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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Autor principal:	Philip Cass
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Lenguaje:	EN
Publicado:	Asia Pacific Network 2016
Materias:	Kaniva News Tonga diaspora diasporic media democracy elections Communication. Mass media P87-96 Journalism. The periodical press, etc. PN4699-5650
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:c25e55baaf3c4bb59cf1d84d71a809382021-12-02T11:51:22ZA foreign flower no more: Tongan diasporic media and the 2014 Tongan election10.24135/pjr.v22i1.141023-94992324-2035https://doaj.org/article/c25e55baaf3c4bb59cf1d84d71a809382016-07-01T00:00:00Zhttps://ojs.aut.ac.nz/pacific-journalism-review/article/view/14https://doaj.org/toc/1023-9499https://doaj.org/toc/2324-2035The 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.Philip CassAsia Pacific NetworkarticleKaniva NewsTongadiasporadiasporic mediademocracyelectionsCommunication. Mass mediaP87-96Journalism. The periodical press, etc.PN4699-5650ENPacific Journalism Review, Vol 22, Iss 1 (2016)
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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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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
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A foreign flower no more: Tongan diasporic media and the 2014 Tongan election

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