TV talk in PNG: A search for policy in a weak state

Robert J. Foster

doi:10.24135/pjr.v5i1.653

TV talk in PNG: A search for policy in a weak state

Robert J. Foster

DOI: https://doi.org/10.24135/pjr.v5i1.653

Keywords: PNG, television, broadcasting, politics, government ownership, government intervention, mass media, public opinion, indigenous reporting

Abstract

The reasons for the nation-state's weakness are many, but the course of TV talk over the last 10 years in Papua New Guinea reveals one reason in particular: the sacrifice of long-term-state-building to the immediate demands of electoral strategy.

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01-03-1999

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Foster, R. J. (1999). TV talk in PNG: A search for policy in a weak state. Pacific Journalism Review : Te Koakoa, 5(1), 53-78. https://doi.org/10.24135/pjr.v5i1.653

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Vol. 5 No. 1 (1999): Daily Post buy-out deal

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