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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Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
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Monash University Press
2003
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Online Access: | https://researchonline.jcu.edu.au/13818/1/13818_Cokley_2003.pdf |
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. |
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