People who move and need news The economic and social value of providing digital journalism services for mobile and remote audiences
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Media, Online Media
Abstract
This article proposes historical precedents for policies which support journalism enterprises that serve populations 'on the move' using communications networks and technologies. A contemporary case study is used to support an economic argument that there is a rationale for continued governmental intervention in journalism in the sphere of the international and domestic movement of passengers, cargo and discrete groups of linked individuals. It concludes that this sphere represents a valuable productivity opportunity for Australia which the Federal Government should exploit.
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Cokley J; Volcic, Z. 2009. Body Image Drives New Environment for News Delivery. Asia Pacific Business Review, 5(2), 49-60.
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Flamm, M; Kaufmann, V. 2006. Operationalising the concept of motility: a qualitative study. Mobilities, 1(2), 167-189. http://doi.org/10.1080/17450100600726563
Hart, Kate. 2010. Personal communication, Liverpool, England
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Henney, Sue. 2002. personal communication
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Jones, Bronwyn. 2010. Personal communication, Liverpool, England
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Milne, E. 2010. Letters, Postcards, Email: Technologies of Presence, Routledge, New York
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Cokley, J., & Comrie, M. (2013). People who move and need news: The economic and social value of providing digital journalism services for mobile and remote audiences. Journal of Telecommunications and the Digital Economy, 1(1), 1–22. https://doi.org/10.18080/jtde.v1n1.124
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Author Biographies
John Cokley, Swinburne University of Technology
Dr Cokley worked as a reporter and feature writer, subeditor, trainer and website developer at News Corporation in Brisbane, Australia, between 1985 and 2002, after working for the "Daily Sun" newspaper and the Australian Associated Press wire service (1984-1985). He continues to maintain a level of professional practice in the private sector and is a member of Editors Victoria and the Journalism Education Association (Australia). He began teaching journalism at universities after graduating with a bachelor's degree in business (communication/journalism) from the Queensland University of Technology (QUT) in 1990 as well as continuing to write for engineering, retail and indigenous magazines, books and newspapers. He was the first Journalist-in-Residence at Griffith University (2002), lectured in journalism at James Cook University, Townsville (2003-2004) and at the University of Queensland (2005-2012). He joined Swinburne in 2012.
Margie Comrie, Massey University
Margie Comrie is an Associate Professor in the School of Communication, Journalism and Marketing at Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand. A former newspaper reporter and radio current affairs producer, she has taught public relations and journalism studies since 1990. She is a Fellow of the Public Relations Institute of NZ and her research interests include news media, political journalism and health communication.
