The place of this newspaper in the Chinese community of Perth is evident based on the attitudes of both the interviewer and interviewee. Through a number of its traits it helps to foster a sense of community amongst its readers – that it is written in Chinese makes it only available to those who can read Chinese, for instance. Of the people in Perth who do read Chinese, the bulk would be of Chinese heritage, and thus they are able to unite around the paper. On the flip side of the language aspect, that it is written in Chinese makes it accessible to those Chinese whose command of English isn’t necessarily adequate to read newspapers written in English, thus making these people more empowered and knowledgeable about the world in a city that doesn’t cater to their information needs. The podcast very quickly and strongly makes this point. Furthermore, through the podcast a listener comes to learn that the content of the paper is itself particularly suited to Chinese, in that it talks about issues relating to China, and carries advertisements for housing, good restaurants and the like. Even its distribution is well suited to its audience, being available in Chinese restaurants, presumably places where its audience are likely to go. To reiterate, these are all traits that the podcast speaks of in a clear manner.

To tie it to readings related to participatory culture, we can look at the means of its production. Most contributors are at best semi-professional, in the example of the interviewee, a student interested in the field of journalism. This shows the paper to be created by its audience, a trait of productions made in a participatory spirit.

Unlike Alex’s community radio which targets several ethnicgroups, the sense of community might be more apparent as it caters toonly the Chinese in Perth. By incorporating overseas Chinese news, the sense of Chinese identity is further exemplified in this Western society. Just as radio community has its limitations, so does this newspaper community. As it is a ‘week-end only world’ it would definitely rely on word of mouth to ensure its continuity. Moreover,the ability of the newspaper community to survive in the digital ageis questioned. Most newspapers have two mediums – online and paper form. However this Chinese newspaper only has the paper form medium.What should be done in order to ensure that this small niche group continues to support the Chinese newspaper? Perhaps going online wouldbe increase the amount of participatory culture. It might not need to involve much funding as there are free sites in which these newspapercan be hosted online, such as Blogspot.

The podcast demonstrates the presenter who feels part of the Chinese community and how the newspaper Chinese community actually benefits in bringing oversea Chinese together. I think the message from the podcast would have been more effective if the interviewee had spoken in a less monotonous manner. Moreover, there was a little bit of ‘air’ as, perhaps, the interviewee spoke too close to the microphone.Overall, it was an effective presentation.