Pacific Journalism Review, founded at the University of Papua New Guinea

University of Papua New Guinea

The University of Papua New Guinea was established by ordinance of the Australian administration in 1965. This followed the Currie Commission which had enquired into higher education in Papua New Guinea...

 in 1994, is a peer-reviewed journal covering media issues and communication in the South Pacific

Oceania

Oceania is a region centered on the islands of the tropical Pacific Ocean. Conceptions of what constitutes Oceania range from the coral atolls and volcanic islands of the South Pacific to the entire insular region between Asia and the Americas, including Australasia and the Malay Archipelago...

, Asia-Pacific

Asia-Pacific

Asia-Pacific or Asia Pacific is the part of the world in or near the Western Pacific Ocean...

, Australia

Australia

Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

 and New Zealand

New Zealand

New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...

. Since 2002, it has been published by Auckland University of Technology

Auckland University of Technology

The Auckland University of Technology is a university in New Zealand. It was formed on 1 January 2000 when the Auckland Institute of Technology was granted university status. Its primary campus is on Wellesley Street in Auckland's Central business district...

's School of Communication Studies. http://www.pjreview.info A particular focus is on the cultural politics of the media , including the new media and social movements, indigenous cultures in the age of globalisation, the politics of tourism and development, the role of the media and the formation of national identity and the cultural influence of New Zealand as a branch of the global economy within the Pacific region. It also has a special interest in environmental and development studies in the media and communication, and vernacular media in the region. Founding editor is Associate Professor David Robie

David Robie

David Robie is a New Zealand author, journalist and media educator who has covered the Asia-Pacific region for international media for more than two decades. He became an associate professor in Auckland University of Technology School of Communication Studies in 2005...

. Website: http://www.pjreview.info Fulltext subscription available at EBSCO's Communication and Mass Media (USA), InformIT

InformIT

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(Australia) http://search.informit.com.au/browseJournalTitle;res=E-LIBRARY;issn=1023-9499 and Knowledge Basket Newztext (NZ) http://www.knowledge-basket.co.nz/ databases. Abstracts of past editions: http://www.pjreview.info/back_issues.html Email: pjreview@aut.ac.nz