TY - JOUR AU - Foster, Robert J. PY - 1999/03/01 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - TV talk in PNG: A search for policy in a weak state JF - Pacific Journalism Review : Te Koakoa JA - PJR VL - 5 IS - 1 SE - Articles DO - 10.24135/pjr.v5i1.653 UR - https://ojs.aut.ac.nz/pacific-journalism-review/article/view/653 SP - 53-78 AB - 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. ER -