Communication Studies: Recent submissions
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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): ... -
“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 ... -
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 ... -
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/ ... -
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, ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
Evaluating the impact of a social change catalyst on urban community development : a case study of LIN Center for Community Development in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
(2017)In communication for social change, a catalyst (individual or organisation) plays an important role in creating dialogue within the community, leading to collective action and providing solutions for common problems. In ... -
“Gimme Shelter”: “Othering” in the context of New Zealand multiculturalism : Pakeha, Maori, immigrants and refugees
(2017-09)Who are the ‘others’ in New Zealand (historically and currently)? How does ‘othering’ Maori, immigrants and refugees influence how we construct ideas of who ‘we’ are? How does Edward Said’s Orientalism speak to ... -
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 ... -
Tongan women talking about their lives in leadership in New Zealand : a participatory visual methodological approach to talanoa, gender and culture
(2017-09)This thesis looks at the impact of gender and culture on leadership of Tongan women living in Auckland through a creative project consisting of an online documentary, a website tool and an exegesis. The desire to do ... -
Cultural identity of Japanese war brides in post-war New Zealand
(2017-09)Little is known about the experiences of Japanese war brides who met their New Zealand husbands-to-be, as part of the New Zealand's involvement in the Occupation Forces in post-war Japan. Was it an oversight or deliberate ...