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Mapping community media in Kyrgyzstan: An audience analysis
(Kyrgyz Association of Community Media, 2022)This report presents the key findings from an extensive audience analysis of Community Media in Kyrgyzstan. The research, commissioned by the Kyrgyz Association of Community Media, was designed and carried out in 2021 in ... -
Visual Transcription: A method to analyze the visual and visualize the audible in interaction
(Revue Française des Méthodes Visuelles, 2021-06)The communication and language sciences have decidedly taken a multimodal turn and a proliferation of work in previously language-dominated fields is focusing on the contribution of non-verbal communicative modes in social ... -
Introduction and contents for special issue of Multimodal Communication 10 (1)
(De Gruyter, 2021-01-27)In this article we introduce this special issue of Multimodal Communication. We briefly describe the founding of the Multimodal Research Centre and the journal Multimodal Communication before introducing each of the articles ... -
Social change in Ho Chi Minh City : Vietnam through the eyes of its young citizens. A participatory visual ethnography methodology approach to photography, youth and social change in urban space
(2020)RESEARCH QUESTIONS: 1. How participatory photography can be used as a critical tool to acknowledge development issues in HCMC? 2. How participatory photography can be deployed as a tool to empower young residents in HCMC ... -
I create, therefore I am
(2019-12-09)• Participants: 6 female artists of Māori and/or Pacific descent • Video ethnography: Audio-visual technology used to record participants engaging in their creative practice • Multimodal (Inter)action Analysis (MIA): ... -
Evaluating the level of community participation in increasing children’s attendance in quality primary education in Lao PDR : a case study of BEQUAL NGO Consortium project in Xaybouathong district, Khammouane Province
(2019)RESEARCH QUESTION: How effective is the community participation in the BNC project in increasing children’s attendance in quality basic education? SUB-QUESTIONS: 1. How does the BNC project engage in the community to ... -
Exploring the role of Buddhist monks’ and nuns’ engagement in community development as catalysts for social change and sustainable development in Lao People’s Democratic Republic : a case study of the Buddhism for Development Project at Ban Bungsanthueng, Nongbok District, Khammouane Province, by Toung Eh Synuanchanh
(Unitec ePress, 2018-11-27)The topic of this research report is an important one in the context of Asia’s rapid economic development in recent years, and the need to rethink development policy and especially methodologies of development communications, ... -
Thesis review: The storytellers : Identity narratives by New Zealand African youth: A participatory visual methodological approach to situating identity, migration and representation by Makanaka Tuwe
(Unitec ePress, 2018-10-10)This fascinating and original work explores the experiences of third-culture children of African descent in New Zealand. The term ‘third-culture kid’ refers to an individual who grows up in a culture different from the ... -
SANZ Live Radio : the role of ethnic media beyond entertainment
(2018-06-22)How the study began South African migration SANZ Live SANZ Live Activities SANZ Live as Ethnic Media Migrants and diversity SANZ Live and Sense of Place Methodology Immigrant emotions Music and Dance: Community ... -
Thesis review : evaluating the impact of social change catalyst on urban community development : a case study of LIN Centre for Community Development in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam by Chau Doan-Ba
(Unitec ePress, 2018-06-20)In this thesis, the author evaluates the impact of the Listen – Inspire – Nurture (LIN) Center’s model of participatory urban community development in Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC). It evidences how LIN has supported urban ... -
Thesis review: Tongan women talking about their lives by Sandra Kailahi
(Unitec ePress, 2018-04-18)Sandra Kailahi’s thesis, Tongan Women Talking About Their Lives, explores Tongan women in Auckland fulfilling leadership roles. About 60,000 Tongans live in New Zealand, the third largest group coming from the Pacific ... -
Gimme Shelter : the stories of the young New Zealanders from a refugee background
(2018-02)Gimme Shelter is a project which seeks to better understand some of the highly complex circumstances that influence the existence of young people with refugee background who have settled in New Zealand. The project takes ... -
The role of the Chinese ethnic media in response to mainstream media’s portrayals of the Chinese diaspora in New Zealand.
(2018-02)This presentation takes a look at the way one Chinese ethnic online media, SkyKiwi.com, responded to the representation of the Chinese people in the New Zealand Herald [the Herald].The first case involves Auckland Mayor ... -
“New Zealand is still learning to get along with itself”: tertiary students discuss New Zealand multiculturalism.
(Aoyama Gakuin University International Research Center (Tokyo, Japan), 2018)In the 20th century the movement and relocation of peoples has become a norm in the global world. The causes for human migration may vary from a simple desire to try a different life in a new environment, which can be ... -
Facebook, fickleness, and the new populism in the Philippines : assessing Facebook’s role in Rodrigo Duterte’s 2016 presidential campaign and rise to power
(2018)SUB-QUESTIONS 1/ How was Duterte’s image as a candidate constructed through his official Rody Duterte Facebook profile and DU30 for 2016, a representative Facebook account of the hundreds managed by his campaign team? 2/ ... -
Colombian refugees in New Zealand and their resettlement stories
(2018)RESEARCH QUESTIONS: 1. How were Colombian refugees prepared for resettlement in New Zealand? 2. What are the challenges faced by Colombian refugees when resettling in New Zealand? 3. What role does reconciliation play ... -
Exploring the role of Buddhist monks/nuns’ engagement in community development as catalysts for social change and sustainable development in Lao People’s Democratic Republic : a case study of Buddhism for Development Project at Ban Bungsanthueng, Nongbok District, Khammouane Province
(2018)RESEARCH QUESTIONS: The following central research question forms the focus of this research: • What role can the BDP’s trained Buddhist monks/nuns play in community development as catalysts for social change and ... -
The storytellers : identity narratives by NZ African youth : a participatory visual methodological approach to situating identity, migration and representation
(2018)RESEARCH QUESTION: How can participatory visual methodologies within an African indigenous research framework be used to enable authentic voice representations of African youth in New Zealand? The aim of this Master ... -
Politics, affect and intimacy : the mediated sentencing of Metiria Turei
(Unitec ePress, 2017-12-21)This essay shifts current discussions of political analysis from the informative to the affective, using intimacy as a conceptual lens through which to consider matters of the public sphere and their mediated repurcussions. ... -
Local Nazis in your area : public shaming and communal disgust in the doxing of white nationalists at Charlottesville
(Unitec ePress, 2017-12-21)Eagerness to ‘name and shame’ neo-Nazis after alt-right violence and intimidation at the ‘Unite the Right’ rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, has revitalised the ethical debate over the practice of ‘doxing’ (dropping ...