Indigenising the Effects of Media Globalisation

Abstract

This article is meant to address an international Indigenous audience and has already been presented at several international forums. The intention of the article is to show the ways in which Indigenous communities in Australia are using technology to promote democratic communication and to challenge global media hegemony perpetuated not only by media moguls but also by those who claim to challenge media on behalf of the oppressed. This tyranny of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander voices not only emanates from the hegemonic racism of mainstream society, but Fanon's concept of the comprador bourgeoisie, whom I posit are the ‘desired reflective images and voices' — the image and voice most palatable to Australia's media and power structure.