Key Melanesian Media Freedom Challenges: Climate Crisis, Internet Freedoms, Fake News and West Papua

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aut.relation.endpage36
aut.relation.issue1en_NZ
aut.relation.journalPacific Journalism Review : Te Koakoaen_NZ
aut.relation.pages21
aut.relation.startpage15
aut.relation.volume26en_NZ
aut.researcherHutcheson, Catherine
dc.contributor.authorRobie, Den_NZ
dc.date.accessioned2020-08-06T23:36:06Z
dc.date.available2020-08-06T23:36:06Z
dc.date.copyright2020-07-31en_NZ
dc.date.issued2020-07-31en_NZ
dc.description.abstractMelanesia, and the microstates of the Pacific generally, face the growing influence of authoritarian and secretive values in the region—projected by both China and Indonesia and with behind-the-scenes manipulation. There is also a growing tendency for Pacific governments to use unconstitutional, bureaucratic or legal tools to silence media and questioning journalists. Frequent threats of closing Facebook and other social media platforms and curbs on online freedom of information are another issue. While Pacific news media face these challenges, their support networks are being shaken by the decline of Australia as a so-called ‘liberal democracy’ and through the undermining of its traditional region-wide public interest media values with the axing of Radio Australia and Australia Network television. Reporting climate change is the Pacific’s most critical challenge while Australian intransigence over the issue is subverting the region’s media. This article engages with and examines these challenges and also concludes that the case of West Papua is a vitally important self-determination issue that left unresolved threatens the security of the region.
dc.identifier.citationPacific Journalism Review: Te Koakoa, 26(1), 15-36. https://doi.org/10.24135/pjr.v26i1.1072
dc.identifier.doi10.24135/pjr.v26i1.1072en_NZ
dc.identifier.issn1023-9499en_NZ
dc.identifier.issn2324-2035en_NZ
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10292/13583
dc.languageEnglishen_NZ
dc.publisherPacific Media Centre, School of Communication Studies, Auckland University of Technologyen_NZ
dc.relation.urihttps://ojs.aut.ac.nz/pacific-journalism-review/article/view/1072en_NZ
dc.rightsCopyright (c) 2020 David Robie. Creative Commons License This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.
dc.rights.accessrightsOpenAccessen_NZ
dc.subjectMelanesiaen_NZ
dc.subjectPacific Studiesen_NZ
dc.subjectSouth Pacificen_NZ
dc.subjectJournalismen_NZ
dc.subjectMedia Freedomen_NZ
dc.subjectAuthoritarianismen_NZ
dc.subjectCensorshipen_NZ
dc.subjectFake newsen_NZ
dc.subjectFreedom of informationen_NZ
dc.subjectWest Papuaen_NZ
dc.subjectPacific journalismen_NZ
dc.titleKey Melanesian Media Freedom Challenges: Climate Crisis, Internet Freedoms, Fake News and West Papuaen_NZ
dc.typeJournal Article
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