A foreign flower no more: Tongan diasporic media and the 2014 Tongan election

The use of social media and the involvement of diasporic populations in politics is a growing trend among diasporic Polynesian communities and Island politicians. Auckland-based Tongan media, which are the focus of this article, appear to have had an effect on voter behaviour in the 2014 Tongan elec...

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Main Author:	Philip Cass
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Pacific Media Centre 2016-07-01
Series:	Pacific Journalism Review
Subjects:	Kaniva News Tonga diaspora diasporic media democracy elections
Online Access:	https://ojs.aut.ac.nz/pacific-journalism-review/article/view/14

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spelling	doaj-c25e55baaf3c4bb59cf1d84d71a809382020-11-25T02:42:41ZengPacific Media CentrePacific Journalism Review1023-94992324-20352016-07-0122110.24135/pjr.v22i1.14A foreign flower no more: Tongan diasporic media and the 2014 Tongan electionPhilip CassThe use of social media and the involvement of diasporic populations in politics is a growing trend among diasporic Polynesian communities and Island politicians. Auckland-based Tongan media, which are the focus of this article, appear to have had an effect on voter behaviour in the 2014 Tongan elections. Using the Auckland-based news site Kaniva News as a case study and drawing on interviews with Tongan journalists, this article sets out to show the links between the development of online media among the Tongan diaspora, the rise of ‘Akilisi Pohiva’s democracy movement and the mediated involvement of New Zealand’s Tongan community in that democratic process. Similar developments have also been noted in Fiji and the Cook Islands where online media played an important part in recent elections.https://ojs.aut.ac.nz/pacific-journalism-review/article/view/14Kaniva NewsTongadiasporadiasporic mediademocracyelections
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title	A foreign flower no more: Tongan diasporic media and the 2014 Tongan election
title_short	A foreign flower no more: Tongan diasporic media and the 2014 Tongan election
title_full	A foreign flower no more: Tongan diasporic media and the 2014 Tongan election
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publisher	Pacific Media Centre
series	Pacific Journalism Review
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publishDate	2016-07-01
description	The use of social media and the involvement of diasporic populations in politics is a growing trend among diasporic Polynesian communities and Island politicians. Auckland-based Tongan media, which are the focus of this article, appear to have had an effect on voter behaviour in the 2014 Tongan elections. Using the Auckland-based news site Kaniva News as a case study and drawing on interviews with Tongan journalists, this article sets out to show the links between the development of online media among the Tongan diaspora, the rise of ‘Akilisi Pohiva’s democracy movement and the mediated involvement of New Zealand’s Tongan community in that democratic process. Similar developments have also been noted in Fiji and the Cook Islands where online media played an important part in recent elections.
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A foreign flower no more: Tongan diasporic media and the 2014 Tongan election

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