Six Oceania microstates: The genesis of media accountability

Media accountability systems (M*A*S) have been slow to take root in Oceania. Apart from Papua New Guinea, Fiji is the trend-setter in the region. Following the establishment of the Fiji Media Council in the mid-1990s, several other South Pacific island countries were keen to the follow the lead. To...

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Autor principal:	Shailendra Singh
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Publicado:	Asia Pacific Network 2005
Materias:	ethics journalism ethics media ethics mas media accountability media councils Communication. Mass media P87-96 Journalism. The periodical press, etc. PN4699-5650
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:5d8593a67ed74a549ff45d61f09cee492021-12-02T08:57:10ZSix Oceania microstates: The genesis of media accountability10.24135/pjr.v11i2.8391023-94992324-2035https://doaj.org/article/5d8593a67ed74a549ff45d61f09cee492005-09-01T00:00:00Zhttps://ojs.aut.ac.nz/pacific-journalism-review/article/view/839https://doaj.org/toc/1023-9499https://doaj.org/toc/2324-2035 Media accountability systems (MAS) have been slow to take root in Oceania. Apart from Papua New Guinea, Fiji is the trend-setter in the region. Following the establishment of the Fiji Media Council in the mid-1990s, several other South Pacific island countries were keen to the follow the lead. Tonga now has a similar body with a code of ethics and which includes public members empowered to receive and adjudicate on complaints against the media. In Samoa, a study has been carried out in order to establish a media council-type body. The Solomons Islands Media Council (SIMC) is an industry organisation that does not yet have a complaints procedure. It is considering including this mechanism in line with the Papua New Guinea Media Council with which it shares a website and has a cooperative agreement. This article examines the debate in six South Pacific island countries that have adopted, or are in the process of adopting, self-regulatory MAS mechanisms following government pressure. They are the Cook Islands, Fiji, Kiribati, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga and Vanuatu. The article also argues that there are other MAS that regional media can adopt besides media councils and this action would make it harder for governments to intervene and introduce regulation. Shailendra SinghAsia Pacific Networkarticleethicsjournalism ethicsmedia ethicsmasmedia accountabilitymedia councilsCommunication. Mass mediaP87-96Journalism. The periodical press, etc.PN4699-5650ENPacific Journalism Review, Vol 11, Iss 2 (2005)
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description	Media accountability systems (MAS) have been slow to take root in Oceania. Apart from Papua New Guinea, Fiji is the trend-setter in the region. Following the establishment of the Fiji Media Council in the mid-1990s, several other South Pacific island countries were keen to the follow the lead. Tonga now has a similar body with a code of ethics and which includes public members empowered to receive and adjudicate on complaints against the media. In Samoa, a study has been carried out in order to establish a media council-type body. The Solomons Islands Media Council (SIMC) is an industry organisation that does not yet have a complaints procedure. It is considering including this mechanism in line with the Papua New Guinea Media Council with which it shares a website and has a cooperative agreement. This article examines the debate in six South Pacific island countries that have adopted, or are in the process of adopting, self-regulatory MAS mechanisms following government pressure. They are the Cook Islands, Fiji, Kiribati, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga and Vanuatu. The article also argues that there are other MAS that regional media can adopt besides media councils and this action would make it harder for governments to intervene and introduce regulation.
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Six Oceania microstates: The genesis of media accountability

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