Open Access
Media and the coup
Author(s) -
Samisoni Pareti
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
pacific journalism review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.308
H-Index - 13
eISSN - 2324-2035
pISSN - 1023-9499
DOI - 10.24135/pjr.v7i1.699
Subject(s) - key (lock) , project commissioning , publishing , mobile phone , phone , advertising , crisis communication , media studies , political science , business , public relations , telecommunications , sociology , engineering , law , computer security , computer science , linguistics , philosophy
The accessibility of key players during the crisis was helped in no small measure by the availability of mobile telephones. Thirteen years ago, Vodaphone was yet to exist. During the crisis, Speight, Tarakinikini and others were just a phone call away.