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 conten...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Cokley, John
Other Authors: Swinburne University of Technology
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:unknown
Published: RMIT University 2003
Subjects:
Antarctic
The Antarctic
Antarc*
Antarctica
Macquarie Island
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1959.3/229589
http://www.rmit.edu.au/mediacommunication/cpc/
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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.

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