Open AccessCoups and conflict
Author(s) -
Anthony Mason
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.v7i1.703
Subject(s) - project commissioning , publishing , tourism , natural disaster , media studies , political science , advertising , sociology , geography , law , business , meteorology
Essentially, the Australian media is only interested in covering the Pacific if it involves a coup, a conflict or a natural disaster. The only positive stories are primarily related to tourism. Part of this media attitude towards the Pacific stems from recent history.