Staying in touch: news content delivery to the Antarctic: media dependency, digital technology and journalism

This paper shows how a particular group of individuals living in a very remote part of Australian territory-researchers and support staff at the four Australian owned and operated research bases in Antarctica: Mawson, Davis, Casey and Macquarie Island-obtained their news and informational content in...

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Main Author: Cokley, John
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:unknown
Published: Monash University Press 2003
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Online Access:https://researchonline.jcu.edu.au/13818/1/13818_Cokley_2003.pdf
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Summary:This paper shows how a particular group of individuals living in a very remote part of Australian territory-researchers and support staff at the four Australian owned and operated research bases in Antarctica: Mawson, Davis, Casey and Macquarie Island-obtained their news and informational content in mid-2002, in the complete absence of a large commercial media operation, by using innovative applications of digital and more traditional technology.