Internationalisation of the 'hidden' West Papua issue: A regional media matter for Melanesia and the Pacific

Auckland University of Technology’s Pacific Media Centre marked its tenth anniversary with a seminar discussing two of the wider region’s most critical media freedom crises. The ‘Journalism Under Duress’ in Asia-Pacific seminar in November 2017 examined media freedom and human rights in the Philipp...

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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:ed5a1e72bdc0417983032340a6e2852a2021-12-02T10:24:50ZInternationalisation of the 'hidden' West Papua issue: A regional media matter for Melanesia and the Pacific10.24135/pjr.v24i2.3991023-94992324-2035https://doaj.org/article/ed5a1e72bdc0417983032340a6e2852a2018-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://ojs.aut.ac.nz/pacific-journalism-review/article/view/399https://doaj.org/toc/1023-9499https://doaj.org/toc/2324-2035 Auckland University of Technology’s Pacific Media Centre marked its tenth anniversary with a seminar discussing two of the wider region’s most critical media freedom crises. The ‘Journalism Under Duress’ in Asia-Pacific seminar in November 2017 examined media freedom and human rights in the Philippines and Indonesia’s Papua region, otherwise known as West Papua. In the discussion about West Papua, the PMC seminar heard that access to the Indonesian region for foreign journalists, while still restricted, remains critical for helping Papuan voices to be heard. The plight of West Papua is of major concern among Pacific people, especially Melanesians, and it is becoming a growing geopolitical and media issue.     Johnny BladesAsia Pacific Networkarticleadvocacygeopoliticshuman rightsmedia freedomMelanesiaMelanesian Spearhead GroupCommunication. Mass mediaP87-96Journalism. The periodical press, etc.PN4699-5650ENPacific Journalism Review, Vol 24, Iss 2 (2018)
institution DOAJ
collection DOAJ
language EN
topic advocacy
geopolitics
human rights
media freedom
Melanesia
Melanesian Spearhead Group
Communication. Mass media
P87-96
Journalism. The periodical press, etc.
PN4699-5650
spellingShingle advocacy
geopolitics
human rights
media freedom
Melanesia
Melanesian Spearhead Group
Communication. Mass media
P87-96
Journalism. The periodical press, etc.
PN4699-5650
Johnny Blades
Internationalisation of the 'hidden' West Papua issue: A regional media matter for Melanesia and the Pacific
description Auckland University of Technology’s Pacific Media Centre marked its tenth anniversary with a seminar discussing two of the wider region’s most critical media freedom crises. The ‘Journalism Under Duress’ in Asia-Pacific seminar in November 2017 examined media freedom and human rights in the Philippines and Indonesia’s Papua region, otherwise known as West Papua. In the discussion about West Papua, the PMC seminar heard that access to the Indonesian region for foreign journalists, while still restricted, remains critical for helping Papuan voices to be heard. The plight of West Papua is of major concern among Pacific people, especially Melanesians, and it is becoming a growing geopolitical and media issue.    
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title Internationalisation of the 'hidden' West Papua issue: A regional media matter for Melanesia and the Pacific
title_short Internationalisation of the 'hidden' West Papua issue: A regional media matter for Melanesia and the Pacific
title_full Internationalisation of the 'hidden' West Papua issue: A regional media matter for Melanesia and the Pacific
title_fullStr Internationalisation of the 'hidden' West Papua issue: A regional media matter for Melanesia and the Pacific
title_full_unstemmed Internationalisation of the 'hidden' West Papua issue: A regional media matter for Melanesia and the Pacific
title_sort internationalisation of the 'hidden' west papua issue: a regional media matter for melanesia and the pacific
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