DOCUNENT RESUME ED 127 638 CS 501 461 AUTHOR Harms, L. S., Ed.; And Others TITLE Policy Dialog on the Right of Everyone in Hawaii to Communicate: An Informal Report by and for the Dialog Participants. Communication in Hawaii Series Report Number 2. INSTITUTION Hawaii Univ., Manoa. PUB DATE 76 NOTE 74p.; Developed from the Right of Everyone in Hawaii to Communicate Dialog Sessions held in March and April, 1976 in Hawaii EDES PRICE MF-$0.83 HC-$3.50 Plus Postage. DESCRIPTORS *Civil liberties; *CommuniLation Problems; *Communications; Community Involvement; Conference Reports; Cultural Pluralism; Ethnic Groups; *Mass Media; Newspapers; *Policy Formation; Radio; Television IDENTIFIERS *Hawaii ABSTRACT In this informal report, all but a few of the pages vere written after the dialog sessions of March and April 1976, held on four of the Hawaiian Islands--Kauai, Oahu, Maui, and Hawaii. All of the selections vere written by participants in the dialogs. The task of the dialog sessions vas to build an understanding of the specific implications of an emerging right-to-communicate policy in Hawaii. This document contains a discussion of the dialog topic and descriptive reports of each of the sessions held, with lists of key persons, of participating organizations, and of policy issues. Some of the policy issues discussed are as follows: Are students and new immigrants taught adequate formal communication skills in schools? How f-an commuuity groups and individuals gain access to the news media? How can a community maintain its cultural diversity and pluralism through development of communicatitm rights? How can people be motivated to provide more citizen input at state and local government hearings? (3M) *********************************************************************** Documents acquired by ERIC include many informal unpublished * materials not available from other sources. 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Harms, Jim Richstad, Bruce Barnes and Kathleen A. Kie COMMUNICATION IN HAWAII SERIES Report Number 2 Published and Distributed by the COMMUNICATION RESEARCH GROUP a joint project of the Social Sciences and Linguistics institute and the Hawaii Research Center for Futures Study Honolulu: University of Hawaii at Manoa June 1976 2 CONTENTS PREFACE ACKNOWLEDGMENTS THE DIALOG TOPIC KAUAI DIALOG 7 OAHU DIALOG 22 MAUI DIALOG 39 HAWAII DIALOG 53 PREFACE This is an informal report. Its content grew out of Dialog Sessions on Kauai, Oahu, Maui, and Hawaii on the Right of Everyone in Hawaii to Communicate. These Dialog Sessions were held In March and April, 1976. All but a few of the pages of this report were written after the Dialogs. All of the writing was done by persons who had participated in those Oialogs. Most of the pages were written by the academic humanists--persons who work in a university and deal with human values as a major part of their work. But important contribu- tions came from other though-Mil persons as well, for instance, a journalist and a student. We think you will find these "after thoughts" interesting reading. We have not attempted to draw conclusions from the content of the report because most of us feel more Dicilog is required before conclusions about the Right to.Communicate are possible. The idea is both important and complex--as most par- ticipants have said in one way or another. It is hoped that this informal report will contribute to that further Dialog . Two related developments may also help to generate additional Dialog on the Right to Communicate and related matters. Several participants have suggr.:,..5ted that informal Communication Workshops should be held from time to time In many communities across Hawaii.These Workshops would deal with a wide range of communication problems and possi- bilities including policy issues, development of new skills, examination of new technologies, etc. and, of course, the emerging Right to Communicate. A Communication Directory for and about Hawaii is being prepared to help those of us with particular interests in communication to contact others with similar Interests.The Directory will include sections on:Women and Men in Communication; Communication Organizations and Associations; Commu- nication Projects; and, Publications. Together, the Communication Workshops and the Communication Directory can help us continue the Dialog on Communication in Hawaii.The Directory is being published as Report Number 1 in the Communication in Hawaii Series. Ms. Annette Lew of the Hawaii Committee for the Humanities deserves a special Thank You from all of us. On the "Acknowledgments° page that follows are the names of the persons and organizations who made possible the Policy Dialog on the Right of Everyone in Hawaii to Communicate. A copy of this report is being sent to each Dialog Participant. Single copies of this report are avatiable to any interested person without charge while the supply lasts. Aloha. The Editors ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Academic Humanists ProfessorDana Bekeart, Philosophy, Kauai Community College, Lihue ProfessorJose Bulatao, Jr., Communication, Kauai Community College, Lihue ProfessorEdward Fujimoto, Communication, University of Hawaii at Hilo, Hilo ProfessorWill Griffis, Philosophy, Maui Community College, Kahului ProfessorLeila Kanno, Language Arts, University of Hawaii at Hilo, Hilo ProfessorCharles Lees, Philosophy, Chaminade College, Honolulu ProfessorDavid Lees, PhilosOphy, Maui Community College, Kahului ProfessorRichard Miller, Law, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu ProfessorDennis Ogawa, American Studies, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu ProfessorClyde Sakamoto, Communication, Maui Community College, Kahului ProfessorHelen Sina, English, Kauai Community College, Lihue Statewide Sponsors Island Sponsors Hawaii Research Center for Futures fl "Communication Workshop," Kauai Study Richard Barber, Acting Director Honolulu Community Media Council, Oahu East-West Communication Institute Max Roffman, Chairman Jack Lyle, Director Maui Jaycees, Maul Right to Communicate Working Group Jean dlArcy, Chairman, Paris Big Island Press Club, Hawaii David Shaplro, President United Nations Association/Hawall Mary Gray, President Hawaii Committee for the Humanities Annette Lew, Executive Director ii 5 ^t- Resource Persons and Rapporteurs Ms. Gladys Boswell, Hawaii Ms. Caroline Nakamura, Kauai Mr. John Burgess, Hawaii Mr. Stephen Okamura, Oahu Mr. Hugh Clark, Hawaii Mr. George Omen, Oahu Ms. Barbara Daly, Kauai Mr. Don Ordonez, Maui Mr. John Dobovan, Hawaii Mr. Roy Pacubez, Maui Ms. Sheila Dobovan, Hawaii Mr. Alan Parker, Hawaii Ms. Faith Garan, Kauai Rev. Olin Pendleton, Oahu Mr. Glen Grant, Oahu Ms. Melinda Riola, Kauai Ms. Alice Hanen, Maui Mr. Dave Shapiro, Hawaii Ms. Jean Ho4mes, Kauai Ms. Phyllis von Stroheim, Kauai Mr. Ben Ikemori, Maui Ms. Edith Webster, Oahu Ms. Lori Lai, Maui Mr. Robert Youngman, Hawaii Mr. Mike Middlesworth, Oahu Statewide Project Directors Island Coordinators Dr. L. S. Harms, Honolulu Dr. Richard Collar, Kauai Dr. Jim Richstad, Honolulu Ms. Ah Jook Ku, Oahu Mr. Bruce Barnes, Honolulu Mr. Glen Reyes, Maui Ms. Kathleen A. Kie, Honolulu Mr. Fred Reedy, Hawaii 6 THE DIALOG TOPIC THE EMERGING RIGHT TO COMMUNICATE INTRODUCTION The emerging Right to Communicate is capable of changing human communication in far reaching ways and, for this reason, a series of community level dialogs on this topic were held in Hawaii. The Right to Communicate is still in Its early stages, and our Policy Dialog in Hawaii was an important part of an effort to clarify and develop it. At this early stage, the idea requires not only academic studies but also a broadly based dialog, especially community level multicultural dialog. Development of this idea has important ramifications for public policy within Hawaii and for Hawalils inter- relationships with the broader national, Pacific and world communities.The Right to Communicate is one of those "great ideas" that will affect basic human values and lifestyles. The broad task of our dialog sessions was to begin to build understanding of the specific implications for communication policy in Hawaii of an emerging Right to Communicate. Usually, the Dialog Sessions moved from specific issues to generalperspectives. Typically, they began with local issues, introduced the value perspectives of the larger Human Rights framework, and then examined local policy alternatives and the values inherent in these alternatives. BACKGROUND Some of the basic work on the global Right to Communicate grew out of Hawaii. In summer 1974, after several years of study and discussion, Harms and Richstad authored a Unesco draft resolution