The case for Pacific media reform to reflect island communities

The case for Pacific media reform to reflect island communities

"The largest number of Tongans outside of Tonga lives in the United States. It is estimated to be more than 70,000; most live in the San Francisco Bay Area. On several occasions during two visits to the US by my wife and I during 2004, we met workers who operate the only daily Tongan language...

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Main Author: Kalafi Moala
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Pacific Media Centre 2005-04-01
Series:Pacific Journalism Review
Subjects:
indigenous indigenous
public sphere
culture
cultural diversity
identity politics
Indigeneity
Online Access:https://ojs.aut.ac.nz/pacific-journalism-review/article/view/827
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The case for Pacific media reform to reflect island communities
Pacific Journalism Review
indigenous indigenous
public sphere
culture
cultural diversity
identity politics
Indigeneity
author_facet Kalafi Moala
author_sort Kalafi Moala
title The case for Pacific media reform to reflect island communities
title_short The case for Pacific media reform to reflect island communities
title_full The case for Pacific media reform to reflect island communities
title_fullStr The case for Pacific media reform to reflect island communities
title_full_unstemmed The case for Pacific media reform to reflect island communities
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publisher Pacific Media Centre
series Pacific Journalism Review
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2324-2035
publishDate 2005-04-01
description "The largest number of Tongans outside of Tonga lives in the United States. It is estimated to be more than 70,000; most live in the San Francisco Bay Area. On several occasions during two visits to the US by my wife and I during 2004, we met workers who operate the only daily Tongan language radio programmes in San Francisco. Our organisation supplies the daily news broadcast for their programmes. Our newspapers— in the Tongan and Samoan languages— also sell in the area. The question of what are the fundamental roles of the media came up in one of our discussions..."
topic indigenous indigenous
public sphere
culture
cultural diversity
identity politics
Indigeneity
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