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Record Nr.

UNINA9910255292803321

Autore

Hallberg Pekka

Titolo

Freedom of Speech and Information in Global Perspective [[electronic resource] /] / by Pekka Hallberg, Janne Virkkunen

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Palgrave Macmillan US : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2017

ISBN

1-349-94990-6

Edizione

[1st ed. 2017.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XIX, 286 p. 14 illus., 10 illus. in color.)

Disciplina

320.014

Soggetti

Political communication

Journalism

Globalization

Social justice

Human rights

Mass media

Law

Constitutional law

Political Communication

Social Justice, Equality and Human Rights

IT Law, Media Law, Intellectual Property

Constitutional Law

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

1. Introductory Overview of the Subject  -- 2. First Notes  -- 3. State of Freedom of Speech in the World  -- 4. From the Origins of Freedom of Speech to Modern Information Society  -- 5. Freedom of Speech in Books and in Action  -- 6. Human Rights Obligations - From Ideas to Reality?  -- 7. Violations and Threat Scenarios  -- 8. Freedom of Speech in the Swirls of the Changing World  -- 9. Final Chords.

Sommario/riassunto

This book offers a unique exploration of the current state of freedom of speech as a basic right available to everyone. The research focuses on the different development stages of the concept of freedom of speech and the use of modern indicators to depict the its treatment in



different legal cultures, including the obligations under international treaties and the effects that the globalising and digitalising environment have had on it. The authors conduct a broad survey of freedom of speech around the world, from Europe over Russia and both Americas to Africa, Asia, and Australia. The aim of this survey is to identify safeguards of freedom of speech on both a national and an international level, violations and threat scenarios, and in particular challenges to freedom of speech in the digital era.