West Papuan control: How red tape, disinformation and bogus online media disrupts legitimate news sources

Indonesia ranks 124th out of 180 countries in the 2019 Global Press Freedom Index, West Papua (meaning the two provinces of Papua and West Papua) as the most closed region to foreign media coverage. There are patterns of threats that implicate the safety and security of local journalists in the ter...

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Main Authors: Victor Mambor, Palagio da Costa Sarmento
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Pacific Media Centre 2020-07-01
Series:Pacific Journalism Review
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Online Access:https://ojs.aut.ac.nz/pacific-journalism-review/article/view/1085