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dc.contributor.convenorDr Sallie Yea
dc.contributor.authorDownman, Scott
dc.contributor.editorSallie Yea, Mika Toyota, Pattana Kitiarsa
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-03T14:02:23Z
dc.date.available2017-05-03T14:02:23Z
dc.date.issued2010
dc.date.modified2011-06-06T06:01:13Z
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/39045
dc.description.abstractABSTRACT During the past 10 years there has been increasing scholarship in the field of human trafficking. This research has generally been 'reactive' and has focused on the reasons why people are trafficked or the migratory patterns of people from rural communities to urban environments. Although the breadth of scholarship is expanding there are clear research holes when it comes to evaluating the success and effectiveness of interventions associated with human trafficking. These intervention strategies are increasingly depending on media as a tool for educating and informing 'at-risk' communities about human trafficking. For example, in 2005, UNESCO, in conjunction with anti-trafficking organisations in Thailand, implemented a campaign aimed at using radio soap operas in tribal languages. The project used the real life testimonies of trafficking victims. The pilot project has now expanded to include more than five tribal languages across five countries in the Greater Mekong Sub-Region. These creative media-based responses are increasingly seen by advocates as a crucial tool in implementing preventative strategies for human trafficking. Although the use of documentaries, soap operas and other creative means in community development work is not new, the use of these strategies in the field of human trafficking studies is new and highly significant. This research, which has been compiled during extensive fieldwork in Thailand for the past seven years will: 半Identify two case studies of media-based interventions that are being used to counter human trafficking. 半Examine the strategy and rationale behind the introduction of media-based interventions as a tool for countering human trafficking. 半Evaluate the effectiveness of the soap opera intervention in terms of educating source communities of human trafficking. This research has involved more than 100 interviews with the workers of non-government organisations and government bodies, the victims of trafficking and village leaders in source communities in Thailand. The research has been conducted in Chiang Mai, Chiang Rai, Nan, Phayao and Tak provinces and most recently was compiled while I completed a two-year community development project funded by AusAID.
dc.description.publicationstatusYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherFASS Migration Research Cluster and the Asia Research Institute,
dc.publisher.placeSingapore
dc.publisher.urihttp://www.fas.nus.edu.sg/migration/newsevents/e_traffick.html
dc.relation.ispartofstudentpublicationN
dc.relation.ispartofconferencenameForcing Issues: rethinking and rescaling human trafficking in the Asia-Pacific region
dc.relation.ispartofconferencetitleConference Proceedings
dc.relation.ispartofdatefrom2010-10-04
dc.relation.ispartofdateto2010-10-05
dc.relation.ispartoflocationSingapore
dc.rights.retentionY
dc.subject.fieldofresearchInternational and Development Communication
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode200103
dc.titleThe Role of Media-Based Interventions in Combating Human Trafficking in Southeast Asia
dc.typeConference output
dc.type.descriptionE2 - Conferences (Non Refereed)
dc.type.codeE - Conference Publications
gro.facultyArts, Education & Law Group, School of Humanities, Languages and Social Sciences
gro.date.issued2010
gro.hasfulltextNo Full Text
gro.griffith.authorDownman, Scott A.


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