PMC outputs

Research outputs from the Pacific Media Centre and research associates include:

2012 |  2011 | 2010 |

2012

Edited books:

Prasad, Mohit (2011/2). Dreadlocks literary journal special edition on Creativity and  Climate Change in the Pacific. Suva: University of the South Pacific and Pacific Writing Forum; Auckland: Pacific Media Centre. Contributor and associate editor Dr David Robie.

Media outputs:

Pacific Media Watch praises RNZI for PNG coverage - Interview with Pacific Media Watch's Alex Perrottet on Radio bFM' s Southern Cross, 19 April 2012.

'Peace journalism' in conflict resolution in the Pacific - Interview with PMC director Dr David Robie by Radio Australia's Geraldine Coutts, 18 April 2012.

Fiji Television on PIMA Pacific summit - Interview on FT's Close-Up programme with PMC director Dr David Robie, 17 April 2012.

Peacemaker Kalafi Moala - Analysis in the Fiji Sun by PMC director Dr David Robie, 9 April 2012.

PINA moves on with Moala's 'go forward' plea - Analysis on PACNEWS by PMC director Dr David Robie, 4 April 2012.

PINA summit assessed positively by commentator - Interview by Radio NZ INternational with PMC director Dr David Robie, 3 April 2012.

Tonga's Moala calls for Pacific media unity - Analysis on Pacific Islands Report by PMC director Dr David Robie, 2 April 2012.

Peacemaker Moala helps bury the hatchet over PINA tensions - Analysis on Cafe Pacific by PMC director Dr David Robie, 2 April 2012.
 

2011

Edited books:

Barnett, S, & O'Rourke, S. (2011). Communication: Organisation and innovation. (3rd ed.). Kuala Lumpur: Pearson.

Papoutsaki, E., McManus, M., and Matbob, P. (Eds.) (2010/11). Communication, Culture and Society in Papua New Guinea: Tu tok wanem? Preface by David Robie. Madang: Divine Word University Press; and Auckland: Pacific Media Centre. ISBN 978-1877314-94-3.

Chapters/sections in books:

O'Rourke, S. & Johnson, R. (2011). Internationalising a media studies degree in Arab Higher Education: A case study arising from an agreement between New Zealand and Oman in  Sabry, T. (Ed).  Arab Cultural Studies, Mapping the Field. London:  IB. Tauris. (Publication in November).

Robie, D. (2011). The campus and the newsroom: Papua New Guinean media in education profile. In Papoutsaki E, McManus M, Matbob (Eds.), Communication, Culture and Society in Papua New Guinea: Yu tok wanem? (pp. 186-198). Madang, PNG: Divine Word University.

Edited journals:
 
Johnson, R., and Robie, D. (2011). MIJT 2010: New investigative journalism strategies. Pacific Journalism Review,  17(1), 254pp. ISSN 1023-9499

Bacon, W., Bonfiglioli, C., and Robie, D. (2011). Media, cultural diversity and community. Pacific Journalism Review, 16(2), 239pp. ISSN 1023-9499

Refereed journal articles:

Cass, P. (2011). 'Teacher! Teacher! I want "A", teacher'. Pacific Journalism Review, 17(2):130-147.

Cass, P. (2011). Fr Francis Mihalic and Wantok niuspepa in Papua New Guinea. Pacific Journalism Review, 17(1): 210-226.

Myllylahti, M. and Hope, W. (2011). Global capital and media communication ownership in New Zealand. Pacific Journalism Review, 17(2): 188-209.

Perrottet, A., and Robie, D. (2011). Pacific media freedom 2011: A status report. Pacific Journalism Review, 17(2): 148-186.

O'Rourke, S. ( 2011).  Teaching Journalism in Oman: Reflections after the Arab Spring. Pacific Journalism Review .17 (1) : 109- 129.
 
O'Rourke, S. (2011 ). Curriculum development for Oman 2006 - 2011: Implications for off-shore education and challenges for intercultural communications within New Zealand. New Zealand Communication Journal Special edition: Intercultural Communication. (12)1: 42 - 56.

Rankine, Jenny ; Barnes, Angela Moewaka; Borell, Belinda; McCreanor, Timothy; Nairn, Raymond; and Gregory, Amanda. (2011). Suburban Newspapers’ reporting of Māori news. Pacific Journalism Review, 17(2): 50-71.

Robie, D. (2011). Conflict reporting in the South Pacific: Why peace journalism has a chance. The Journal of Pacific Studies, 32(2).

Robie, D. (2011). Iconic media environmental images of Oceania: Challenging corporate news for solutions. Dreadlocks. v6/7. Incorporating the Proceedings of Oceans, Islands and Skies - Oceanic Conference on Creativity and Climate Change, Suva, Fiji, September 2010. Forthcoming.

Refereed conference papers:

Aslam, R. (2011). The role of peace journalism in international conflicts. Presented at the New Zealand Political Studies Association Conference, University of Otago, 30 November-2 December 2011.

Robie, D. (2011). Independent journalism in the South Pacific: Two campus-based media case studies in Fiji and New Zealand. Presented at the 20th AMIC annual conference: Taking stock of media and communication studies: The challenges and opportunities of globalisation, new media and the rise of Asia, Hyderabad, India, 24-27 June 2011.

Robie, D. (2011). ‘Drugs, guns and gangs’ and a growing Pacific state tendency to deploy NZ media regulators to stifle investigative reportage. Presented at the "Back to the source" Investigative journalism conference, University of Technology, Sydney, 16-17 September 2011.

Robie, D. (2011). Creative Commons and a Pacific media 'hub': A news education model amid crisis, Journalism Education Association of Australia (JEAA) conference in Adelaide, South Australia, 28-30 November 2011.

Postgraduate students' research and project researcher outcomes:

Abplanalp, K. (2011, December). Blood Money, Metro magazine. [Asia-Pacific Journalism postgraduate investigative assignment].

Aslam, R. (2011). Peace journalism: A paradigm shift in traditional media approach. Pacific Journalism Review, 17(1): 119-139.

Manning, B. S. (2011). Security intelligence and the public interest: An examination into how keeping security intelligence and classified information secret, and privy only to a state's executive and aligned operational agencies, affects the function of a modern democracy. An exegesis presented as a companion document attached to the creative component documentary, Behind The Shroud, for a Master of Communication Studies degree at AUT University.

Miller, J. (2011). Ngatihine forestry development and the media: A case study. Pacific Journalism Review, 17(1): 175-193.

Perrottet, A., and Robie, D. (2011). Pacific media freedom 2011: A status report. Pacific Journalism Review, 17(2): 148-186.

Singh, R. (2011). The 2000 Speight coup in Fiji: An analysis of the role of The Fiji Times and the impact of partisan media. Thesis for a Master of Communication Studies degree at AUT University.

Media outputs:

Pacific Journalism Review launches new website - Interview with PMC director Dr David Robie by Radio Australia's Geraldine Coutts, 20 December 2011.

Radio NZ's Mediawatch - Interview with Pacific Media Watch project editor Alex Perrottet by Jeremy Rose, 11 December 2011.

Academic condemns lack of NZ coverage of West Papua crisis - Interview with PMC director Dr David Robie in Adelaide, 4 December 2011.

New Zealand Herald op-ed article on the British phone-hacking inquiry - Alex Perrottet of Pacific Media Watch, 2 December 2011.

Blood Money, investigative article on the Freeport mine in Metro magazine, December 2011 [Asia-Pacific Journalism assignment].

Vanuatu media black spot - interview with PMW's Alex Perrottet by Radio Australia's Pacific Beat presenter Geraldene Coutts, 16 November 2011.

The Australian's Media - Interview with PMC director Dr David Robie and profile of Pacific Journalism Review media freedom report, 14 November 2011.

Papua a media black spot - article in New Matilda by Alex Perrottet and David Robie, 24 October 2011.

Radio Australia's Pacific Beat - Interview with PMC director Dr David Robie by Geraldene Coutts, 17 October 2011

Peace journalism researcher warns on turmoil repercussions in Pakistan - Interview with doctoral candidate Rukhsana Aslam by Radio Australia, 24 May 2011.

Pacific media condemn minister 'and his thugs' for attack on Daily Post - Interview with PMC director Dr David Robie, 5 March 2011

2010

Edited journals:
 
Bacon, W.,  Robie, D., and Samson, A. (2010). Reporting Wars: The ongoing challenges. Pacific Journalism Review,  16(1), 234pp. ISSN 1023-9499

Hadlow, M., Mackinnon, M., and Robie, D. (2010). UNESCO WPFD: Media freedom in Oceania. Pacific Journalism Review, 16(2), 232pp. ISSN 1023-9499

Chapters/sections in books:
 
Robie, D. (2010). Pacific reports. In Karlekar, K., Freedom of the Press 2010: A Global Survey of Media Independence. [Pacific Contributor]. New York: Freedom House.

Robie, D. (2010/11). Media literacies in Papua New Guinean newsrooms: The campus and the deadline. In Papoutsaki, E., McManus, M., and Matbob, P. (Eds.). Communication, Culture and Society in Papua New Guinea: Tu tok wanem? Madang: Divine Word University Press; and Auckland: Pacific Media Centre. ISBN 978-1877314-94-3

Robie, D. (2010). Barbouzes, bullets and beat-ups: South Pacific media realities. In Sun, W. (ed). Media, Policies and Cultures in the Asia-Pacific Region. London: Routledge.

Commissioned reports for external body:

Robie, D. (2010). Country reports on Fiji, NZ, Samoa and Tonga. RSF Media Freedom Report Index 2010. Paris: Reporters sans frontieres.
 
Refereed journal articles:
 
Cullen, T. and Callaghan, R. (2010). Reporting HIV in Papua New Guinea: Trends and omissions from 2000 to 2010. Pacific Journalism Review, 16(2): 163-177.

Oosterman, A. (2010).  New Zealand war correspondence before 1915. Pacific Journalism Review, 16(1): 133-152.

Robie, D. (2010). Media under fire: Pacific ‘self-determination’ insurgencies and the student press. Pacific Journalism Review, ISSN 1023-9499, 16(1): 60-64. ISSN 1728-7456

Robie, D. (2010). Pacific freedom of the press: Case studies in independent campus-based media models. Pacific Journalism Review, ISSN 1023-9499, 16(2): 99-126.

Robie, D. (2010). Conflict reporting in the South Pacific: Why peace journalism has a chance. The Journal of Pacific Studies, ISSN 1011-3029, Vol 32(2):

Singh, S. (2010). Life under Decree No. 29 of 2010. Pacific Journalism Review, 16(2): 147-162.

Vikilani, S. (2010). Media freedom and state control in Tonga. Pacific Journalism Review, 16(2): 62-80.

Refereed conference papers:

Aslam, R. (2010). Challenges and dangers in practising effective journalism. Paper presented at the Media, Investigative Journalism and Technology Conference at AUT University, December 4/5.

Manning, S. (2010). Political documentary used as a vehicle to communicate a contemporary reality. Paper presented at the Media, Investigative Journalism and Technology Conference at AUT University, December 4/5.

Marat, D., Papoutsaki, E., Latu, S, Aumua, L., Talakai, M., Sun, K. (2010). Akoaga - Retention & achievement in the New Zealand tertiary sector: Perspectives of students & parents from Pasifika communities on efficacy, agency & success. Presentation at the 34th Annual Pacific Islands Studies Conference University of Hawaii Celebrating connections: 60 years of Pacific Studies 4-6 November 2010.

Marbrook, J. (2010). Cap Bocage: exploring concepts of legitimacy and militancy in local environmental protest in New Caledonia. Paper presented at the Media, Investigative Journalism and Technology Conference at AUT University, December 4/5.

Miller, J., and Peters, G. (2010). Seeing the wood for the trees:  media coverage of the 1970s Ngatihine Forestry Block  - a case study. Paper presented at the Media, Investigative Journalism and Technology Conference at AUT University, December 4/5.

Robie, D. (2010). Pacific freedom of the press: Case studies in campus-based media models. Keynote paper presented as UNESCO World Press Freedom Day University of Queensland Lecture Series, University of Queensland, April 30.

Robie, D. (2010). Censorship and the legacy of independent campus-based publishers in Oceania. Paper presented at the Journalism Education Association of Australia (JEAA) conference at the University of Technology, Sydney, November 24.

Singh, T. R. (2010). The 2000 Speight coup in Fiji: An analysis of the role of The Fiji Times and the impact of partisan media. Paper presented at the Journalism Education Association of Australia (JEAA) conference at the University of Technology, Sydney, November 24. [Winner of the JEAA Pacific Scholarship].

Singh, T. R. (2010). Coup culture in Fiji: An analysis 1987 to 2006 from an investigative journalism perspective. Paper presented at the Media, Investigative Journalism and Technology (2010) conference at AUT University, 4/5 December 2010.

Thomas, V., Papoutsaki, E., Eggins, J. (2010). Visual Dialogues, Community Action & Social Change:  a South Pacific Islands HIV/AIDS project application. AMIC 19th Annual Conference Technology and Culture: Communication Connectors and Dividers, 21-23 June 2010.

Thomas, V., Mel, M., Papoutsaki, E.. (2010). Exploring local methodologies through creative collaborations with Pacific communities. AAAPS 3rd annual conference, Oceanic Transformations. Melbourne: Victoria University, Melbourne, 8-11 April 2010.

Research project:

KOMUNITI TOK PIKSA ? Integrating Papua New Guinean Highland narratives into visual HIV/ AIDS prevention and education material. Role:  Chief Investigator - Research Capacity Expert. 2 year Project Funded by the PNG National HIV/AIDS Council and AusAID PNG. Project hosting institutions: Centre for Health Communication, University of Technology Sydney & University of Goroka, PNG

Media outputs:

Robie, D. (2010, April 10). Fiji media decree draconian and punitive. PMC Online.
www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/articles/draft-fiji-media-decree-draconian-and-punitive

Robie, D. (2010, April 16). Fiji media fights on for free press. New Zealand Herald,
www.nzherald.co.nz/world/news/article.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=10638784

Robie, D. (2010, May/June). Fiji censorship by ‘legal camouflage’. The Walkley Magazine.www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/articles/fiji-censorship-legal-camouflage

Robie, (2010, October/November). The darker side of paradise. The Walkley Magazine.
www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/articles/darker-side-paradise

PANPA Bulletin  (2010, March) - Fiji to issue new media decree. Interview with David Robie on media censorship in Fiji.

Reportage (2010, March 16). Crowd pleasers – A new way to fund journalism. [Interview with David Robie]

TVNZ (2010, April 13). Barbara Dreaver interview with David Robie about the Fiji Media Industry Development Decree.
http://tvnz.co.nz/national-news/fiji-media-digests-tough-crackdown-3453287

95bFM (2010, April 13). Will Pollard interview with David Robie on the Fiji Media Industry Decree.
http://pacific.scoop.co.nz/2010/04/95bfm-dr-david-robie-analyses-fijis-media-decree/

TVNZ7 (2010, April 15). Media 7 interview by Russell Brown with David Robie, Barbara Dreaver and Tim Pankhurst on the Fiji Media Industry Development Decree. (Series 4, Ep 7, Pt 1). www.youtube.com/watch?v=7hpkKvW9d9Y

Radio NZ Mediawatch (2010, April 18). Jeremy Rose interview with David Robie on Media Fiji Media Industry Development Decree.
http://static.radionz.net.nz/assets/audio_item/0020/2270162/mwatch-20100418-0905-Mediawatch_for_18_April_2010-m048.asx

Fiji Sun (2010, September 17). Journalists welcome Fiji Times sale. [Interview with David Robie in Fiji]
www.fijisun.com.fj/main_page/view.asp?id=46385

Radio NZ Mediawatch (2010, October 3). Fiji’s oldest newspaper under new management. [Interview with David Robie].
http://static.radionz.net.nz/assets/audio_item/0006/2417442/mwatch-20101003-0910-Mediawatch_for_03_October_2010-m048.asx

Radio NZ Mediawatch (2010, November 8). Colin Peacock interviews PMC’s Pacific Media Watch editor Alex Perrottet on the “door stopping” controversy about the Samoan Prime Minister and the TV3 Campbell Live programme.  http://static.radionz.net.nz/assets/audio_item/0008/2429909/mwatch-20101107-0906-Mediawatch_for_7_November_2010-m048.asx

Radio NZ Mediawatch (2010, December 6). Colin Peacock interviews Kunda Dixit on investigative journalism. [MIJT 2010 Conference at AUT].
http://static.radionz.net.nz/assets/audio_item/0010/2442475/mwatch-20101205-0910-Mediawatch_for_5_December_2010-m048.asx