Browsing Communication Studies Conference Papers by Title
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Addressing the communication needs of a developing nation: A journalism education case study from Divine Word University
(2004-01-01)This paper discusses how journalism education can best address the information needs of a developing nation in Asia Pacific. It takes as a case study the review of the Communication Arts Department Curriculum at Divine ... -
Advancing practical theory : a phronetic analysis of environmental participation and decision-making in NZ
(CreateSpace, 2016-07)Despite widespread support of collaborative and participatory approaches to environmental management internationally, understandings of such approaches are frequently simplistic and even idealised (McCallum, Hughey and ... -
"Asians - freaky chaps!" (De)constructing Asia through personal encounters with North East Asian popular culture
(Asian Cinema Studies Society, 2014)New Zealand youth, as youth all around the world, greatly enjoy popular culture originating from North East Asia.Martial arts movies, anime, computer games, fashion,food, music, design, gardens, tattoo - it would be hard ... -
Beyond the digital divide: Re-assessing knowledge gaps
(Australia and New Zealand Communication Association, 2002-07)Research into social exclusion is exploring how the Internet influences citizens’ access to resources, and whether a digital divide (DD) now exists that creates social and economic haves and have-nots. If so, will new ... -
The Code of Social and Family Responsibility: Voyaging across the knowledge gap?
(1998-12)In February 1998 the NZ Government posted to all households a public discussion document entitled "Towards a Code of Social and Family Responsibility". Amid substantial controversy in the media, the public was invited to ... -
Communicating community re-organisation in India: Selective developmental interventions in perspective
(2011-01-01)This paper presents a critical perspective on communication with communities within the development efforts at the grassroots level in the Indian context. It is part of an exploratory research undertaken by one of the ... -
Communication - The weft in the loom of inter-disciplinary studies
(2002-12)Boyer's (1990) scholarship of integration advocates making connections across disciplines, and placing the specialities in larger contexts. Schon (1995) adds that 'in the swampy lowlands (of the real world), problems are ... -
Convenient fictions? A critical communicative perspective on financial accumulation, autopoiesis and crisis in the wake of the credit crunch
(2010)Recent turmoil in the financial markets following the sub-prime mortgage crisis and the credit crunch has repercussions in many other spheres of society. Governments have spent trillions of taxpayer dollars propping up the ... -
Cool new Asia : Asian popular culture in a local context
(Unitec ePress, 2012-12-12)As popular culture flows and consumption opportunities become increasingly ubiquitous, what is often overlooked is the local specificity of the popular culture texts themselves. In multicultural societies there is growing ... -
“Cool” Asia in a local context: East Asian popular culture in a New Zealand classroom
(New Zealand Asian Studies Society (NZASIA), 2013)What does consumption of East Asian popular culture really mean? What does it tell us, not only about the popular culture itself, but about us as consumers of this culture? How do we understand different popular culture ... -
A country failed by its media: A case study from Papua New Guinea
(2004)This paper explores the role of media in PNG and the reasons why they have failed to serve their audiences. It provides a background on media development in PNG; explores media ownership in PNG and offers a content analysis ... -
De-colonizing journalism curricula: A research & ‘development’ perspective
(2007-01-01)This paper argues that there is a need to decolonise journalism curricula and practices from the prevailing western models. Putting journalism curricula in the wider context of higher education in developing and non western ... -
De-westernising research methodologies: Alternative approaches to research for higher education curricula in developing countries
(2006)This paper looks at the impact of western research methods in training researchers in developing countries and how much of the research carried out in universities in developing countries is directly relevant to their needs ... -
Diasporic islands: Communicating Pacific cultural identities in diaspora
(2009-06)This paper examines diasporic identities within the Pacific islands context and how these identities are communicated through different forms of diasporic media. Islands tend to be diasporic in nature and islanders shape ... -
Dictating participation: What choice do the targets of empowerment have?
(2004-07-01)Under the participatory approach it is advocated that the role of state as initiators and managers of development projects should be minimal, this paper argues that where state intervention is declining for various political ... -
Does history education really matter? The comparative study of Japanese and Russian history textbooks ca. 1997-2010
(2014-06)The school history textbook is gaining critical scholarly attention globally as a contested medium of conflicting ideologies and interests. At issue are the roles and the consequences of education and textbooks in influencing ... -
Doing oral histories: “A New Zealand Cretan war connection”. A micro-study of Greek female immigrants to NZ in the 60s
(2011-10-25)This paper is based on an oral history project that records the personal stories of elderly Cretan women who came to New Zealand in the early 60s as part of a scheme to provide domestic labour for the health and hospitality ... -
E is for ethics, evaluation & emotional intelligence
(2000-07)Daniel Goleman believed the superior performance of star performers at Bell Labs was, amongst other things, due to their ability to co-ordinate teamwork, build consensus, see things from the perspective of others, and be ...