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EDITORIAL: A better media deal?
Get PDFAs this edition of Pacific Journalism Review went to press, Fiji was in the throes of conducting a census. Technology is helping the process. Technology is often associated with democratising the political proc- ess, decentralising the status quo, upholding free speech, promoting direct democracy and amplifying voices that often remain silent. Regardless of the potential of technology to deliver these freedoms, the issues that existed before the advent of the internet, e.g. access to technology (affordability and availability, including the issue of electricity in developing nations), user motivation and skill in using these new gadgets still stand. This edition, jointly produced with University of the South Pacific media staff, publishes a series of articles addressing these issues. On Media Freedom Day, 3 May 2006, the Fiji Media Council, assisted by USP’s regional journalism programme, organised a panel on ‘Media and alleviation of poverty’. The panel—men from the developed world who were either connected to the media industry in Fiji, or owned a great stake in it—talked about everything but the media’s role in alleviating poverty
A stirring parade of political villains: Review of No Left Turn: The distortion of New Zealand's history by greed, bigotry and right-wing politics, by Chris Trotter
No full text"Over subsesquent chapters, Trotter explains how key phases of New Zealand hisotry were shaped by institutionalised power and political struggle. Along the way major villains are identified, paraded and held to account. During the colonisation phase we observe how Edward Wakefield's land speculation schemes overruled the customary rights of Maori and exploited the aspirations of lowly settlers...
Where have all the young men gone? Gender imbalance in tertiary journalism courses
Get PDFThis project worked with groups of students who typically apply to tertiary journalism courses. Some students joined focus groups, some completed questionnaires, all had the opportunity to discuss their impressions of journalism and what might attract them to such a course. This research is set against published literature which highlights a gender imbalance in journalism courses but does not address it. The project reveals participants’ perceptions, largely based on the television news they see, determine their consideration of journalism as a career. It provides an insight into how young males view the news and the men who present it
Women in Australian politics: Mothers only need apply
Get PDFWhen Julia Gillard considered running for the leadership of the Australian Labor Party in early 2005, her political enemies immediately raised three reasons for opposing her: she is female, single and without children. These criticisms prompted a flurry of discussion in the media about the relevance of a person’s family situation to their ability to work effectively in politics. This article examines the treatment of female politicians by the press over the more than 80 years since the first woman appeared in any Australian parliament. It finds that there continues to be pressure on women to continue in the traditional roles of wife and mother, while more recently, female politicians have had to contend with an extra layer of coverage concentrating on their sexual attributes
REVIEW: Not the perfect solution, but at least some hope: Review of Al-Jazeera: How Arab TV news Challenged the World, by Hugh Miles.
No full textAt the begining of this century, the Israeli author David Grossman wrote: In the impossible relationships that exist in the Middle east each competing idealology has for years appeared to suffer from almost complete blindnesss to reality's complexity. Each is certain that the other is not telling the truth (Grossman, 2001). One of the hopes attached to Al Jazeera is that it will introduce a level of objective, rational debate to Middle East and help the different sides see more clearly what needs to be done. 
REVIEW: Hong Kong still a sanctuary for dissident media ideas and sparks: Review of The Chinese Journalist: Mediating information in the world's most populous country, by Hugo de Burgh
No full textHugo de Burgh's book does much to illuminate Chinese mainland journalism which he said was inextricably bound up with the often implicit expectations of China's culture. He provided unique insights into their education, practices and philosophies. 
REVIEW: An analytical snapshot of the Pacific's strategic environment: Review of Eyes of Fire: The Last Voyage of the Rainbow Warrior, by David Robie. Memorial Edition
No full textThe memorial edition of David Robie's Eyes of Fire is an in-depth look at the last voyage of the Rainbow Warrior. Originally published in 1986, it brings the era to life in a way that a more retrospective book could do. Robie himself lived that last journey through the Pacific as a journslist on board the Warrior, and New Zealanders are the luckier fact for that. 
The pervasive power of man-made news
Get PDFSince the first woman was appointed as editor of a major newspaper in New Zealand in the mid 1980s, what has been the progress of women to top editorships? And what is the status of women at governance, management and staff journalist levels? These questions examine gender equality issues and are important given the power and ubiquity of the news media in modern society. The article analyses participation of women in the news media against the so-called ‘feminisation’ of pre-entry journalism training. The findings show that little progress has been made at editorship level, while there is more progress for senior women just below editorship level. Further, there is a difference in the status of women in governance of public service versus privately-owned broadcasting. The article is critical of the data available to monitor participation by gender and ethnicity in New Zealand journalism over time. Strategies to help break down the pervasive power of ‘man-made news’ are proposed. These include female shareholder activism at the governance level of media companies, and a greater commitment by the New Zealand Journalism Training Organisation to regular monitoring of women’s newsroom participation. Without it the status of women in New Zealand journalism remains invisible
EDITORIAL: Lies, gags and the future
Get PDF"It's one thing for a president to lie about his sex life,' wryly observed Al Franken. 'It's another to lie about why we are sending our young men and women into battle...'
EDITORIAL: A legacy of gendered culture
Get PDFThis edition of Pacific Journalism Review has a gender theme. Sex is a fundamental division in all societies; all human behaviour has a biological base. The differences between men and women often involve inequalities, and this stratification is frequently seen as due to innate characteristics present in all societies. But what we do with our biological capacities is mainly a matter of learning. Anthropologists tell us that people learn their gender roles; knowing how to be a woman or a man in any society, is culturally learned. Historically, the diversity of traditional gender roles across the Pacific reveals many forms of gender difference. Women’s status varied in the region. The complexity of cultural behaviour and belief systems, the variability in the gender divisions of labour and sociopolitical systems show there were a range of determinants of female and male activities. Men and women were treated differently and behaved differently