Media Democracy And Freedom

Author : Marta Dyczok,Oksana Viktorovna Gaman-Golutvina
Publisher : Peter Lang
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 3034303114

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Media, Democracy and Freedom by Marta Dyczok,Oksana Viktorovna Gaman-Golutvina Pdf

This book does what few other works have done: it examines the role media have played in the larger political, economic and social transformations in the post communist space. An international group of scholars from various disciplines explore the complex relations between media, society, and the state in this region over the past twenty years, and present theoretical arguments that challenge dominant views. They scrutinize changes in the public sphere as well as the media itself, its role, format, agenda and quality in the context of changing values and shifting power relationships.

Author : Merris Amos,Jackie Harrison,Lorna Woods
Publisher : Martinus Nijhoff Publishers
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2012-07-26
Category : Law
ISBN : 9789004207745

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Freedom of Expression and the Media by Merris Amos,Jackie Harrison,Lorna Woods Pdf

Freedom of expression – particularly freedom of speech – is, in most Western liberal democracies, a well accepted and long established, though contested constitutional right or principle. Whilst based in ethical, rights-based and political theories such as those of: justice, the good life, personal autonomy, self determination, and welfare, as well as arrangements over legitimate government, pluralism and its limits, democracy and the extent and role of the state, there is always a lack of agreement over what precisely freedom of expression entails and how it should be applied. For the purposes of this book we are concerned with freedom of expression and the media with regard to the current application of legal standards and self-regulation to journalistic practice.

Author : Festus Eribo,William Jong-Ebot
Publisher : Africa World Press
Page : 386 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Freedom of the press
ISBN : 0865435510

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Press Freedom and Communication in Africa by Festus Eribo,William Jong-Ebot Pdf

Recent years have seen considerable growth in the media in Africa with increases in the number of newspapers and radio and television stations. At the same time there has been an increase in the number of arrests of journalists and broadcasters and various forms of censorship have been introduced. The essays in this volume examine press censorship, past and present, and bring a fresh perspective to the position of the mass media in the African continent.

Author : Beata Klimkiewicz
Publisher : Central European University Press
Page : 364 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2010-05-10
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9786155211850

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Media Freedom and Pluralism by Beata Klimkiewicz Pdf

Addresses a critical analysis of major media policies in the European Union and Council of Europe at the period of profound changes affecting both media environments and use, as well as the logic of media policy-making and reconfiguration of traditional regulatory models. The analytical problem-related approach seems to better reflect a media policy process as an interrelated part of European integration, formation of European citizenship, and exercise of communication rights within the European communicative space. The question of normative expectations is to be compared in this case with media policy rationales, mechanisms of implementation (transposing rules from EU to national levels), and outcomes.

Author : Judith Lichtenberg
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 424 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 1990-05-25
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0521388171

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Democracy and the Mass Media by Judith Lichtenberg Pdf

These essays discuss US policy in regulating the media and the reconciliation of the First Amendment.

Author : Damian Tambini
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 206 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2021-08-12
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781509544707

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Media Freedom by Damian Tambini Pdf

The contentious role of social media in recent elections and referendums has brought to the fore once again the fundamental question of media freedom and the extent to which, and the way in which, the media should be regulated in a modern democratic society. This book surveys the history of media in the US, the UK and Europe in order to develop a new theory of media freedom that is capable of resolving current controversies about how best to regulate the media, including the internet and social media. Tambini argues that democratic regulation of the media must build upon – and learn from – the long history of accommodation between the press, broadcasting, the state and corporate power. By attending to this history, we can see that media freedom is not absolute but rather conditional, taking the form of a social contract of privileges and connected duties. Tambini develops this social contract account of media freedom and applies it to different media sectors, from the press and broadcasting to the internet and social media. Above all, he argues for a renewed role for international human rights law standards in media governance, and an end to American exceptionalism. Written for students, scholars, policymakers and media professionals, this wide-ranging book will be of interest to everyone concerned about the role of the media in our societies and about the health of our democracies.

Author : Lee C. Bollinger,Edward H Levi Distinguished Service Professor Geoffrey R Stone,Geoffrey R. Stone
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 449 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2022-08-05
Category : Freedom of speech
ISBN : 9780197621080

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Social Media, Freedom of Speech, and the Future of Our Democracy by Lee C. Bollinger,Edward H Levi Distinguished Service Professor Geoffrey R Stone,Geoffrey R. Stone Pdf

A broad explanation of the various dimensions of the problem of bad speech on the internet within the American context. One of the most fiercely debated issues of this era is what to do about bad speech-hate speech, disinformation and propaganda campaigns, and incitement of violence-on the internet, and in particular speech on social media platforms such as Facebook and Twitter. In Social Media, Freedom of Speech, and the Future of our Democracy, Lee C. Bollinger and Geoffrey R. Stone have gathered an eminent cast of contributors--including Hillary Clinton, Amy Klobuchar, Sheldon Whitehouse, Mark Warner, Newt Minow, Tim Wu, Cass Sunstein, Jack Balkin, Emily Bazelon, and others--to explore the various dimensions of this problem in the American context. They stress how difficult it is to develop remedies given that some of these forms of bad speech are ordinarily protected by the First Amendment. Bollinger and Stone argue that it is important to remember that the last time we encountered major new communications technology-television and radio-we established a federal agency to provide oversight and to issue regulations to protect and promote the public interest. Featuring a variety of perspectives from some of America's leading experts on this hotly contested issue, this volume offers new insights for the future of free speech in the social media era.

Author : Council Of Europe,Collectif
Publisher : Council of Europe
Page : 213 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2012-04-04
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9789287171993

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Human rights and a changing media landscape by Council Of Europe,Collectif Pdf

The media play a crucial role in the protection of human rights. They expose human rights violations and offer an arena for different voices to be heard in public discourse. Free, independent and pluralistic media are a core element of any democracy. However, the power of the media can also be misused to the extent that the very functioning of democracy is threatened. Some media outlets have been turned into propaganda megaphones for those in power. Others have been used to incite xenophobic hatred and violence against minorities and other vulnerable groups.Now the phenomenon of social media presents us with a range of fresh challenges. Blogs, video and social networking sites have become a key forum for political debate and organisation - so much so that they have provoked counter-responses from some repressive states. While there is a need to ensure better protection of personal integrity in social media, the right to freedom of expression must not be undermined.The purpose of this publication is to contribute to a more thorough discussion on media developments and their impact on human rights in a constantly changing media landscape. Eight experts were invited to contribute their personal assessments of trends and problems. They have not shied away from addressing controversial issues or providing far-reaching suggestions. Together their texts indicate that there is a need for stronger protection of media freedom and freedom of expression in Europe today. These are clearly topics of paramount importance which demand serious public debate.

Author : Jenifer Whitten-Woodring,Douglas A. Van Belle
Publisher : CQ Press
Page : 592 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2014-05-29
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781483359861

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Historical Guide to World Media Freedom by Jenifer Whitten-Woodring,Douglas A. Van Belle Pdf

Scholars of international relations and international communications view the extent of media freedom from country to country as a key comparative indicator either by itself or in correlation with other indices of national political and economic development. This indicator serves as a bellwether for gauging the health and spread of democracy. Historical Guide to World Media Freedom brings together comprehensive historical data on media freedom since World War II, providing consistent and comparable measures of media freedom in all independent countries for the years 1948 to the present. The work also includes country-by country summaries, analyses of historical and regional trends in media freedom, and extensive reliability analyses of media freedom measures. The book’s detailed information helps researchers connect historical measures of media freedom to Freedom House’s annual Freedom of the Press survey release, enabling them to extend their studies back before the 1980s when Freedom House began compiling global press freedom measures. Key Features: A-to-Z, country-by-country summaries of the ebb and flow of media freedom are paired with national media freedom measures over time. Introductory chapters discuss such topics as the theoretical premises behind the nature and importance of media freedom, historical trends, and the challenges of coding for media freedom in a way that ensures consistency for comparison. Concluding material covers the historical patterns in media freedom, how media freedom tracks with other cross-national indicators, and more. Accessible to students and scholars alike, this groundbreaking reference is essential to collections in political science, international studies, and journalism and communications.

Author : Wiebke Lamer
Publisher : Springer
Page : 158 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2018-02-27
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783319765082

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Press Freedom as an International Human Right by Wiebke Lamer Pdf

This book examines why press freedom has not become part of the established international human rights debate, despite its centrality to democratic theory. It argues that an unrestricted press is not just an important economic actor, but also an influential power in the political process, a status that interferes with government interests of sustaining their own power and influence. Despite the popularity of ideational explanations in the field of human rights studies, in the case of promoting press freedom, considerations of power and strategic interests rather than ideas dominate state behavior. The author makes the case that the current place of press freedom in the human rights debate needs to be rethought not only in developing countries, but in liberal democracies as well.

Author : Johnston
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 177 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2023
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780197634202

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Building Peace Rebuilding Patriarchy by Johnston Pdf

"After discussions of the media environments in the three countries, an overview and critique of current theories of media systems highlight how existing frameworks rest on the misguided presumption that nations and their press freedom landscapes exist within a state of linear democratization-that societies have progressed and will continue to progress from non-democracy to democracy-when, in actuality, specific events can unravel structures and derail democracy-building processes. Many existing frameworks are grounded in Western ways of thinking and tend to take a universalistic approach to the press that doesn't account for transitions and change. Press freedom means different things in different countries and within different contexts, making it difficult for any theory to aptly apply, thus, a more detailed set of considerations for understanding media systems outside of the Western world is needed"--

Author : Victor Pickard
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 263 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781107038332

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America's Battle for Media Democracy by Victor Pickard Pdf

Drawing from extensive archival research, the book uncovers the American media system's historical roots and normative foundations. It charts the rise and fall of a forgotten media-reform movement to recover alternatives and paths not taken.

Author : American Library Association
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 16 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 1953
Category : Libraries
ISBN : UIUC:30112060168629

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The Freedom to Read by American Library Association Pdf

Author : Carl Fox,Joe Saunders
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2018-12-21
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781351333443

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Media Ethics, Free Speech, and the Requirements of Democracy by Carl Fox,Joe Saunders Pdf

How we understand, protect, and discharge our rights and responsibilities as citizens in a democratic society committed to the principle of political equality is intimately connected to the standards and behaviour of our media in general, and our news media in particular. However, the media does not just stand between the citizenry and their leaders, or indeed between citizens and each other. The media is often the site where individuals attempt to realise some of the most fundamental democratic liberties, including the right to free speech. Media Ethics, Free Speech, and the Requirements of Democracy explores the conflict between the rights that people exercise in, and through, the modern media and the responsibilities that accrue on account of its awesome and increasing power. The individual chapters—written by leading scholars from the US, UK, and Australia—address several recent events and controversial developments in the media, including Brexit, the rise of Trump, Lynton Crosby, Charlie Hebdo, dog-whistle politics, fake news, and political correctness. This much-needed philosophical treatment is a welcome addition to the recent literature in media ethics. It will be of interest to scholars across political and social philosophy, applied ethics, media and communication studies, and political science who are interested in the important issues surrounding the media and free speech and democracy.

Author : Robert W. McChesney
Publisher : New Press, The
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2016-03-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781620970706

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Rich Media, Poor Democracy by Robert W. McChesney Pdf

An updated edition of the “penetrating study” examining how the current state of mass media puts our democracy at risk (Noam Chomsky). What happens when a few conglomerates dominate all major aspects of mass media, from newspapers and magazines to radio and broadcast television? After all the hype about the democratizing power of the internet, is this new technology living up to its promise? Since the publication of this prescient work, which won Harvard’s Goldsmith Book Prize and the Kappa Tau Alpha Research Award, the concentration of media power and the resultant “hypercommercialization of media” has only intensified. Robert McChesney lays out his vision for what a truly democratic society might look like, offering compelling suggestions for how the media can be reformed as part of a broader program of democratic renewal. Rich Media, Poor Democracy remains as vital and insightful as ever and continues to serve as an important resource for researchers, students, and anyone who has a stake in the transformation of our digital commons. This new edition includes a major new preface by McChesney, where he offers both a history of the transformation in media since the book first appeared; a sweeping account of the organized efforts to reform the media system; and the ongoing threats to our democracy as journalism has continued its sharp decline. “Those who want to know about the relationship of media and democracy must read this book.” —Neil Postman “If Thomas Paine were around, he would have written this book.” —Bill Moyers