Journal
Dutta, MJ., Basu, A., Kaur-Gill, S., Dutta, D., Pal, M., Basnyat, I., . . . Carter, A. (2025). Anticolonialism and qualitative methods for culture-centered interventions.
Journal of Communication. 75(4), 244-258
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Dutta, MJ., Elers, P., Zorn, A., Brey, S., Metuamate, S., Pokaia, V., . . . Raharuhi, I. (2025). Preventing Violence in the Disability Margins: A Culture-Centered Study in Aotearoa.
Journal of Communication. Advance Access, Retrieved from https://academic.oup.com/joc/advance-article/doi/10.1093/joc/jqaf027/8198180#525557712
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Rahman, M., Dutta, MJ., & Elers, P. (2025). Living Through Food Rations: A Culture-Centered Study With Rohingya Refugees.
International Journal of Communication. 19, 2573-2593
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Dutta, M., Pokaia, V., Metuamate, S., Mandal, I., Baskey, P., Mandi, R., . . . Pattanaik, S. (2025). Center for Culture-Centered Approach to Research and Evaluation (CARE): organizing to transform the social determinants of health.
Journal of Applied Communication Research. 53(1), 54-61
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Chambers, T., Anglemyer, A., Chen, A., Atkinson, J., Elers, P., & Baker, MG. (2024). An evaluation of the population uptake and contact tracer utilisation of the Covid-19 Bluetooth Exposure Notification Framework in New Zealand.
Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health. 48(6)
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Croucher, SM., Kelly, S., Elers, P., Jackson, K., & Nguyen, T. (2025). Does student sampling impact our understanding of argumentativeness and verbal aggressiveness?.
Argumentation and Advocacy. 61(2), 162-177
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Elers, P., Derrett, S., Emery, T., & Chambers, T. (2024). ‘Barely keeping the wheels on the trolley’: A qualitative study of the New Zealand COVID Tracer App.
Social Science and Medicine. 356
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Dutta, MJ., Mahtani, R., Ho, V., Sherqueshaa, S., Thomas, S., Jalleh-Hosey, AA., . . . Elers, P. (2025). Culturally Centering the Voices of Transgender Sex Workers in Singapore: Health, Materiality and Violence.
Health Communication. 40(5), 763-771
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Dutta, MJ., Elers, P., Jayan, P., Rahman, M., Hashim, S., Liu, J., . . . Zorn, A. (2025). Preventing Violence in the Raced Margins: Alternate Rationalities, Possibilities, and Imaginaries.
Management Communication Quarterly. 39(1), 3-31
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Elers, P., Emery, T., Derrett, S., & Chambers, T. (2024). Barriers to adopting digital contact tracing for COVID-19: Experiences in New Zealand.
Health Expectations. 27(2)
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Elers, P., Dutta, MJ., Elers, S., Tau, TT., & Torres, R. (2024). Subaltern perspectives of developing communication campaigns: Re-examining the culture-centered approach in addressing health disparities.
Journal of International and Intercultural Communication. 17(1), 39-55
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Elers, P., & Dutta, MJ. (2024). Situating Health Experiences: A Culture-Centered Interrogation.
Health Communication. 39(12), 2963-2970
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Elers, P., Jayan, P., & Dutta, MJ. (2023). Foregrounding digital realities at the locked down raced margins: a culture-centered case study in Aotearoa.
Review of Communication. 23(3), 293-307
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Elers, P., & Dutta, MJ. (2023). Theorizing COVID-19 information retrieving from a culture-centered lens: Communication infrastructures for challenging disinformation.
Communication Monographs. 90(2), 205-224
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Dutta, MJ., Jayan, P., Elers, P., Elers, C., Rahman, MM., & Pokaia, V. (2022). Receiving Healthcare Amidst Poverty During the COVID-19 Lockdowns: A Culture-Centered Interrogation.
Health Communication. 37(12), 1503-1509
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Elers, P., Dutta, MJ., & Elers, S. (2022). Culturally centring digital inclusion and marginality: A case study in Aotearoa New Zealand.
New Media and Society. 24(2), 311-327
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Dutta, MJ., & Elers, P. (2021). Negotiating Community-Academic-Activist Relationships Amidst the Pandemic.
Communication Culture and Critique. 14(2), 381-384
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Elers, P., Elers, S., Dutta, MJ., & Torres, R. (2021). Applying the Cultured-Centered Approach to visual storytelling methods.
Review of Communication. 21(1), 33-43
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Elers, P., Dutta, MJ., & Elers, S. (2021). Engagement and the Nonprofit Organization: Voices from the Margins.
Management Communication Quarterly. 35(3), 368-391
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Whiddett, D., Hunter, I., Elers, P., Lockhart, CA., Guesgen, HW., & Singh, A. (2021). New and Emerging Issues for Technologies to Support Older Adults to Age in Place: Findings From a Workshop of Experts.
International Journal of Applied Research on Public Health Management. 6(1), 1-13 Retrieved from https://www.igi-global.com/article/new-and-emerging-issues-for-technologies-to-support-older-adults-to-age-in-place/267792
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Elers, P., Te Tau, T., Dutta, MJ., Elers, S., & Jayan, P. (2021). Explorations of Health in Aotearoa New Zealand’s Low-income Suburbia.
Health Communication. 36(12), 1453-1463
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Elers, S., & Elers, P. (2020). Police Cars and Indigenous Cultural Designs: A Semiotic Analysis.
Visual Communication Quarterly. 27(4), 210-221
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Hunter, I., Elers, P., Lockhart, C., Guesgen, H., Singh, A., & Whiddett, D. (2020). Issues associated with the management and governance of sensor data and information to assist aging in place: Focus group study with health care professionals.
Jmir Mhealth and Uhealth. 8(12)
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Elers, C., Jayan, P., Elers, P., & Dutta, MJ. (2021). Negotiating Health Amidst COVID-19 Lockdown in Low-income Communities in Aotearoa New Zealand.
Health Communication. 36(1), 109-115
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Dutta, M., & Elers, P. (2020). Media narratives of kindness − a critique.
Media International Australia. 177(1), 108-112
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Dutta, MJ., Kaur, S., & Elers, P. (2020). Validity in interpretive methods: frameworks and innovations.
Annals of the International Communication Association. 44(3), 185-200
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Elers, P. (2019). Targeting the Healthcare Practice: The Promotion of Patient Portals in New Zealand.
Asia Pacific Public Relations Journal. 20, 20-41 Retrieved from https://www.cpra.org.au/public/38/files/Asia%20Pacific%20PR%20Journal/Volume%2020/Elers_volume20_v2.pdf
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Elers, P., & Nelson, F. (2018). Improving healthcare through digital connection? Findings from a qualitative study about patient portals in New Zealand.
Australian Journal of Primary Health. 24(5), 404-408
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Elers, S., & Elers, P. (2018). Tāme Iti and Twitter: a voice from prison.
Media International Australia. 169(1), 74-83
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Elers, P., Hunter, I., Whiddett, D., Lockhart, C., Guesgen, H., & Singh, A. (2018). User requirements for technology to assist aging in place: Qualitative study of older people and their informal support networks.
Journal of Medical Internet Research. 20(6)
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Elers, P., Nelson, F., & Nairn, A. (2017). Patient portal advertisements: A discourse analysis..
Sites: A Journal of Social Anthropology and Cultural Studies. 14(2)
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Elers, S., & Elers, P. (2017). Myth, Māori and two cartoons: A semiotic analysis.
Ethical Space: The International Journal of Communication Ethics. 14(2/3), 42-51
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Elers, P. (2014). Māori health: Issues relating to health care services..
Te Kaharoa. 7(1) Retrieved from http://www.tekaharoa.com/
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Elers, S., & Elers, P. (2013). He aha tēnei? A content analysis of Māori representation on the New Zealand Police homepage.
Australasian Policing: A Journal of Professional Practice and Research. 5(2), 29-31 Retrieved from http://www.aipol.org/
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Conference
Whiddett, R., Hunter, I., Lockhart, C., Elers, P., Guesgen, H., & Singh, A. (2021).
Supporting Older Adults To Age In Place Using Technology: Findings From An Experimental Evaluation. Poster session presented at the meeting of New Zealand Psychological Society (NZPsS) 2021 Annual Conference: Tō tātou oranga i te ao hurihuri - Relational resilience in a changing world: Our lives, our futures. Virtual - Hosted by the University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
[Conference Poster]Authored by: Elers, P., Guesgen, H., Hunter, I.
Lockhart, C., Hunter, I., Elers, P., Whiddett, R., Guesgen, H., & Singh, A. (2019). Smart Technology and Aging in Place: What do Healthcare Providers think. In
2019 HiNZ Conference Proceedings(pp. 40 - 40). , 2019 HiNZ Conference Hamilton, New Zealand: Health Informatics New Zealand
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Hunter, I., Elers, P., Lockhart, C., Whiddett, D., Guesgen, H., & Singh, A. (2019). Technology to assist aging in place: The perspective of health organizations.
Studies in Health Technology and Informatics. Vol. 264 (pp. 1688 - 1689).
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Guesgen, HW., Whiddett, D., Hunter, I., Elers, P., Lockhart, C., Singh, A., . . . Marsland, S. (2018). Using Spatio-Temporal Anomalies to Detect Abnormal Behaviour in Smart Homes.
Proceedings of the Thirty-First International FLAIRS Conference (FLAIRS-31). (pp. 20 - 25). Melbourne, Florida, United States of America: Thirty-First International Florida Artificial Intelligence Research Society Conference (FLAIRS-31)
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Whiddett, R., Hunter, I., Guesgen, H., Elers, P., Lockhart, C., & Singh, A. (2018).
Supporting Older Adults To Age In Place Using Technology: An Exploration Of The Perspective Of Informal Support Networks. Poster session presented at the meeting of 29th International Congress of Applied Psychology (ICAP) 2018. Montreal, Canada
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Hunter, I., Whiddett, R., Elers, P., Lockhart, C., Guesgen, H., & singh, A. (2018). Home is where the health is: Findings from the prototyping of a system that connects older adults to their support networks to assist ageing in place. In
https://cdn.ymaws.com/www.hinz.org.nz/resource/resmgr/conference_2018/HiNZ18_proceedings_19.12.19.pdf, Health Informatics New Zealand (HINZ) Annual Conference 2018: HINZ
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Singh, A., Guesgen, H., Whiddett, R., Hunter, I., Elers, P., & Lockhart, C. (2018). Intelligent digital environment to assist elderly people: System design and evaluation. In
2018 HINZ Conference Proceedings, Health Informatics New Zealand (HINZ) Annual Conference 2018: HINZ
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Elers, S., & Elers, P.
Being 'Tiriti-led': What does it mean for journalism education?. . Wellington
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Guesgen, HW., Whiddett, D., Hunter, I., Elers, P., Lockhart, C., Singh, A., . . . Marsland, S. (2018). Using spatio-temporal anomalies to detect abnormal behaviour in smart homes.
Proceedings of the 31st International Florida Artificial Intelligence Research Society Conference Flairs 2018. (pp. 20 - 25).
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Hunter, I., Lockhart, C., Elers, P., Whiddett, D., & Guesgen, H. (2018).
Intelligent Digital Environment for Wellbeing and Health. Poster session presented at the meeting of 16th World Congress on Medical and Health Informatics (Medinfo 2017). Xiamen, China
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#Activism: An analysis of a Māori activist’s Twitter messages from prison.. . University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia.
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Elers, P., Whiddett, R., Hunter, I., Lockhart, C., & Guesgen, H.
Supporting older adults to age in place using technology: The shifting boundaries between formal and informal support groups.. . Rotorua, New Zealand
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Hunter, I., Lockhart, C., Elers, P., Whiddett, D., & Guesgen, H. (2017). Intelligent digital environment for wellbeing and health.
Studies in Health Technology and Informatics. Vol. 245 (pp. 1229).
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Whiddett, RJ., Hunter, I., Elers, P., Lockhart, C., & Guesgen, H. (2017). Using technology to support older adults to age in place: An exploration of
stakeholder attitudes to sharing information.
31st Conference of the British Academy of Management (BAM2017). (pp. 1 - 8). : 31st Conference of the British Academy of Management (BAM2017)
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Whiddett, RJ., Hunter, I., Lockhart, C., Elers, P., & Guesgen, H. (2017). Enhancing the independence of older adults with social media
and smart home technologies. , 31st Conference of hte European Health Psychology Society
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Elers, S., & Elers, P.
E-indigenous: Towards a theory of modern communication practices with Māori.. . Fukuoka, Japan.
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Elers, P.
Perspectives of patient portals: Insights from New Zealand doctors.. . Fukuoka, Japan.
[Conference Paper]Authored by: Elers, P.
Elers, P.
Online news representations of New Zealand e-health strategies.. . Auckland University of Technology
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Elers, P.
e-Health for Māori health? An exploration of the digitisation of healthcare communications and its implications for Māori.. . Massey University
[Conference Paper]Authored by: Elers, P.