Who let the blogs out? Media and free speech in post-coup Fiji
Fiji’s fourth armed seizure of government on 5 December 2006 delivered more than a new administration - it heralded the onslaught of a new media environment. With a heavy military crackdown on dissenting opinion and subsequent self-censorship of mainstream media, anonymous weblogs became a safe opt...
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oai:doaj.org-article:400db8afc1fa458bad10595a068b0ea62021-12-02T10:24:51ZWho let the blogs out? Media and free speech in post-coup Fiji10.24135/pjr.v13i2.9031023-94992324-2035https://doaj.org/article/400db8afc1fa458bad10595a068b0ea62007-09-01T00:00:00Zhttps://ojs.aut.ac.nz/pacific-journalism-review/article/view/903https://doaj.org/toc/1023-9499https://doaj.org/toc/2324-2035 Fiji’s fourth armed seizure of government on 5 December 2006 delivered more than a new administration - it heralded the onslaught of a new media environment. With a heavy military crackdown on dissenting opinion and subsequent self-censorship of mainstream media, anonymous weblogs became a safe option for expressing anti-coup views. But because some anonymous blogs allowed racist, defamatory and provocative views to flourish, the role of the press and journalistic ethics was also seen as important. This article examines how a new—and uneasy—media combination kept freedom of expression alive in the months following the coup d’état. Cartoon: © Malcolm Evans Sophie FosterAsia Pacific Networkarticlebloggingdigital democracydigital mediaFiji coupsmedia freedompolitical activismCommunication. Mass mediaP87-96Journalism. The periodical press, etc.PN4699-5650ENPacific Journalism Review, Vol 13, Iss 2 (2007) |
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Fiji’s fourth armed seizure of government on 5 December 2006 delivered more than a new administration - it heralded the onslaught of a new media environment. With a heavy military crackdown on dissenting opinion and subsequent self-censorship of mainstream media, anonymous weblogs became a safe option for expressing anti-coup views. But because some anonymous blogs allowed racist, defamatory and provocative views to flourish, the role of the press and journalistic ethics was also seen as important. This article examines how a new—and uneasy—media combination kept freedom of expression alive in the months following the coup d’état.
Cartoon: © Malcolm Evans
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