The Pacific mission press
The missions were the first to bring printing presses to the region and usually the first to establish a newspaper in the various islands. Despite their limited circulations, church newspapers are still important because of their role in preserving local languages and because of their historical fun...
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Asia Pacific Network
1997-11-01
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| Series: | Pacific Journalism Review |
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| Online Access: | https://ojs.aut.ac.nz/pacific-journalism-review/article/view/626 |
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| description | The missions were the first to bring printing presses to the region and usually the first to establish a newspaper in the various islands. Despite their limited circulations, church newspapers are still important because of their role in preserving local languages and because of their historical function. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-84bb55f9a4d248428aae17bc059dde2e2022-12-21T20:16:43ZengAsia Pacific NetworkPacific Journalism Review1023-94992324-20351997-11-014110.24135/pjr.v4i1.626The Pacific mission pressPhilip CassThe missions were the first to bring printing presses to the region and usually the first to establish a newspaper in the various islands. Despite their limited circulations, church newspapers are still important because of their role in preserving local languages and because of their historical function.https://ojs.aut.ac.nz/pacific-journalism-review/article/view/626religionmediamissionariesmissionary pressmedia roles |
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