A blurred and distorted view of PNG

Gabriel Dusava

doi:10.24135/pjr.v2i1.544

A blurred and distorted view of PNG

Gabriel Dusava

DOI: https://doi.org/10.24135/pjr.v2i1.544

Keywords: media portrayal, Papua New Guinea, pacific representation, press freedom

Abstract

Some "mischievous" news media do not present a full portrait based on real life in Papua New Guinea but a caricature— without the humour of a cartoon— which too often misses the point.

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Author Biography

Gabriel Dusava

In 1995, Gabriel Dusava was the Secretary for Foreign Affairs and Trade of Papua New Guinea. In 2015 he is the Ambassador of Papua New Guinea and Chair of the Pacific Islands Ambassadorial Group in Japan.