Social network media exposure and adolescent eating pathology in Fiji [PDF]
BackgroundMass media exposure has been associated with an increased risk of eating pathology. It is unknown whether indirect media exposure – such as the proliferation of media exposure in an individual's social network – is also associated with eating disorders.AimsTo test hypotheses that both individual (direct) and social network (indirect) mass ...
Anne E, Becker +5 more
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Fiji news media faces crisis of ethics
In a long-running Government dispute with the Fiji news media over professionalism, accountability and training ever since the May 1999 general election, this speech stirred the controversy to new heights.
Mahendra Chaudhry
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Life under Decree No. 29 of 2010: The Fiji Media Development Decree
This article examines the domestic and regional impact of a punitive media law introduced in Fiji in June. Decree No. 29 of 2010, the Media Industry Development Decree, is the first of its kind in the South Pacific.
Shailendra Singh
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Media ownership in Oceania: Three case studies in Fiji, Papua New Guinea and Tonga
The news media in Oceania are small but remarkably diverse and vigorous. Ownership ranges from large transnational corporations and robust local media companies, as in Fiji and Papua New Guinea, to local entrepreneurial and Government media interests ...
Shailendra Singh
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Fiji Media Bill: Not so much sinister as plain amateurish
"The thing about governments everywhere, and ours is no exception, is that they cannot imagine how anything an work without them. So they pass legislation to control things in belief that if there legislation, everything will get better. Sometimes things
Richard Naidu
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Newspaper coverage of climate change in Fiji: A content analysis
Media plays a crucial role in the global fight against climate change, acting as a tool for awareness, advocacy and policy change. For Fiji, this role becomes even more essential with the country’s vulnerable island system facing the direct impact of ...
Sarika Chand
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FIJI: Honest Iago? A media and academic freedom case study
This case study involves issues of academic freedom and media freedom at the regional University of the South Pacific (USP) in a dispute between the senior administration of the university and two journalism lecturers over the impact of media releases ...
Patrick Craddock
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Fiji media regulation: Emerging from ‘worst of times’ to ‘best of times’?
A tragic result of the repressive media environment in Fiji has been a huge brain drain within the industry. Many of the best and experienced media workers have left or been forced out. In fact, Australia and New Zealand have benefitted by the migration of some of Fiji’s senior media workers from as far back as 1987, the year of the first two military ...
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OBITUARY: Vale Peter Lomas – a checkered journalism legacy
Tributes flowed for the death of New Zealand-born Fiji Sun publisher and chief executive Peter Lomas. He spent much of his life in Fiji and the Pacific and, according to his newspaper, 'He was an industry pioneer and one of the last surviving old school
Graham Davis
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“Feeling my Sister’s Pain”: Perceived Victim Suffering Moderates the Impact of Sexualized Music Videos on Fijian Women’s Responses to Men’s Intimate Partner Violence against Women [PDF]
To better understand how sexualized music videos affect women’s responses to intimate partner violence (IPV), we examined the role of individual variability in perceived victim pain and perceived victim culpability in moderating and mediating ...
Edwards, Wren +3 more
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