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Journal Articles

2019 - Social Media and the 2018 Elections

2018 -  with Romitesh Kant, Glen Finau, and Jason Titifanue, ‘Internet under threat? The politics of online censorship in the Pacific Islands’

2018 - Unpacking Fiji Internet Law Narratives - Online safety or online regulation?

2018 -  with Tait Brimacombe, Romitesh Kant, Glen Finau, and Jason Titifanue, ‘A new frontier in digital activism: An exploration of digital feminism in Fiji’

2018 -  with John Cox, Glen Finau, Romitesh Kant, and Jason Titifanue, 'Disaster, Divine Judgment, and Original Sin: Christian Interpretations of Tropical Cyclone Winston and Climate Change in Fiji'

2018 -  with Glen Finau, Romitesh Kant, John Cox, Jason Titifanue and Renata Varea , 'Social media and disaster communication: A case study of Cyclone Winston '

2017 -  with Jason Titifanue, Romitesh Kant, Glen Finau, and Jope Tarai, 'Climate change advocacy in the Pacific: The role of information and communication technologies'

2016 - with  Jason Titifanue, Jope Tarai, Romitesh Kant, and Glen Finau, 'Social Networking to Activism: The Role of Social Media in the Free West Papua Campaign'

2015 - with Romitesh Kant, Glenn Finau and Jason Titifanue, 'Political Social Media Campaigning in Fiji's 2014 Elections', Journal of Pacific Studies.

2015 - 'The New Pacific Diplomacy and the South Pacific Tuna Treaty', The New Pacific Diplomacy, pp. 237-248

2015 - To Regulate Or Not: Social Media in Fiji

2015 - Fiji Flag Change: Social Media Responds

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Reports

2015

Title: Social Media and its Impact on Young Men & Women's Political Participation in Fiji
Authored: Glen Finau, Romitesh Kant, Jason Titifanue, and Jope Tarai

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Online Publications

2018
Authored: Jope Tarai
Title: Controlling the Internet in Fiji

2018
Authored: Jope Tarai
Title: 2018 Fiji elections: the real losses and wins

2017
Authored: Tait Brimacombe, Romitesh Kant, Glen Finau, Jope Tarai and Jason Titifanue
Title: #Feminism: Digital Technologies and feminist activism in Fiji

2015
Authored: Jope Tarai
Title: Fiji’s ‘coup babies’ just starting to log on to democracy

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Media Opinion Pieces

Year: 2019
Author: Jope Tarai
Title: Breaching Indigenousness (Indigeneity)
Publisher: Islands Business

Year: 2019
Author: Jope Tarai
Title: Samoa's leaders grapple with Social Media
Publisher: Islands Business

Year: 2018
Author: Jope Tarai
Title: Is Regulation the answer?
Publisher: Islands Business

Year: 2017
Author: Jope Tarai
Title: God Is Dead
Publisher: Islands Business

Year: 2015
Author: Jope Tarai
Title: Fiji’s New Public Diplomacy
Publisher: Fiji Times

Conferences and Presentations

Year: 2015 (January)

Conference Title: Pacific Research Colloquium
Venue: The Australian National University - Canberra, Australia
Presentation: Fiji Social Media Political Campaigning - 2014 national elections

Year: 2015 (September)
Conference Title: State of the Pacific Conference
Venue: The Australian National University - Canberra, Australia
Presentation: Group Presentation - Social Media in the Pacific, Cases & Implications

Year: 2016 (September)
Conference Title: State of the Pacific Conference
Venue: The Australian National University - Canberra, Australia
Presentation: The South Pacific Tuna Treaty: case study of Collective Diplomacy.

Year: 2016 (December)
Panel Presentation: Digital Technologies and social media for Activism and Social Change
Venue: La Trobe University – Melbourne

Year: 2018 (April)
Conference: Australian Association for Pacific Studies
Venue: University of Adelaide – South Australia
Presentation: The New Fijian Man

2019 – MaiTV - Stanley Simpson talks to University South Pacific scholar and researcher Jope Tarai about the digital landscape. Mr Tarai has written several papers on the impact of social media on Fiji social and political life. They discussed emerging media trends ahead of this weekend’s World Press Freedom Day. Aired: April 28, 2019.

2019 – MaiTV – Talimagimagi Host: Mr Nimilote Naisorotabua interviews Mr Jope Tarai (USP Governance Scholar) in indigenous Fijian on his Social Media Research Work

2019 – Pacific Profile: Jope Tarai

2019 - Fiji social media expert wants more education on appropriate use