu
Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI), International Cyber Policy Centre (2020), 52 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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Communication Among the Pacific Islands
Media Development, volume 61, issue 3 (2014), pp. 4-25
Regional State of Media and Communication Report
Pacific Media Assistance Scheme (PACMAS);ABC International Development (2013), 65 pp.
"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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Pacific Media Freedom 2011: A Status Report
Pacific Journalism Review, volume 17, issue 2 (2011), pp. 148-186
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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South Pacific Islands Communication: Regional Perspectives, Local Issues
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Singapore: Asian Media Information and Communication Centre (AMIC) (2008), xi, 288 pp.
"This book brings together significant scholarly contributions on communication issues by researchers working across the region. It aims to create better understanding of what affects the communication and information flow in smaller nations and how these impact on national development, governance a
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Native on the Net: Indigenous and Diasporic Peoples in the Virtual Age
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
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Informing Citizens: Opportunities for Media and Communications in the Pacific
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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
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The Anthropology of Media: A Reader
Malden, Mass.; Oxford: Blackwell (2002), 416 pp.
Nius Bilong Pasifik: Mass Media in the Pacific
Port Moresby: University of Papua New Guinea Press (1994), x, 274 pp.
L'information dans le monde: 206 pays au microscope
Paris: Éditions du Seuil (1989), 628 pp.
Christian Communication Directory South Pacific - Oceanie
Madang: Kristen Pres (1987), 93 pp.
Print and Broadcast Media in the South Pacific
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
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Mass Communication and Journalism in the Pacific Islands: A Bibliography
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
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