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Press Freedom Index 2017 is published

The annual Press Freedom Index has been published by Reporters Without Borders (RSF). This years index shows an increase in the number of countries where the media freedom situation is very bad. The RSF blacklist is getting longer and longer. The global indicator calculated by RSF states that media freedom is under threat now more than ever. … Continued

Tags: freedom of speech, journalistic profession, media systems
Published: 3 May 2017

ARTICLE: New surveillance laws risk journalistic protection in Australia

Journalists enjoy certain protections for themselves and their sources under the laws of various countries. However, in Australia these protections are now challenged as some concerning laws relating to surveillance and national security have been passed. Sal Humphreys and Melissa de Zwart, both of The University of Adelaide, explore the new legislation affecting journalists, and journalists’ … Continued

Tags: freedom of speech, journalistic profession
Published: 25 Apr 2017

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ARTICLE: Was there a national press in the UK during WWII?

Historians have described UK’s press as being national during the Second World War. Tom O’Malley of Aberystwyth University questions the idea whether there was a national press in the UK during that time. The article studies aspects of the industry that made it appear to be national and those which did not. In terms of … Continued

Tags: freedom of speech, media history, media policy, United Kingdom
Published: 19 Apr 2017

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ARTICLE: New Zealand’s media failed to build consensus about Snowden revelations

Some time after the early Snowden revelations in 2013, New Zealand implemented new surveillance reforms. Kathleen Kuehn of Victoria University of Wellington studied how Snowden’s revelations were framed. The author conducted a media framing analysis of 156 news stories from two commercial newspapers and the national public broadcaster in New Zealand. According to the results, … Continued

Tags: framing, freedom of speech, New Zealand, sources
Published: 28 Mar 2017

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REPORT: 2016 was a bad year for media freedom

The Mapping Media Freedom (MMF) project has launched its annual report in observance of the ongoing Media Freedom month. The project is run by the organisation Index on Censorship and partially funded by the European Commission. MMF verifies and archives reports on violations of media freedom in the European Union and several adjacent countries. The … Continued

Tags: censorship, freedom of speech, journalistic profession
Published: 13 Mar 2017

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ARTICLE: Relations of media, politics and elites in Lithuania

In Lithuania, informal rules and practices compete with formal rules and laws when it comes to interactions between political and media elites. The article by Ainius Lašas of the University of Bath looks at practices of the press in 2000s and independence of the public broadcasting. The author did a case study featuring 35 in-depth … Continued

Tags: freedom of speech, journalistic norms, Lithuania, political journalism
Published: 10 Feb 2017

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ARTICLE: Press freedom and emerging media help to avoid violent conflicts

From countries that experienced a conflict, those with higher levels of emerging media technologies and press freedoms more probably had a nonviolent conflict than a violent one. A new article by Jacob Groshek of Boston University and Britt Christensen of Zayed University compares instances of domestic political conflicts in a macro-level study. The use of … Continued

Tags: crisis journalism, freedom of speech, media systems
Published: 13 Jan 2017

CFP: Freedom of expression in the digital age

The 2nd International Conference on the Right of Freedom of Expression in the Digital Age is now welcoming paper proposals. The event will take place in Nicosia, Cyprus, on the 3rd and 4th of April 2017. The event organisers welcome submissions from both scholars and practitioners. The call for papers includes the following topic suggestions: … Continued

Tags: freedom of speech
Published: 9 Jan 2017

CFP: Safety of Journalists

The Academic Research Conference on Safety of Journalists is now looking for paper submissions. The event will take place on the 3rd and 4th of May 2017 in Jakarta, Indonesia. “Full or partial” bursaries are available to presenters. The event is organised by the Hong Kong Baptist University and UNESCO, and the conference is held … Continued

Tags: freedom of speech, journalistic profession
Published: 19 Dec 2016

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ARTICLE: Governments outperform journalists in surveillance

Journalists are supposed to balance government surveillance with their own, but the power balance is against them, Anthony Mills and Katharine Sarikakis, both of University of Vienna, write. The authors interviewed 42 journalists, 8 media experts and one whistleblower from around the world over their experiences and thoughts on state-sanctioned surveillance of journalists. The surveillance … Continued

Tags: censorship, freedom of speech, journalistic profession
Published: 5 Dec 2016