Journal article
Coverage of international and Pacific news in The Fiji Times and The Australian
Pacific Journalism Review, Vol.9, pp.59-78
2003
Abstract
The debate over the nature and flow of international news has dominated intellectual debate about journalism practice for some time. Developing countries argued there was an imbalance in the nature and amount of international news concerning them. They argued that the Western media rarely reported on developing countries and when they did, reported predominantly negative news about developing countries. The debate led to calls for a New World Information and Communication Order (NWICO). A number of studies examined its arguments, many finding developing countries were indeed disadvantaged by the Western media. This study compared foreign news coverage in The Australian and The Fiji Times, with special attention on news from the Pacific Islands region. It found the coverage of the Pacific Islands was still grossly inadequate in both newspapers. The coverage consisted of only a small number of stories, which were predominantly negative, surprising especially in the case of The Fiji Times.
Details
- Title
- Coverage of international and Pacific news in The Fiji Times and The Australian
- Authors
- Folker Hanusch (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast - Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
- Publication details
- Pacific Journalism Review, Vol.9, pp.59-78
- Publisher
- Auckland University of Technology, School of Communication Studies
- Date published
- 2003
- DOI
- 10.24135/pjr.v9i1.757
- ISSN
- 1023-9499
- Organisation Unit
- University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 99449409602621
- Output Type
- Journal article
Metrics
4 File views/ downloads
521 Record Views