Social media and Fiji’s 2018 national election

Tarai, Jope

doi:10.24135/pjr.v25i1and2.476

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“…It is important to note that there has been 'collaboration between Facebook discussion groups and offline community groups, such as trade unions and churches in organizing protests and other political activity' (Logan and Suwamaru, 2017, p. 291). Although further research is required on this topic in PNG, examples from the Pacific region of political engagement online include climate change activism (Titifanue et al, 2017), feminist activism (Brimacombe et al, 2018), the Free West Papua campaign (Logan and Suwamaru, 2017, p. 291;Titifanue et al, 2016), and election-related campaigning in Fiji (Tarai, 2019). An increase in the use of social media was also noticed in relation to the 2017 election in PNG, compared to previous elections .…”

Section: Internet and Social Mediamentioning

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Papua New Guinea: Government, Economy and Society

2022

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In this chapter we provide an overview of electoral and parliamentary politics in Papua New Guinea (PNG). We cover electoral quality and trends. We examine voter choices. And we study the dynamics of parliamentary politics. As we do this, we pay particular attention to the challenges faced by female candidates. We also look for evidence of improvements stemming from the two most significant changes to postindependence electoral and political rules in PNG: the introduction of limited preferential voting and the Organic Law on the Integrity of Political Parties and Candidates. Little evidence exists that these rule changes have brought improvements. At present, many challenges plague electoral politics and political governance in PNG. Yet there are some signs of potentially positive social changes. There are also good grounds to believe that other rule changes, such as the proposed introduction of Temporary Special Measures to ensure women's representation, can help.

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Section: Internet and Social Mediamentioning

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Papua New Guinea: Government, Economy and Society

2022

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“…Around 2010-2011, the prominence of blog sites began to diminish as social media uptake in Fiji began to rise, especially with Facebook as a key platform (Tarai, 2019). This led to the formation of Facebook groups and conversations that were more or less an outlet for views and discussions opposed to the regime at the time (Tarai, 2018(Tarai, , 2019. In spite of these developments, the regime was more focused on regulating the media industry in order to regularise positive Voreqe Bainimarama regime publicity.…”

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Social media and democracy: The Fiji 2022 National Election

Tarai

2023

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Since the 2014 Fiji General Election, social media political campaigning has continued to be a consistent feature in the country’s politics. This was evident in the 2022 National Election with many more political parties engaging in creative and innovative ways to campaign and engage voters. Since the 2018 elections, there have been a number of developments that led to the formation of new parties and declining popularity of the ruling FijiFirst party. This has provided a new context for social media political campaigning. Building on reviewed work around social media political campaigning from the 2014 and 2018 national elections, this article examines social media use in the 2022 General Election. It discusses some of the emergent trends and patterns of campaigning that are likely to prevail in social media use and Fiji elections.

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Communication, information and the media

Watson¹

2022

Papua New Guinea: Government, Economy and Society

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This chapter discusses the flows of communication and information in Papua New Guinea (PNG). It argues that communication and information are essential to all aspects of life. As such, the concepts are cross-cutting. The chapter considers whether citizens have the means to communicate their views. It also asks whether citizens have access to timely information. The chapter is a literature survey that posits the importance of communication and information for governance and effective democracy. A key component of a functioning democracy is a citizenry that is well informed and actively engaged in debates about government policies. The chapter suggests that the mainstream media in PNG has a fragile freedom but does not carry out sufficient in-depth investigations. The argument is made that urban residents are much more easily able to access the media than those living in rural villages. The chapter also looks into uses of mobile telephones, the internet and social media.

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Social media and Fiji’s 2018 national election

Cited by 14 publications

References 7 publications

Papua New Guinea: Government, Economy and Society

Papua New Guinea: Government, Economy and Society

Social media and democracy: The Fiji 2022 National Election

Communication, information and the media

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