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Locating disaster communication in changing communicative ecologies across the Pacific
journal contribution
posted on 2017-01-05, 12:03 authored by Jessica Noske-TurnerJessica Noske-Turner, Jo TacchiJo Tacchi, Heather Horst, Evangelia PapoutsakiThe Pacific Island region is geographically and culturally diverse, with a significant range of communication infrastructures and challenges. Access and use of mobile phones has risen exponentially over the past five years. According to ITU statistics, around 60 percent of Pacific Islanders had access to a mobile in 2012, compared to just 10 percent in 2006. In many Pacific countries mobile phones are, therefore, emerging as a key element of the local communication systems, and are being built into disaster management and communication plans. For these plans to be effective, however, we argue that access to, and affordability of, technologies represent only one dimension of what needs to be considered in effective disaster communication plans. They also need to consider appropriate technologies, local communicative ecologies, systems for the ownership and maintenance of infrastructures, and local knowledge and belief systems. With a focus on mobile and other telecommunications technologies, this paper provides an overview of disaster communication systems and infrastructures, practices and challenges in the region.
Funding
ABC International Development
History
School
- Loughborough University London
Published in
Australian Journal of Telecommunications and the Digital EconomyVolume
2Issue
4Citation
NOSKE-TURNER, J. ... et al, 2014. Locating disaster communication in changing communicative ecologies across the Pacific. Australian Journal of Telecommunications and the Digital Economy, 2 (4), Article 66.Publisher
Telecommunications Association Inc. © The Author(s).Version
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2014Notes
This paper was accepted for publication in the journal Australian Journal of Telecommunications and the Digital Economy and is available at http://telsoc.org.ISSN
2203-1693Publisher version
Language
- en