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All the suffering on our backs : rugby, religion and redemption amid the ruins
(Unitec ePress, 2014-12-22)New Zealand’s All Black rugby team is a national icon, an affirmation of the manly, self-reliant and resilient virtues which New Zealanders like to think they possess. In times of national peril, economic uncertainty and ... -
Communicating social change : politics and immigrants
(Unitec ePress, 2014-12-22)Immigration is a complex, dynamic global phenomenon which impacts irrevocably on both immigrants and the receiving society. Immigration policies, reflecting governments’ political and economic intentions, significantly ... -
Communication issues in Aotearoa New Zealand : a collection of research essays
(Unitec ePress, 2014-12-22)This edited volume introduces highlights of the academic interests and research activities of a number of staff at Unitec’s Department of Communication Studies, demonstrating the breadth and scope of the engagement of this ... -
“Cool” Asia in a local context : East Asian popular culture in a New Zealand classroom
(Unitec ePress, 2014-12-22)The central issue is not only what can every discipline learn from popular culture, but also how can popular culture become a successful tool of learning for different disciplines. The fact that it is such an attractive ... -
Ethnic Migrant Media Forum 2014 : curated proceedings. “Are we reaching all New Zealanders?". Exploring the role, benefits, challenges & potential of ethnic media in New Zealand
(Unitec ePress, 2017-03-03)These curated proceedings present what was discussed during the Ethnic Migrant Media Forum, a one-day event hosted by the Department of Communication Studies at Unitec Institute of Technology’s Mt Albert campus in 2014. ... -
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, ... -
Fix our future. We have the tools. Let's use them. Survey Report. [Generation Zero Survey Report. Auckland: Unitec, Department of Communication Studies].
(Unitec Institute of Technology. Department of Communication Studies., 2015-06)Objective This paper presents findings from a 2014 membership survey of Generation Zero, a youth-led climate change activist organization, in existence since 2010. The survey was conducted as part of the Generation Zero: ... -
Fix our future. We have the tools. Let's use them. Survey report: prepared for Generation Zero.
(Unitec Department of Communication Studies, 2015-06-01)OBJECTIVE: This paper presents findings from a 2014 membership survey of Generation Zero, a youth-led climate change activist organization, in existence since 2010. The survey was conducted as part ... -
Introduction : representation and voice in a complex communication environment
(Unitec ePress, 2014-12-22)Representation is, of course, a central analytical concept with media, communication and cultural inquiry. The centrality of representation – of expression, mediation, institutional form and cultural negotiation - to issues ... -
Manipulation that we now take for granted
(173, 2012)Reviews and discusses the book 'Media and Terrorism', a book which looks at the relationship between the media and the current ‘war on terrorism.’ -
The migrant and the media : maintaining cultural identity through ethnic media
(Unitec ePress, 2014-12-22)Evidence shows that mainstream media in New Zealand does not fully address the communication needs of these ethnic groups nor does it represent them in a balanced way (Robie, 2009). This is where ethnic, migrant, diaspora ... -
Moving forward, keeping the past in front of us : Treaty settlements, conservation co-governance and communication.
(Unitec ePress, 2014-12-22)At present there is well-established recognition in New Zealand of Māori and the Crown as constitutional partners to the Treaty of Waitangi1 and commitment to partnership is widely articulated in official and public ... -
New Zealand online : what’s happened to our Digital Strategy?
(Unitec ePress, 2014-12-22)The world started to talk about a “digital divide” in the mid-1990s. Governments had to grapple with its meaning and anticipate its ramifications (Maharey and Swain, 2000), although the swiftness with which the world was ... -
Not the perfect solution, but at least some hope
(Auckland University of Technology, School of Communication Studies, Pacific Media Centre, 2006)Philip Cass discusses and reviews two books; Al-Jazeera: How Arab TV News Challenged the World by Hugh Miles and The Al Jazeera Phenomenon by Mohamed Zayani -
Preface. In Communication issues in Aotearoa New Zealand: a collection of research essays.
(Unitec ePress, 2014-12-22)The aim of this collection is to showcase Unitec’s Department of Communication engagement with contemporary communications issues and this collection presents a rich and diverse response. From questions of race, multiculturalism ... -
Press, politics and people in Papua New Guinea 1950-1975
(Unitec E-Press, 2014-05-29)[PNG] newspapers show an expatriate population expressing attitudes that were often at variance with official policy and out of sympathy with the needs of the indigenous population. It sometimes shows us what the indigenous ... -
Public relations in New Zealand - the missing pieces
(Unitec ePress, 2014-12-22)Modern practitioners of public relations in New Zealand work in diverse areas of communication (PRINZ, 2006, 2011) but the different areas of practice and the skills that each area employs have developed from the early ... -
Race, racism in everyday communication in Aotearoa / New Zealand
(Unitec ePress, 2014-12-22)This essay is based on theories of ‘new racism’, which explain how race and racism continue to play an integral role in our lives, but in subtle and often hidden ways. This approach informs the discussion in this essay ... -
Repositioning the oral history interview : reciprocal peer interviewing within a transgenerational frame
(Unitec ePress, 2014-12-22)This essay signals a departure from conventional models for the oral history interview to allow the participant voices to occupy a position of greater prominence in a collaborative process of co-creation. Reciprocal peer ... -
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 ...
